The tools let firefighters remove victims from car crashes by slicing through and prying apart metal.
Firefighters will demonstrate these "jaws of Life" extraction tools on an old car for the Holyoke City Council June 5.
HOLYOKE – The City Council is taking a field trip to the Jaws of Life.
Councilors on June 5 will see firefighters demonstrate newly obtained versions of the hydraulic tools, called the Jaws of Life, which allow for extricating victims from car crashes by slicing through and prying apart metal, officials said.
The demonstration will be done at 6 p.m. on an old car in the lot behind Fire Department headquarters, 600 High St.,, Lt. Thomas G. Paquin said Wednesday.
Council President Kevin A. Jourdain told councilors about the demonstration Tuesday and said it will precede the council’s regular meeting, at 7 p.m.