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Firefighter Dennis Parker (under truck), of the Noblesville (Indiana) Fire Department, works to set up a stabilizing strut under a concrete mixer truck, assisted by Chad Thomason, of the Carthage Fire Department, as firefighters from other departments observe. After stabilizing it, the firefighters learn how to place lifting straps around it and airbags under it to lift it off the car which is crushed beneath it. The training was part of the Big Rig Rescue scenario held recently at Central Carolina Community College’s Emergency Services Training Center, in Sanford. Firefighters and rescue squad members came from Virginia, South Carolina and Indiana, as well as nine North Carolina towns and cities, to learn how to safely work with this type of accident. The ESTC not only provides critical training for emergency services personnel, but also boosts the local economy as those coming from out of the area stay at motels, eat at restaurants, and make purchases locally while here.

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Firefighters from the Noblesville (Indiana) Fire Department learn how to place lifting straps around and run an airbag hose underneath a concrete mixer truck that is crushing a passenger car. The training was part of the Big Rig Rescue scenario held recently at Central Carolina Community College’s Emergency Services Training Center, in Sanford. Firefighters and rescue squad members came from Virginia, South Carolina and Indiana, as well as nine North Carolina towns and cities, to learn how to safely work with this type of accident. The ESTC not only provides critical training for emergency services personnel, but also boosts the local economy as those coming from out of the area stay at motels, eat at restaurants, and make purchases locally while here.

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Firefighter Chad Thomason (under truck), of the Carthage Fire Department, places a stabilizing strut under a concrete mixer truck that is crushing a passenger car. The experience was part of the Big Rig Rescue scenario held recently at Central Carolina Community College’s Emergency Services Training Center, in Sanford. Firefighters and rescue squad members came from Virginia, South Carolina and Indiana, as well as nine North Carolina towns and cities, to learn how to safely work with this type of accident. The ESTC not only provides critical training for emergency services personnel, but also boosts the local economy as those coming from out of the area stay at motels, eat at restaurants, and make purchases locally while here.

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Firefighters from both local and out-of-state fire departments learn how to fasten a strap around an overturned concrete mixer truck in order to stabilize it and raise it to release the car beneath it. The training was part of the Big Rig Rescue scenario held recently at Central Carolina Community College’s Emergency Services Training Center, in Sanford. Firefighters and rescue squad members came from Virginia, South Carolina and Indiana, as well as nine North Carolina towns and cities, to learn how to safely work with this type of accident. The ESTC not only provides critical training for emergency services personnel, but also boosts the local economy as those coming from out of the area stay at motels, eat at restaurants, and make purchases locally while here.

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Firefighters from both local and out-of-state fire departments learn how to place a strut under and place a chain around an overturned concrete mixer truck in order to stabilize it and raise it to release the car beneath it. The training was part of the Big Rig Rescue scenario held recently at Central Carolina Community College’s Emergency Services Training Center, in Sanford. Firefighters and rescue squad members came from Virginia, South Carolina and Indiana, as well as nine North Carolina towns and cities, to learn how to safely work with this type of accident. The ESTC not only provides critical training for emergency services personnel, but also boosts the local economy as those coming from out of the area stay at motels, eat at restaurants, and make purchases locally while here.

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Firefighters and rescue squad members from departments in three states and North Carolina practice running airbag hoses under a concrete mixer truck to raise it off the passenger car curshed beneath it. The training was part of the Big Rig Rescue scenario held recently at Central Carolina Community College’s Emergency Services Training Center, in Sanford. Firefighters and rescue squad members came from Virginia, South Carolina and Indiana, as well as nine North Carolina towns and cities, to learn how to safely work with this type of accident. The ESTC not only provides critical training for emergency services personnel, but also boosts the local economy as those coming from out of the area stay at motels, eat at restaurants, and make purchases locally while here.