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Officials in Leominster said residents near a dam should “immediately evacuate” as a precaution
The Category 3 storm struck an area still dealing with damage from Hurricane Ian last year
Friendship Fire Company Diving-Rescue Unit recently completed search and rescue training with two new drones
SAR crews from North Carolina, Michigan and Connecticut were among those helping to get to towns that have been unreachable
A worker in Omaha fell into a manhole and was swept away for a mile before being rescued
Clifton firefighters were trapped in the Passaic River after their fireboat went over the falls
We work until all options are exhausted, on the fireground and at the depths of the ocean
Banks County Fire & EMS colleagues said Ritchie Alford spotted two swimmers in the rip current and went in to save them
USFS Firefighter JT Sohr used his rafting gear to save a 91-year-old man trapped inside his car
The victim drives the rescue. Your crews’ capabilities dictate the operation.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said the recipients showed “extraordinary valor” above and beyond the call of duty
Edgewater crewmembers used an inflatable rescue boat to retrieve the boys
ATCEMS performed multiple water rescues, and a volunteer firefighter in Oklahoma activated tornado warning sirens
After crewmembers decided conditions were too risky to use a boat, they set up a ladder to reach the victims
A helicopter crew grabbed the man, hoisted him up and transported him to a hospital