The Ravenwood Rescue Squad applied for a MFA grant and was awarded $2,000 to upgrade their extrication equipment to the HURST ...

NORTH FORREST, Miss. (WDAM) - The North Forrest Volunteer Fire Department has purchased new, life-saving tools. The battery-powered rescue tools will help crews respond to car accidents quicker.

North Forrest VFD Chief Brandon Odom said the department has purchased a set of Amkus battery-powered rescue tools that are used in getting folks out of damaged vehicles. Odom said the new ...

Officials said the rescue tools are battery-powered which makes them portable, allowing firefighters to reach distant places they couldn't before such as fields, spaces, and buildings. " ...