Water Rescue News & Articles

• 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

• 'I could have lost both my kids': Mom thanks chief after water rescue

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  Rensselaer (N.Y.) Fire Chief Dallas Denny will be recognized for his recent actions to save five kids stranded in a river

• 2 NY assistant chiefs save highway crew member trapped in rushing water

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  "It just goes to show that water rescue is important," Fly Creek Fire Department 1st Assistant Chief Jess Lanza said

• Video: NJ first responders, good Samaritans rescue kids clinging to drainage pipe in ocean

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  An off-duty Atlantic City firefighter was among the rescuers who aided the children struggling in choppy waters

• NH man uses Apple Watch to call 911 after falling through ice

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  The man couldn't reach his phone after becoming stuck in the freezing water

• 4 tools that can make search and recovery operations successful

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  Technology plays a key role in successful search and recovery operations; here are four underwater search tools than can help rescue divers in a time of need

• Mass. FFs use hovercraft to rescue dog that fell through ice

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  Two firefighters were able to reach the dog, retrieve him from the icy pond and return him back to his owner on the shore

• Video: Cops, firefighter jump into frigid river to rescue woman

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  Police bodycam video shows Tarrytown first responders jumping into the Hudson River

• Water rescue: How to employ the tensioned diagonal system

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  The system is versatile, easy and fast to develop, and safe for swiftwater rescue of multiple victims

• Wis. fire crew saves woman from sinking vehicle

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  Firefighters swam to the vehicle, which was almost completely submerged and were able to pull the woman, unresponsive and without a pulse, from the backseat

• Video shows cops, firefighters' rescue efforts after car plunges into canal

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  First responders rescued a 2-year-old child who remains on life support; a 15-year-old died

• Off-duty NY FFs rescue boy from rip current

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  North Patchogue Firefighters Justin Owen and Steven Welsh managed to pull the 12-year-old out of the water at Smith Point Beach

• Video: Officer rescues 3 after dad drives off cliff with toddlers

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  K-9 Officer Jonathan Wiese used a 100-foot leash to lower himself down the cliff and rescue the father and 2-year-old twins from the water

• 10K evacuated, state of emergency declared after Mich. dam break

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  Floodwaters rose after the breach of a trouble dam on the Tittabawassee River; Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called the major flooding "a historic event"

• Fla. FFs rescue man with leg stuck in boat propeller

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  Firefighters worked underwater in order to remove the propeller

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