Rescue

The rescue resource page covers a range of tactical considerations for performing technical rescues and rescue operations on the fireground. Learn lessons learned from mayday events involving firefighter rescues; news about civilian rescues, like one captain’s controversial solo rescue; tips for managing technical rescue operations – rope, confined space, water, trench, vehicle/machinery, structural, and wilderness rescue; rescue incidents related to natural disasters and other major events; and even animal rescues and some rather odd rescues, like people stuck in trees, machine machines or other unique spots that require fire service intervention.

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N.Y. firefighters rescue trapped occupants at apartment fire
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Syracuse firefighters used ladders to rescue people trapped on the floor above the fire
Mich. firefighters rescue disabled man in house fire
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A Melvindale police officer could hear the man screaming and tried to crawl inside
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Minn. man suffers leg amputations after being trapped in grain bin auger
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Travis Muller was cleaning out the bin when he became caught in the power sweep auger
Calif. firefighters faced challenging roof construction during apartment fire
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Sacramento firefighters faced a second roof over a challenging "center hallway" complex in the two-story building
N.J. first responders rescue 6 people trapped in house explosion
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Two patients were flown to hospitals after being removed from the rubble of the West Milford house
'Right place, right time': 2 off-duty FFs respond to medical emergency at Patriots-Dolphins game
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R.I. Firefighter Anthony Colella and Mass. Firefighter Mark McCullough administered CPR for 10 minutes until the man regained consciousness
Fla. fire captain, FF-medic assist collapsed passenger on plane
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Palm Beach County Captain Eric Price and FF-Medic Sam Adler rendered aid until the flight made an emergency landing
FF-medic honored for off-duty rescue in Mont. vehicle collision
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The firefighter-medic and a nurse both separately stopped to assist the crash victims, all of whom had to be extricated from the vehicles
N.C. firefighters and tow truck rescue horse stuck in pool
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Wesell Chapel firefighters and the Cabarrus County Large Animal Rescue Task Force worked out several mechanical advantages to rescue Ms. Lexi
Mass. fire chief had warned officials about migrant safety before hotel fire
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Sutton Fire Department Chief Matthew Belsito had warned state officials earlier about the the lack of fire safety in the hotel
Video: Wash. police yell for occupants to jump from burning house
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"Please jump out the window!": Body-worn camera footage shows officers trying to rescue occupants inside a burning Algona house
Mich. firefighters rescue worker trapped in sewer
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A worker was repairing the Waterford system when he was swept several hundred feet down stream
Mass. firefighters use ladder truck to reach stranded flood victims
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Flooding washed out the bridge serving as the only road access for some Leominster residents
Fire crew quickly rescues pilot in Calif. wildfire helicopter crash
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A CAL FIRE-contracted helicopter when down while operating over the Tea Fire in the Sierra National Forest
S.C. equestrian credits FFs for saving her life after fall
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When New Ellenton firefighters found Maria Duthie, she had a faint pulse, was barely breathing and was blue
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