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.

Full list of Rescue results

Off-duty FDNY FF rescues neighbor, loses home in blaze that injured 12 FFs
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FDNY Firefighter Piotr Orlowski carried his neighbor from a burning building and evacuated his parents during the five-alarm blaze
Helicopters evacuate dozens trapped, injured by fast-moving Calif. wildfire
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Officials said at least 150 people became trapped Saturday as the Creek Fire exploded to nearly 36,000 acres in one day
Off-duty Wash. FF-paramedic leads challenging backcountry rescue
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Walla Walla County Fire District 4 Firefighter-Paramedic Jestin Goodson was hiking with his family when he discovered a woman at the bottom of a ravine
Video: FDNY FFs rescue woman from 16th floor using rare technique
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FDNY Firefighter Brian Quinn rappelled down to the woman from a roof-rope secured by a Halligan tool
4 rescue boats capsize in NC floodwaters
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Firefighters managed to rescue a mother from the waters but her two children remain missing
Helicopter rescues skyrocketed 225% in Calif. county this year, first responders say
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Orange County fire, EMS and law enforcement officials urged hikers to properly prepare and take caution before heading out to the trails
Rescuers deploy to Hurricane Laura impact areas
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Strike teams, search and rescue crews, aircraft and convoys of ambulances headed to the Gulf Coast area before and in the aftermath of the Category 4 storm
LODD: Volunteer Fla. firefighter drowns during ocean water rescue
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St. George Island Volunteer Firefighter/First Responder Brian Stephen Smith, 56, was swept up by the current while trying to save a man and child in distress
FF aids woman who escaped disabled car minutes before train hits
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While battling a blaze, firefighters were alerted by residents to a car stopped on nearby train tracks
Video: 2 trapped Calif. FFs rescued by helicopter
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A rescue team used a 100-foot line to save the two firefighters, who who were trapped in heavy brush on a ridge line
Pothole-riddled road at Conn. state park to be repaired after years of first responder complaints
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First responders said they have had to slowly navigate large apparatus around the potholes to respond to many emergencies at the park's pond and cliff-hiking area
Orlando firefighters extricate teen from locked gun safe
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Firefighters used hydraulic extrication tools to free the 15-year-old from the safe at a gun store showroom
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
1 killed, several trapped after multiple houses explode in Baltimore
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Baltimore's firefighters' union reported that five people were trapped, including children, after the major blast
NY man transported with burns, refused to let FFs rescue him
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The man was escorted from his burning apartment by police after he "resisted" a rescue attempt, officials say
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