Search and Rescue
The search and rescue topic covers news about SAR operations as well as the latest tips and tactics for rescue, search and rescue, and technical rescue.
The number of people missing after the July 4 floods in Texas has dropped to just three as search efforts continue and officials praise rescuers for their progress
Firefighters across the Kansas City metro pulled more than 60 people from high water after torrential storms shattered local rainfall records
A gas leak triggered the explosion, while torrential rain forced evacuations and water rescues across the North Plainfield borough
FDNY companies faced heavy fire on the first and second floors of the Queens house
The fire rescue boat will further support and advance the fire service and EMS response missions of Norfolk Fire-Rescue
A Franklin firefighter was rescued from a floor collapse during a house fire
First responders in Maury County used log chains, tow straps to keep the truck from falling down the 200-foot cliff
Lawrence Fire Chief Brian Moriarty said the firefighters in the earlier rescue became disoriented
Paramedics faced a complex rescue on a popular trail near Cajon Pass
Firefighters describe their actions 30 years ago during the earthquake that claimed 72 lives
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St. Paul firefighters faced multiple rescues, multiple patients in cardiac arrest at the Jan. 3 house fire
Portland firefighters entered through a window to search for occupants in a second-floor apartment because of fire conditions on the first-floor
Escambia County firefighters rescued a person who had been inside a dumpster and then dumped into a garbage truck
Lodi firefighters used a high-water rescue vehicle to reach at least 11 people trapped by flooding
Fort Worth Fire Chief Jim Davis said no one else is believed to be inside the Sandman Signature Hotel
Technical rescue work in Durham rescued an unconscious person approximately 80 feet above the ground
Authorities believe a gas leak caused the explosion at the Sandman Signature Hotel in Fort Worth
Renner’s snowplow rolled over him, breaking over 30 bones, leaving him in critical condition
Highland Park Fire Chief Erik Hollowell said Detroit firefighters leaving the scene is “negligent to the highest power”
Crews from three departments rescued two workers in a trench collapse in Princeton
Officials said one of the seven people rescued during a house fire in St. Paul has died.
St. Paul firefighters faced several victims, some needing CPR during the early-morning fire
Charlotte firefighters rescued two people during a fire on the third floor of an eight-story hotel
District Chief Kelly Burns said initial firefighters had to fight tremendous amounts of smoke, heat to reach the fire apartment
Rope rescue work in Clark County by several departments saved a homeless woman who had fallen 30 feet
One person died and another is expected to survive after being rescued by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel
Orleans first responders face a man pinned underneath the bucket of a front end loader
Teens heard the man, trapped for days in a crevice, screaming for help
Matthew Reum was pinned in the wreckage, underneath the I-94 bridge, since Dec. 20
Technical rescue in Pauling County lasted five hours as firefighters saved a worker buried up to his chest
Albany firefighters had to cut the wall beneath the bathroom window to rescue a trapped occupant
Seven occupants were rescued over ladders during a structure fire in Boonton
