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N. Merrick firefighters hone lifesaving skills
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North Merrick firefighters learned how to rescue a victim if a tractor-trailer bed landed on top of a car.
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orth Merrick Fire Commissioner Scott Rockwin, North Merrick Fire Chief James Allen, Genesis Rescue Systems Regional Manager Ed McManus and North Merrick Fire Commissioner Mike Costanza at the “Gone in 6 Hours” exercise.
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Rows of vehicles were lined up at the Four Towns Training Center in Merrick to help firefighters practice their skills.
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Six instructors and six assistants volunteered to train fire volunteers at “Gone in 6 Hours.”
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The North Merrick Fire Department recently took part in “Gone in 6 Hours,” an exercise in which volunteer firefighters practiced extricating people trapped in cars.
The exercise took place at the Four Towns Fire Training Center in Merrick, where volunteer firefighters ripped apart rows of parked cars so they could hone their life-saving skills. The firefighters used different rescue tools for different emergency situations, such as removing victims from overturned vehicles, and in one instance, rescuing a victim from a car crushed by a tractor-trailer bed.
Gershow Recycling, a metal recycling facility, which has seven locations across Long Island, donated the cars.
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