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WATCH: Newark Firefighters Revive Car Crash Victim Thanks To Newly Implemented Training WATCH: Newark Firefighters Revive Car Crash Victim Thanks To Newly Implemented Training
Watch: Newark Firefighters Revive Car Crash Victim Thanks To Newly Implemented Training A newly-implemented policy in Newark requiring all firefighters respond to life-threatening calls paid off big time Saturday. Firefighters who otherwise may not have responded to the crash at Elizabeth Avenue and W. Peddie Street were able to revive one of the drivers. Arriving crews found one of the drivers without a pulse, and Battalion Chief Orlando Arce immediately began chest compressions while members of Engine 10 administered oxygen, Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara said. Members of Ladder 5 and Rescue 1 removed the driver from the vehicle and also assisted wi…

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by Cecilia Levine