The air chisel is typically used as a vehicle rescue tool. This versatile tool has new life because of high strength steel alloys (HSSAs) now used in motor vehicles.

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Charlotte (NC) Firehouse 11, originally opened in 1958, is set to reopen soon after demolition and reconstruction, with a new facility designed to serve the community for future generations.

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Due to the volume of motor vehicle accidents the department responds to each year, Vassar has always invested in a heavier rescue platform.

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Rockingham (VT) Fire Rescue received nearly $600,000 in federal funds to help build a new fire station in Saxtons River.

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The $13.9 million facility replaced the former Fire Station No. 8, a smaller station built in 1978. 

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