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.
Official statistics show that 343 firefighters lost their lives on that day, but there were really 344
Baltimore County firefighters rescued an 8-year-old boy from a burning house in Dundalk
Kansas City Firefighter Brandon Hullinger was relaxing at a pool when he heard a yell for anybody who knows CPR
The Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company arrived to find smoke pouring from the one-story home, then went inside and rescued the teen
Initial rescue efforts were complicated by heavy rains and the threat of more tornadoes and hailstorms
The 15-year-old put it on to scare her friends, but ended up trapped in the purple dino mask
A retired fire chief spotted the pair in distress from his porch and called 911
Divers found the toddler’s body 16 hours after authorities first got the call that a reptile had taken the boy at Seven Seas Lagoon
The attack happened at Disney’s upscale Grand Floridian Resort & Spa; the family of 5 was wading in an area marked “no swimming.”
Fire in the abandoned office building killed one and took 150 firefighters two hours to bring under control
The phone will use software and sensors to detect a room’s contours and send that back to the phone’s screen; it will not rely on a mapping database
The smoke was so thick in the hallways, firefighters had to evacuate residents by ladder
The fugitive embroiled in an extradition battle was in one of three vehicles that caught fire in the five-vehicle crash
Battalion Chief: “We are more in body-recovery mode than rescue”
The fire station sustained some structural damage, but is still safe to occupy
Firefighters entered the home through an egress window and found the man unconscious in the back of the finished basement
Multiple Arizona fire departments were called to extricate the man who crashed his SUV on dirt Forest Department road
He said it was the first time he’s ever used the maneuver that he invented
Two police officers who tried to rescue the tourists were among those inside; the group waded out in neck-deep water
Morgantown firefighter Vanden King had finished his shift shortly before the crash; grief counselors are available for the firefighters
The noontime, hour-long outage was caused by an equipment failure at a substation and affected thousands of people
Officials say crews responded Tuesday night and freed the girl in about 15 minutes
Crews found heavy smoke and flames coming from the house and did an aggressive interior attack to locate the boy
The video shows the car swerve and hit a curb and pole before overturning and bursting into flames
With smoke pouring from the kitchen window, first-arriving firefighters pulled the woman to safety
The hiker provided emergency dispatchers with GPS coordinates and was picked up via helicopter
The man said he was playing hide and seek with his cousin after being found in a business’s chimney
Firefighters were able to maneuver the boy’s leg and extricate him from the car simulation game
The driver, who hadn’t worn a seat belt, had his arm trapped under the passenger side of the vehicle
Firefighters used an angle grinder to cut the wrench from around the man’s genital
The woman suffered traumatic injuries and was airlifted to the hospital
Two men pried the driver’s door open and pulled her out as flames engulfed the front of the car and the back of the school bus
Sean Kehren was on his way to see his mother when he saw a vehicle ahead of him drift into the ditch
