First responders are getting valuable life-saving training.
Savannah Fire Rescue firefighters are working through forty hours of training, and running drills simulating cutting crash victims out of cars.
“We respond to a large amount of vehicle accidents every day,” Chief Howard says. “And out of that amount of vehicle accidents, say one out of every ten we have to perform an extrication to get the victim out of the vehicle.”
Savannah Fire Rescue Captain Roy Howard says once their truck or heavy rescue companies get to a crash scene where a driver or passenger is trapped, they work to stabilize the vehicle.
“If they were to shift while we were working on them, it could endanger the firefighters, or it could injure the victims more,” he says.