Logan fire fighters receive new extrication tools from Firehouse Subs

Logan City Fire Fighters demonstrating an extrication, Friday Sept. 28 2018. The department received a grant from Firehouse Subs to purchase the new extrication tools.

LOGAN — Fire fighters gathered outside Firehouse Subs Friday morning, showing off two new extrication tools that were purchased with the help from the restaurant. Crews demonstrated how they can quickly cut open a car, to extricate victims in a crash.

Logan City Fire Capt. Nate Thompson said the tools are a newer generation of the Jaws of Life. They are battery powered, making them easier for fire fighters to work with.

Logan City fire fighters standing with Firehouse Subs franchise owners, Friday Sept. 28 2018.

“They are very mobile,” explained Thompson. “They’re lighter, even though 50 lbs. is still a significant weight for a tool. But, the advantages are they are not tied to a pump that is running hydraulic fluid through them, because the older generation actually had hoses attached to the tools.”

The equipment will improve the department’s rescue capabilities for victims in motor vehicle crashes and machinery entrapments, by allowing firefighters to cut through materials used in modern manufacturing easier. They were purchased with the help of a $22,000 grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation.

Thompson and several other firefighters cut the driver and rear passenger doors off of a mid-sized car, showing how they could reach a trapped victim. They then completely removed the roof of the car, as spectators cheered.

“We have to have tools that are mobile and easy to use, and two or three guys can effectively operate them and get this done, with just a team of three or four, like we did here.”

Firehouse Subs area representative Randy Judd explained that the restaurant’s founders created the public safety foundation to help first responders throughout North America. The charity organization has granted more than $37.7 million.

Thompson said the tools will be kept with engine 70. It is headquartered out of the downtown fire station.

“They will be central downtown, read for the canyons, west of town, south of town, north of town. They are centrally located so they are in the perfect spot.”

This is the second grant Fire House Subs has given to local first responders. In June 2016, they helped purchase a tactical robot, used by the city and county SWAT team.


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