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.
Body-worn camera footage shows fire erupting from a second-story window just before the roof gives way, briefly trapping a Christopher firefighter
Farmington Hills police officers arrived to find fire showing from the house and reports of people trapped inside
Occupants were trying to jump from windows when Detroit firefighters arrived at the early-morning explosion
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San Antonio firefighters found the man “trapped inside a train car by materials shifting inside the car, pinning his foot,” a department spokesperson said
The hunter fired a gun to summon nearby hunters for help in the Los Padres National Forest
About 10 people gathered around the vehicle’s bumper and worked together, according to the El Paso Fire Department
Fire Chief Chris Wright and Firefighter Tyler Crews were awarded with the Medal of Valor, the highest award given by Vance County Fire Department
Lexington crews worked with firefighters from other departments to check more than 4,459 structures
Pasco County Fire Rescue said the Loomis truck hit the woman as she was walking across a parking lot and pinned her
The Madison Fire Department’s Heavy Urban Rescue Team assisted the DeForest Fire Department and Sun Prairie EMS
During efforts to control the blaze, the building collapsed and trapped multiple firefighters; some firefighters suffered heat-related injuries
Orange County Battalion Chief Michael Morganstern said crewmembers gave the girl pain medication while disassembling the mechanism
The Lexington Fire Department deployed crews, two boats and its mobile ambulance bus
Two firefighters had been trapped; one escaped on his own, and crewmembers worked for nearly an hour to free the other
In one rescue, firefighters carried six children to safety from a daycare at Cornerstone Institutional Baptist Church, where 15 children and three adults were trapped
Firefighters rescued people from flooded homes and saved people and dogs in a swift water rescue on the Gauley River
While there were no reports of injuries, the damage from the downpour and flooding was widespread
The victims, according to police, were stuck in waist-deep mud and were exhausted
Before Lafayette firefighters and EMS crews arrived, Nick Bostic saw the flames while driving, stopped and ran inside
“I started pulling that stuff out, and once I seen a a clear path, I just started instructing the two guys,” said Macon-Bibb Lt. Dennis Maxwell
A second off-duty firefighter also responded; other family members escaped the blaze and were transported by Boston EMS
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A mayday was called, and the firefighter was transported to an area hospital
Justin Morrow, who was one day from returning to work full-time following an injury, rushed to help a man and two children after a rollover crash
Lorain Firefighter Christopher Bennett held onto the fisherman’s wrists until on-duty firefighters could get to the scene
NYPD and FDNY divers pulled a boy and woman from the murky water and medics rendered aid, but the two patients died
Orondo firefighters arrived to find the helicopter had flown into high-voltage power lines before hitting the tractor and catching fire
“He had to do it in a certain window of time when the oven was cool enough and obviously nobody was there,” said DeKalb County Fire Cpt. Jason Daniels
The truck was lifted by the town’s rescue engine and the patient was freed within 10 minutes of the first responders’ arrival
A technical rescue team, Stamford police and Stamford EMS responded, treated and transported her
“My dog picked up the track right away from where Jacob was last seen in the woods,” said Windsor Assistant Fire Chief Callie Mallory
An EMT who spoke Spanish helped put the man at ease during the multi-agency rescue, police said
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