Vehicle & Machine Rescue

Daily, the firefighters of Clackamas Fire District #1 respond on emergencies that involve automobiles. In many cases, the injured are entrapped in the vehicle, caught with twisted metal collapsed around them. Sometimes it may be an industrial worker or a farmer injured on the farm caught, tangled or pinned by heavy machinery and equipment. Each rescue situation varies: vehicles submerged in rivers, small automobiles crushed by weight of large trucks, and freezing winter weather in the dark of night.

All district firefighters, paid and volunteer are trained to operate rescue equipment that will open up a vehicle to free a trapped patient. On more challenging rescues, the firefighters on the technical rescue companies will work together with other responders to complete the rescue. Daily, the firefighters of Clackamas Fire District #1 rise to meet the emergency before them.