Specialized Response & Rescue
Specialized Response & Rescue involves advanced skills, equipment, and tactics for handling complex or high-risk incidents beyond standard firefighting. This topic covers technical rescue, hazardous materials response, water rescue, urban search and rescue, and other specialized operations. These missions require extensive training, coordination, and the right resources to ensure responder and public safety. Related content on Incident Command details the leadership and decision-making processes critical to managing these events. Explore articles on capabilities, best practices, and innovations that support effective specialized response.
PRODUCT COVERAGE
The original life safety standard, released in response to a deadly accident, has seen many revisions and additions
PRODUCT VIDEOS
Establish side alpha, stay disciplined in your direction, pay attention to sights and sounds, and use “breadcrumbs” to establish a route
Why technology is the key to avoiding the next 9/11 and MCI preparedness
COMPANY NEWS
The EXFIL Rescuer delivers advanced protection and everyday adaptability for land-based missions, while the EXFIL Maritime Rescuer extends that performance into the water with a liner engineered for neutral buoyancy and quick drying
DREW is a biofidelic (behaves like the human body) helmet-test rig built to simulate real head-to-ground falls and capture both linear and rotational head motion
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments has equipped each member jurisdiction to quickly detect and identify over 5,000 chemical threats in the field