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.
Incident command challenges are heightened in a region replete with jurisdictional anomalies
Grand Rapids Fire Chief Brad Brown described firefighters hearing the children screaming from inside the house, saying it “will live on in our heads for the rest of our lives”
‘We were behind the eight ball from the very beginning': Mo. FFs burned during rescues at fatal fire
Two Independence firefighters suffered third-degree burns in an apartment fire that killed a family of four
A worker in Omaha fell into a manhole and was swept away for a mile before being rescued
Video shows Wilmington Engine 3, Rescue 2 FFs at an outdoor retailer for a unique rescue
Plaistow FFs found the man face down between a mounted scissor lift and concrete floor with his entire upper body under the lift
It took firefighters in Crandon nearly three and a half hours to safely secure and rescue eight riders near the top of the loop
The worker, pinned by a large piece of concrete, had a fractured arm and his legs were folded backwards underneath the dirt
Clifton firefighters were trapped in the Passaic River after their fireboat went over the falls
Massena Fire Chief Pat O’Brien said one of the explosions was related to an oxygen cylinder
‘Slow down or you’re going to get hurt’ – wise words from youth still matter today
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Two firefighters were injured when a large door came off its hinges during a fire in Alachua County
Lexington firefighters made two separate rescues during a set fire
Firefighter Patrick Gale took his harness and secured himself to the rope that would lower him to the trapped man
Beverly Firefighter Shane Stevenson had only three days on the job when he pulled a man from his crashed car before it burst into flames
Debris found during the search for the vessel “is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” said Rear Adm. John Mauger
Atlantic City firefighters and police officers rescued several people during a fast-moving fire in six rowhouses
We work until all options are exhausted, on the fireground and at the depths of the ocean
A supercell struck Matador killing at least 4 people and causing widespread destruction
A Canadian military surveillance aircraft detected underwater noises in the area of the Titanic wreck, which might indicate at least someone is alive on the Titan
Douglas County firefighters entered without a hoseline and found the man in a bedroom
Keith Stakes and Craig Weinschenk detail new FSRI research focused on search and rescue tactics in single-story single-family residential structures
Video shows FF lowered by rope to save a man in a burning apartment building
Banks County Fire & EMS colleagues said Ritchie Alford spotted two swimmers in the rip current and went in to save them
Bantam and Litchfield FFs used a wheeled stretcher to move the dog out of the Mount Tom State Park
Two workers were assessing the roof of the abandoned Blairsville school when it collapsed and they fell three stores
Lockport fire officials release new details of the rescue effort following a tour boat’s capsize
Everyone was out of the building but when Mobile firefighters arrived, they were told “Ginger” was still inside
Rescue workers breached the wall to the cave with a sledgehammer before shimmying through the hole to help rescue people inside
Firefighters used a tow truck rotator and ladder tower to rescue two people hanging over the side of the interstate
USFS Firefighter JT Sohr used his rafting gear to save a 91-year-old man trapped inside his car
“He would give his life for anyone": Neighbors in the Brooklyn community are shocked over the death of Firefighter Mark Batista
The patient left the McLaren Macomb Hospital, fully disrobed and swam across the Clinton River, then climbed the tower
