...circuitry that may require some precise cutting to save a trapped victim. "You don't want to go crushing anything with hydraulic tools," said Samuel Caroluzzi, an assistant chief with the Norristown Fire Department outside Philadelphia. "It's...

...we've always got the hand tools as backup," Mr. Davis said. For first-time rescue workers, using the hydraulic tools -- which can weigh up to 40 pounds and apply 10,000 pounds of pressure -- was not as difficult as expected...