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.
Search crews continued to scour the area using helicopters, boats and drones to rescue any survivors stranded in the deadly flood waters
Seven people remain missing after a fireworks warehouse explosion near Esparto triggered a massive blaze that spread across 80 acres
Digging into the assertion that there needs to be a new search-and-rescue-focused culture in which civilian safety comes first
The abandoned Portland building was well-known to firefighters for having squatters and limited hydrants
2 people and a dog were rescued after an explosion sent them into the water at Gloucester Harbor
Firefighters found the man while fighting a fire on the top floor of the abandoned apartment building
Waterford, New London and Naval Submarine Base FFs perform a rope rescue operation 50-feet up inside a storage facility
Stamford police, EMS, behavioral health members and firefighters worked together to end a 6-hour standoff
Tornado Firefighter Joshua Taylor suffered smoke inhalation during his rescue of a neighbor
FDNY EMTs Kyle Barbaria and Carmen Ruiz made their way to the top floor and two trapped workers
The initial call was for two vehicles on fire inside a Hollywood carport
SAR crews from North Carolina, Michigan and Connecticut were among those helping to get to towns that have been unreachable
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
