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.
The documentary explores how warnings were ignored, leading to a deadly implosion that sparked a multi-agency international search and rescue effort
With state fire deaths above average, the Clayton Fire Department is joining the Firefighter Rescue Survey to help improve rescue tactics through shared real-world data
FDNY Firefighter Michael Kotzo will receive the department’s top honor for his heroic rope rescue during a Harlem blaze, one of three at the same fire
Members of four Norwich FDs and the Mohegan tribe responded
In Sonoma County, Occidental Volunteer Fire Chief Ronald Lunardi said a child believed to be under 2 years old died Wednesday night after a tree fell on a home
“The man grunted, fluttered his eyelids,” said Lt. Adam Jordan after he used an AED on the collapsed man. “I talked to him a little bit, I said, ‘Welcome back.’”
Crews used two ladders; they could not use an aerial ladder truck because of how the trucks arrived and other obstacles, Wilkes-Barre Fire Chief Jay Delaney said
The rescue of four people who survived took hours and involved helicopters and firefighters rappelling down the cliffside
Over a dozen fire engines responded, according to Orange County Fire Rescue
Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools, a rope system and a helicopter to extricate and move the two children and two adults
Officials said the drone is safer, quicker and cheaper; Hall County still has a dive team within the sheriff’s office
Photos of the Fort Myers python and its rescuers have been stirring up discussion online
San Bernardino firefighter-medics descended and began treating the patient, and their colleagues set up a rope system to bring them all back up
After the final trip to the firehouse, the crash truck got stuck, meeting the same fate as many Erie County emergency vehicles
Bruce Lang, a 30-year EMT and fire training officer, died after the vehicle he was driving broke through the ice during the rescue attempt
Santa Clara County firefighters said the child had been exploring a trail
As they alerted firefighters to the blaze, the EMTs and medics rescued a man and four dogs and searched for a mother and baby
Cortlandville Firefighter Johnathan Alteri was off-duty but got a notification about the crash and rushed to the scene
Firefighter Megan Warfield leapt into action to help a victim in an overturned car after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash – and gave birth 23 hours later
“To be up close to America’s symbol of freedom, what a memory!” the Macclenny Fire and Rescue Department said in a Facebook post
From a “spaceship” fire to an impromptu station wedding, and even 792 jars of Ragú, 2022 gave firefighters across the country some unique experiences
In a matter of minutes, Kansas City Battalion Chief Todd Covington went from survivor to rescuer in June Amtrak train derailment
Nine Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue firefighters and a medic unit responded after the injured driver slept overnight in the cold trunk as water got into the vehicle
Crews found one of the victims sprawled out on top of the elevator; the other victim was underneath the elevator
A man inside the burning home dropped his 1-year-old into the waiting arms of Patrick Burke Jr. from a second story window as the structure burned on Nov. 26
About three hours later, the sheriff’s office determined the rescue was complete
First things first, you can’t just BE FDNY. Get the right equipment and start training.
The rescue happened more than seven hours after the man “split from another hunter he had been with” and vanished into the swamp
The single-engine aircraft was ensnared about 100 feet off the ground, and the rescuers used a crane
Sans gear, Nicholas Perri Jr. “gained access to the well-involved vehicle and successfully removed the badly injured female driver,” the Brookfield FD said
Elizabeth Sauls was spending a day off from Kirk’s EMS with her mother and brother when all three jumped into action
Rescuers had to sedate and carry the young moose who crashed into a bedroom
“I have a firefighter brother, and when I saw what was happening and that they needed some help, all I could see was my brother up there,” Aaron Murrell said
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