Sometime's its handy to have some of our gear on hand , but the fire service is a little differant over here. We have some extracation gear but not much ( in my area anyway), we usally leave this work to the SES ( State Emergancy Service) who cut & pull a wreak apart and get a patient out then we all help to get to the Ambo's ( Paramedic's ).

But in some parts of the State's & elsewere the Fire Dept does the lot, hooray for cross training !!

Regards
Andrew