Water Rescue News & Articles

• Photos: FF rescues man in Idaho river after completing swiftwater rescue training

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  USFS Firefighter JT Sohr used his rafting gear to save a 91-year-old man trapped inside his car

• Go/no-go technical rescue: A swiftwater scenario

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  The victim drives the rescue. Your crews’ capabilities dictate the operation.

• Video: Colo. firefighters rescue submerged elk from frozen pond

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  Two members of the Evergreen Fire and Rescue Department used wooden sticks to help push the elk out of the water, while three others pulled the animal's front legs

• 'You don't know this ice': N.Y. firefighters respond to 3 lake rescues in 24 hours

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  South Bay crews were forced to hand off a call at a school for a student struggling to breathe because they are required to respond to all ice rescues

• Video: Mo. police officers swim across cold pond to help firefighter save crashed vehicle's driver

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  When the St. Louis County firefighter, driver and truck went underwater, Officers Don Shultz and Victoria Sarver got in the water to help with the rescue

• Video: Rapid water rescue options – putting training into practice

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  Developing a progressive approach to set foundational skills, then hone advanced capabilities

• Photos: Crash traps two people in car dangling over rushing Calif. canal

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  Colton firefighters stabilized the car in the water and used a Jaws of Life tool to pull off a door; EMS providers transported both survivors to a trauma center

• On the ground in Puerto Rico with Maryland’s Task Force 1

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  What to expect as task forces deploy to hurricane ravaged areas

• Mass. first responders use drone, thermal camera to rescue lost kayaker

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  Using an app that shares GPS coordinates, Deerfield firefighters were directed to the injured man's location

• Video: Off-duty firefighter helps Mich. troopers rescue boy, 10, from water

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  The 10-year-old was hanging on to a structure at the Four Mile Dam when the first responders arrived

• Crews search for stranded people as Appalachia floods kill at least 8, swamp fire station

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  Firefighters rescued people from flooded homes and saved people and dogs in a swift water rescue on the Gauley River

• St. Louis FFs rescue residents, pets after record rainfall causes flooding

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  While there were no reports of injuries, the damage from the downpour and flooding was widespread

• Video: 2 dead after chartered river boat capsizes

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  NYPD and FDNY divers pulled a boy and woman from the murky water and medics rendered aid, but the two patients died

• 'I'm alive ... because of you': Former S.C. mayor recounts river rescue, thanks firefighters, EMTs

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  Former Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling says he has a new perspective on life after nearly drowning

• Indiana fire department establishes swiftwater rescue team

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  So far, 62 of the Terre Haute Fire Department's 150 firefighters are trained in swift water rescue, with classes ongoing

• N.Y. firefighters save 2 men whose truck plunged 20 feet into creek

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  Syracuse members used ladders, ropes and pulleys to complete the rescue in about an hour; AMR transported the men

• Spotlight: JW Fishers’ underwater search equipment shortens first responders’ rescue efforts

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  The company’s wide-ranging product line offers variety, allowing crews to select specialty tools designed for specific scenarios

• Video: Texas firefighters rescue teen stranded in river

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  A Needham firefighter managed to grab the teen who had been clinging to tree limb in the water

• 3 Texas firefighters swim to safety after ambulance crashes into pond

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  All five people involved were injured, but the first responders treated the other vehicle's occupants

• Spotlight: JW Fishers the global producer of an entire line of underwater search equipment

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  Jack Fisher started the company in the late 1960s after realizing that an affordable metal detector was needed in the diving industry

• Video: LAFD crews rescue woman from water, then man who jumps in to save woman's dog

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  “While the desire to help is understandable, this type of action is extremely dangerous,” the LAFD wrote in a news release

• How to buy rescue equipment (eBook)

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  Download this FireRescue1 rescue equipment buying guide to learn key steps for product selection, purchasing and implementation

• Video: Iowa firefighters rappel from bridge to rescue woman in river

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  Waterloo Battalion Chief Troy Luck said the department has practiced rappelling, but this was the first time they did it during a rescue

• Ala. firefighters search for flash flood victims, revive woman

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  Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service crewmembers have made at least 16 water rescues

• Minn. FD issues warning after 'incredibly daring and dangerous water rescue'

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  The Duluth Fire Department issued a swimming warning for Lake Superior due to a high risk of rip currents after rescuing a woman who was pulled 200 yards from shore

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