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.
Columbus Firefighter Richard Barfield Jr. is being honored after rescuing two children and a 4-month-old from a crash, clearing an unresponsive father’s airway, and providing care for seven patients until crews arrived
Inside the fire service’s safety culture split
A volunteer firefighter and his wife pulled two people from a burning SUV near Cameron, after hearing the crash from their home
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
A Grand Rapids firefighter was burned while trying to rescue a person reportedly inside
Firefighters in Orange were able to rescue a woman inside but she succumbed to her injuries
Atlanta firefighters faced three structure fires in the early morning hours
Major responses, award and honors, conflicts overseas, devastating wildfires and e-Bike blazes made headlines
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More than 25 complaints were lodged against the building last month alone, per city records
One of two people seriously injured had jumped from the third floor to escape the fire
Firefighters scoured the debris using buckets, power tools and heavy equipment to ensure no one was trapped
Firefighters were lowered about 100 yards down the embankment, where they removed the man from the wrecked vehicle
The man was rescued 4 miles from where he first called rescuers and spent over an hour in the water, Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue said
McLane Black Lake FD firefighters helped children off the bus and carried them through the water to a second school bus that was called in
First responders went beyond the call of duty, pulling animals from sinkholes, frozen ponds and bear dens
“The thing we do is protect life — fire department, law enforcement, that’s what you do,” Fire Deputy Chief Brandon Newsome said
A carnival crisis, cliffhangers, underground escapes and fiery extractions: First responders answered the call in 2023
