"The natural disasters we've gone to in the past have played a huge part in us getting experience to do that and work on it, to make decisions without enough information, without enough time, that are critical,"
"The more and more we flex that muscle and we train and practice, the better we get at it."
"When I arrived, firefighters were actively helping people out of their cars,"
"They were searching cars. We had to establish some means of making sure we weren't duplicating our efforts so we could be as effective as we could."
A 17-vehicle pileup occurred on Highway 99 in Fresno during extremely dense fog with only 10 to 15 feet of visibility. The crash involved a big rig and left a 61-year-old man dead while multiple others, including children, sustained minor to major injuries and were taken to local hospitals. Initial reports indicate two vehicles slowed and several faster vehicles behind them collided, creating the chain-reaction pileup. California Highway Patrol, Fresno Fire Department and medical crews conducted extensive rescue and search operations, using coordinated marking procedures to avoid duplicated efforts and improve efficiency.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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