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.
For the second time in three months, a vehicle crashed into the roof of the Clay-Ray Veterans Association building in Excelsior Springs
Fort Lauderdale firefighters and good Samaritans were honored with medals and awards for their heroic life-saving rescues
Oakland firefighters faced fire on the third floor of a garden-style apartment building
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
Eight medals were awarded to firefighters for their teamwork and bravery during the November 2022 incident
Three workers were pinned when the 6-foot-high, 40-foot-long wall collapsed near a trench where they were working
Common questions about when firefighters in bunker gear and SCBA can make a save and when to wait for the hazmat team
Fire in the Metro Richmond Zoo’s workshop quickly spread to the animal hospital and feed storage room
Polk County firefighters cut through the trailer’s wall to rescue a man trapped in the bathroom
Fire officials had been to the Davenport apartment building a day before the collapse for a 911 call about a partial collapse
The simulations at the site in Lincoln tested the team’s abilities in concrete breaching, breaking, shoring, lifting and rigging
The Century III Mall in West Mifflin has been the site of recent fires
Branden Colvin Sr.'s body was found a day after authorities in Davenport switched from search to recovery operations
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