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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Video showed 16-year-old Tyler Sowden climbing a ladder to rescue a mother and her three children in a house fire
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Former Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling says he has a new perspective on life after nearly drowning
“I made the promise that I’m not going to come back onto the line until I know I’m ready,” said Manchester Captain Steve DesRuisseaux
O’Fallon Fire Protection District Firefighter Matt Chapman worked with a police officer and a deputy until Central County Fire and Rescue firefighters arrived
Alicia A. Monahan served with Chesterfield County Fire and EMS and the Virginia Search and Rescue Dog Association
The patients were participating in a reality TV show called “Bad Girls Gone God” when some suffered heat-related illness
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For two weeks, rescue crews from near and far helped local teams dig through the Champlain Towers South pile in the search for victims
So far, 62 of the Terre Haute Fire Department’s 150 firefighters are trained in swift water rescue, with classes ongoing
Corpus Christi crewmembers also rescued a woman and a dog
“My wife was asking if anyone else was inside, and she said my babies were inside,” said Ronnie Rollings, who removed the children
As inquiries continue in the United Kingdom, issues of housing equity and inclusion persist there and stateside
The decision isn’t always so simple, particularly with buildings involving many occupants
Stephen A. Feron was the second member of his family to lead the Hauppauge Fire Department
Special Operations Deputy Chief Raymond Downey was an expert on building collapses and technical rescues
Hollywood Driver/engineer Christopher Allen had operated the department’s high-water rescue truck to help people impacted by area flooding
Ladder 159 members located the girl’s mother, but she later died from her injuries; the child remains in critical condition
Four rescue swimmers with the Gulf Shores FD, as well as the Coast Guard, assisted in the water rescue that left Baldwin County Deputy Bill Smith dead
The member was transported to SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Hours earlier, a probationary D.C. Fire and EMS firefighter rescued a woman from an apartment fire
Kansas City firefighters removed the individuals from the building, which was supposed to be vacant, according to a fire department official
The teenager was found 100 feet above Raven Cliff Falls, resulting in “dangerous terrain and extreme technicality,” according to White County Fire Services
A department helicopter hoisted victims up to waiting rescue vehicles
The research aims to increase firefighter efficiency and effectiveness in single-story, single-family homes
The soldier became caught about 100 feet up in a tree over American Lake Veterans Golf Course
Trooper Robert Stawicki and a deputy dragged the 13-year-old out of the house as melting shingles dripped on them
A Needham firefighter managed to grab the teen who had been clinging to tree limb in the water
Members of the Gaffney City Fire Department performed a technical rescue successfully in about half an hour, and EMS providers transported the injured boy
All five people involved were injured, but the first responders treated the other vehicle’s occupants
Approximately 100 members of Boston Fire, plus Boston EMS crews and a surgical team, responded to the collapse and rescued three victims
Members of the Syracuse Fire Department said the person was without a rope or a partner and became stuck about 80 feet up
The firefighter was trapped for a minute after a wall collapsed, but rescued by crewmembers