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.
Chief Bill Killen – surviving member of the original Apollo rescue team and former IAFC president – details the history of these unique teams
Video captures a dramatic rescue when an explosion and fire at a Cleveland apartment injured five people
After an EF-3 tornado struck St. Louis in May 2025, Missouri Task Force 1 deployed advanced drone technology to assist with search and rescue, assess damage, and support real-time decision-making
5 people were injured, 3 critically, during a house fire in Pennsauken
Davenport city officials had received several complaints about needed repairs and maintenance from occupants of the six-story building
A worker at the Ephrata Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant fell 20-feet after the roof he was on gave out underneath him
Pennsylvania fire and EMS crews worked for an hour to free a worker’s hand
Charlotte Captain Jeff Bright talks about climbing above the 5-alarm fire to rescue the operator
Campbell firefighters were called out for a deer stuck in a dumpster at the waste water treatment plant
Escambia County Battalion Chief Curt Isakson said people get in dumpsters “to protect themselves from others”
This new course shares tactical considerations from research that can be employed to minimize occupant and firefighter exposures
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A partial failure of the crane system at a high-rise building caused the evacuation of a one-block radius
The crew of Parma Medic 3 rescued a trapped occupant during a basement fire
Firefighters rigged ropes to raise the severely injured man 150-feet from where he was trapped
Fire Chief Reggie Johnson and Communications Shift Supervisor David Bradshaw address the mayday call, fill-in response, and heroic acts amid loss of life
“I looked out the back window and 4-foot flames are going,” Sean Kearney said of discovering the blaze
Fire Chief Reginald Johnson said firefighters rescued 15 workers and had to call for help themselves during the construction site fire
The large response of first responders to the Charlotte construction site fire led officials to tell the public to not use 911 except in a true emergency
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the recipients showed “extraordinary valor” above and beyond the call of duty
Divers performed a grid search to locate the man on the floor of the bay
Lawrence firefighters faced a tricky scene after responding to a fisherman with a fractured ankle
Portland firefighters are concerned about structural collapse after a 4-alarm fire destroyed the building a day after fire inspectors did a walk-through
Oklahoma City firefighters used an aerial ladder to reach the pair inside
Montgomery Captain Donald L. Crenshaw, Jr. suffered second- and third-degree burns across 20% of his body as firefighters attempted to rescue three civilians
Traditional methods can be cumbersome under high-stress conditions
It’s admirable to want to rescue occupants, but the gamble elevates the risk for firefighters and prolongs fire operations
“We never know what kind of calls we will be paged out to. Sometimes our furry friends need our help,” the Surf City Fire Department said on Facebook
Glendale firefighters heard a loud noise; over 100 crewmembers with five departments worked on the rescue and patient transport
Crews from several agencies responded to Guadalupe Mountains National Park
The woman was transported from Buckeye Valley to a hospital for treatment
Edgewater crewmembers used an inflatable rescue boat to retrieve the boys
A Marin County FD captain rappelled to the car that was wedged between a broken tree and the hillside, and a paramedic got there on a 200-foot line
Rookie Myrtle Beach Firefighter Nathan Ellis pulled the family members out through a back window that he punched out with his bare hands
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