Wednesday, 18 October 2023 n www.TheObserver.com n Volume CXXXVI, Issue No. 24
UNDER THE COVER In her 54th year of service,Doyle removed from Democratic County Committee Page 7
BELLEVILLE n BLOOMFIELD n EAST NEWARK n HARRISON n KEARNY n LYNDHURST n NORTH ARLINGTON n NUTLEY
CRASH TEST FIREFIGHTERS Harrison FD trains regularly to quickly extract civilians pinned in car accidents By Kevin A. Canessa Jr. kc@theobserver.com
Left photo: Harrison firefighters train to use the Holmatro spreading tool to practice extracting passengers from vehicle crashes. Right photo is a picture example of the spreading tool.
An unfortunate reality of driving on Jersey’s roads is this — at one point or another, you’ve driven past an accident scene so gruesome you’ve had to look away. Locally, these kinds of crashes often happen on larger arteries, including Interstate 280. But, thanks to the Jaws of Life and various other hydraulic-based tools, fire departments facing the most challenging mangled messes of a crash continue to have an easier time extracting victims from their cars. And, recently, the Harrison Fire Department did as it does at least twice a year with extraction training. Using a town plot of land off Davis Avenue near the entrance to West Hudson Park, the HFD was able to secure several banged up, otherwise-undriveable vehicles, thanks to the folks at Associated Towing, who,
See HFD, Page 14