Pickup Extrication
An Urban Rescue Squad was dispatched from the Central base of Comandos to extricate 43 yo Leonilo Avalos Coto who was trapped inside his vehicle. The accident took place when he was driving along the…
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MVA Female Extrication
35 yo Reina Felicita Hernandez was extricated alive from the inside of a vehicle with plates P-17457 by Bomberos and CDS USAR squads that found her in the rear of the vehicle at KM 16…
Rescue of the HMS “Bounty” crew
photo: National Coast Guard At this moment, the west coast of the USA is enduring a “Frankenstorm” called Hurricane Sandy. The Coast Guard rescued 14 people who were aboard the HMS “Bounty” when it sank…
Hi Lift Donation
Comandos wants to thank Hi-Lift Jack for the donation of a First Responder Hi-Lift Jack. Urban Extrication team members from Delegate base Antiguo Cuscatlan and San Martin were trained in basic use of the jack.…
Swift Water Rescue Practice
Veteran CDS Volunter Carlos Fuente was sent from the Central Base to Jiquilisqo Bajo Lempa to teach swift water rescue techniques to 20 delegate members of San Marcos and Bajo Lempa. Every fall, dams release…
MicroBus Runs Over Pedestrians
CDS secured and transported three people who were seriously injured when a bus from route 43 drove onto the sidewalk running them over at the Tiendona market within 100 meters of el reloj de flores.…
Recovery Operation from Septic Tank
Comandos de Salvamento together with the National Firefighters recovered two people that had fallen and expired in a septic tank located in the small village of Las Arenas del Cantón Obraje Nuevo in San Pablo…
Skewered but Stable!
CDS was recently dispatched to assist 13yo William García Chávez who had become trapped when he skewered his hand upon a window security bar. Witnesses state that William was trying to get a toy ball…
EMS Runs This Week
Comandos de Salvamento EMS crews attended to a variety of MVA calls this last Tuesday March 5th in different sectors of San Salvador. On the Main Paseo General Escalon and 85th Ave. South, 55yo Fidelia Flores…
Volunteer Reyes Joins Salvadoran National USAR
The main base of Comandos would like to congratulate CDS veteran Jose Alexander Reyes Portillo for passing his BREC course (Urban Search and Rescue, collapsed structure training and certification) sponsored by the National Firefighters of…
Multiple Accidents this Weekend
Six people were offered prehospital care by Comandos de Salvamento this Sunday morning when a microbus crashed into a larger bus along Independence Ave. in San Salvador. Another accident occurred Saturday night that resulted in…
