Technical Rescue
The FireRescue1 Technical Rescue resource page offers news related to technical rescue incidents as well as expert analysis focused on detailing tech rescue skills for beginner- and advanced-level skills.
First responders from several agencies used nine sets of tubes during a technical rescue in Gridley
Paulding County first responders faced a worker buried up to his neck in a 20-foot deep trench
Vancouver firefighters used wooden blocks to support the bus as they lifted it off the boy using hydraulic struts
Rescue workers breached the wall to the cave with a sledgehammer before shimmying through the hole to help rescue people inside
Firefighters used a tow truck rotator and ladder tower to rescue two people hanging over the side of the interstate
USFS Firefighter JT Sohr used his rafting gear to save a 91-year-old man trapped inside his car
The patient left the McLaren Macomb Hospital, fully disrobed and swam across the Clinton River, then climbed the tower
Three workers were pinned when the 6-foot-high, 40-foot-long wall collapsed near a trench where they were working
The simulations at the site in Lincoln tested the team’s abilities in concrete breaching, breaking, shoring, lifting and rigging
The Century III Mall in West Mifflin has been the site of recent fires
Branden Colvin Sr.'s body was found a day after authorities in Davenport switched from search to recovery operations
New Haven firefighters pulled several people from the debris following the partial collapse of a one-story building under construction
The concrete lid he was standing on crumbled sending the youngster 20-feet down into the water
Rescuers worked for hours removing Quanishia White-Berry’s left leg above the knee
Wichita FD divers were able to extricate the man, who was submerged for over an hour, but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful
Firefighters had to cut through four courses of brick and one-eighth-inch steel to rescue the teen
Davenport city officials had received several complaints about needed repairs and maintenance from occupants of the six-story building
A worker at the Ephrata Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant fell 20-feet after the roof he was on gave out underneath him
Pennsylvania fire and EMS crews worked for an hour to free a worker’s hand
Escambia County Battalion Chief Curt Isakson said people get in dumpsters “to protect themselves from others”
Collapse
A partial failure of the crane system at a high-rise building caused the evacuation of a one-block radius
Firefighters rigged ropes to raise the severely injured man 150-feet from where he was trapped
The victim drives the rescue. Your crews’ capabilities dictate the operation.
Lawrence firefighters faced a tricky scene after responding to a fisherman with a fractured ankle
Animal Rescue
A Spokane Valley firefighter was lowered 30-feet to rescue a Shetland sheepdog
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The rescue took San Diego firefighters about an hour after the Tidal Twister ride broke down
Officials said an off-duty firefighter rushed to help but was unable to reach the victim before he disappeared under the water
Paterson firefighters used a winch to separate the cars and medical tools to retrieve the man’s leg, Chief Brian McDermott said
The patient was alert throughout the rescue
Amputation
“They all saved my life,” recounted Derek Oldfather, whose leg became trapped in a conveyor belt on a job site
Crews found one of the victims sprawled out on top of the elevator; the other victim was underneath the elevator
Animal Rescue
Edgewater firefighters found the Leonberger Bernese mix named Bear several days after it escaped its owner during a walk and jumped into the river
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