Fire department focuses on extricate training with newest members

RHINELANDER - The newest members of the Rhinelander Fire Department will spend part of the next few weeks training.

Department leaders are having them practice some of the most important safety techniques.
Tuesday, that meant tearing open up a Chevy Prizm.

"It is very important," Rhinelander Fire Department Deputy Chief Dan Bauer said. "Like I said, the quicker we can get the patient out of there, the quicker medical staff can take care of them and get them to the hospital, and get them to the appropriate facility. The quicker they can the better chance of survival."

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