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.
More than 80 firefighters worked on the rescue, along with a “complete medical team,” LAFD said; Two rescuers were treated for heat exhaustion with one hospitalized
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Rescue teams dug through the crumbled buildings with bulldozers and their bare hands in search of survivors
The Conn. used a metal bat to fend off the attacking pit bulls
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Fire captain: “It is one of the most horrific calls I’ve ever been on”
Over 3,000 people have been evacuated as of Saturday
Firefighters on a water-rescue training exercise managed to recover the man safely
Firefighters devised a rope system to haul her up from the water
Rescuers were able to obtain the bypass code from the manufacturer and did not have to drill into the safe
Firefighters opened the top elevator hatch and lowered a ladder into the elevator, where Trump and 10 others were rescued from
The soldiers had been training in New Jersey and were on a scouting mission when they found the car deep in a wooded area
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Firefighters continued CPR and used an AED to revive the one-year-old girl
The firefighter and two companions carried the man about a mile where they were met by other paramedics also on the charity hike
Byron is remembered for his rescue efforts at disaster sites in London and Japan
Several Illinois fire departments near St. Louis rescued motorist, pot-bellied pigs and battled tanker fires after a storm set off flash flooding
One man fell about 80 feet to the beach; firefighters rescued the other from a 50-foot cliff
Fire rescue crews used rafts, canoes and a speedboat in their rescue efforts
A total of $447,750 has been awarded to two area fire departments
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The fire department would not elaborate on what led the woman to fall into a 10-foot-deep manhole at 4:30 a.m.
Officials say it took firefighters 15 minutes to free the woman from the wreckage
Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames shooting out of the top-story windows; the two rescued were asleep
The child’s mother left the 5-month old while she went shopping
Police are credited with pulling many victims off the burning bus before it became fully involved
A special zoo response team shot and killed a gorilla, that grabbed and dragged the boy after he fell into the gorilla exhibit moat
Here’s a fire-service look at how the Cincinnati Fire Department handled the rescue call for a 3-year-old trapped in a gorilla den
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While training in their boat, firefighters saw a kayaker capsize, rescued him, performed CPR and transported him to a hospital
Oklahoma City Fire Department District Chief Benny Fulkerson says firefighters walked the stranded riders down a catwalk to safety