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.
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Danbury firefighters used thermal-imaging cameras in a coordinated line search to locate an injured driver thrown roughly 700 feet from a heavily damaged car
An Eversource employee used a bucket truck to rescue a Somerville woman trapped on an awning before firefighters arrived
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
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“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
The hole was very unstable, said Greene County Ambulance Service, which worked with crews from the Eutaw and Tuscaloosa fire departments
St. Lucie County Fire District crewmembers safely got the little birds out of a storm drain and back to their mother
Firefighters used a rope to guide the kids to dry land after one of them called 911
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Syracuse crewmembers used a pulley system, and EMS providers transported the patient to a hospital
After crewmembers decided conditions were too risky to use a boat, they set up a ladder to reach the victims
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Members of the Seminole County Fire Department’s large animal rescue team responded after the cow got stuck trying to get a drink from a nearby pond
The rescue took San Diego firefighters about an hour after the Tidal Twister ride broke down
In Belvidere, Ill., Fire Chief Shawn Schadle witnessed “absolute chaos” at a theater with a collapsed roof and 260 people at the venue
One patient had to be extricated from beneath a vehicle; both were transported to a medical center
Lake Elsinore firefighters asked Southern California Edison to shut power off in the area to prevent the woman from being electrocuted, then used an aerial ladder
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