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.
Crews rescued residents from upper floors as a fast-moving fire injured dozens and drew mutual aid from Orange, Bloomfield, Montclair, Irvington, Millburn and West Orange
Initially believing they were responding to a medical emergency, Easton firefighters quickly transitioned to fireground operations upon arrival, encountering heavy fire and discovering one deceased occupant
Reports of people trapped inside prompted Fresno firefighters to force entry and conduct searches in a boarded-up office building during a 2-alarm fire
Fire companies in Harlem faced several occupants hanging from windows and jumping from upper floors
EMS personnel performed CPR and were able to resuscitate the Kingston firefighter
San Diego firefighters saw smoke showing from the second floor of the Midway District gym when they arrived
Fremont becomes the first city to implement a drone as first responder program in both its police and fire departments
Texas City firefighters responded to an apartment fire and a report of people trapped inside
An occupant who jumped from the fourth floor was one of several people injured during a two-alarm South Shore high-rise fire
The after-action report information from the Boise hangar collapse focuses on rescues, triage and scene safety
Several people were injured, rescued as fire tore through a house in Queens
Two people were burned and a third injured in the Teaneck house fire
Maintenance on a bus became complicated for a public transit worker
Lancaster firefighters rescued three people over ladders during a fire caused by a malfunctioning battery
First responders from several agencies treated several patients after two charter speed boats collided
A San Francisco Rescue 2 firefighter was lowered by CHP helicopter to rescue the boy
A Muskegon fire marshal was in the area and saw the child inside the house during the size-up
San Bernardino County firefighters, along with USAR and technical rescue teams, saved a woman trapped in a septic tank
Firefighters faced numerous water rescues, evacuations as storm system soaked state
A toddler is among those injured in a first-floor fire at a Brooklyn apartment building
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
