Technical Rescue
The FireRescue1 Technical Rescue resource page offers news related to technical rescue incidents as well as expert analysis focused on detailing tech rescue skills for beginner- and advanced-level skills.
Ventura County firefighters used Oxnard police robots during a technical rescue operation
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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Firefighter Tyler Wright: “We were one of the first people in there, and we didn’t know what we would encounter.”
Initial rescue efforts were complicated by heavy rains and the threat of more tornadoes and hailstorms
Two police officers who tried to rescue the tourists were among those inside; the group waded out in neck-deep water
The fire department’s special operations team responded to the scene
Rescuers used a helicopter to retrieve the stuck man from a 600-foot cliff after his cell-phone proposal; he was found to be high on meth
It took two departments 30 minutes to free the Great Dane using rope, harness and tarp
Rescuers used a helicopter to retrieve the stuck man from a 600-foot cliff after his cell-phone proposal; he was found to be high on meth
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The man was a contractor who had been digging a trench when the foundation gave away; a total of 33 firefighters responded to the call
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This deep-hole rescue scenario illustrates how to approach rescues that often can’t be trained for
A tree on the tracks reportedly caused the train to derail, sending the lead car plunging into a creek
Rescuers freed the 87-year-old pilot who’s plane was stuck in tree branches 50-feet above ground.
After the first blast, 81 miners were rescued; a third blast Sunday killed those trapped and those attempting to rescue them
Firefighters opened the 18-inch hole to 30 inches; the assistant chief went in with a make-shift harness to perform the rescue
Firefighters rappelled down a steep ravine to rescue a horse with a broken pelvis that was trapped for two days
Rescuers have freed more than 170 people from the high rise building; as many as 124 may still be trapped
The tree crashed into a couple’s home, killing the wife and pinning the man for more than three hours until he could be freed
Firefighters used ladders and cranes to free victims from a high-rise that was toppled by an earthquake in Taiwan
An unstable pile of sharp steel sheets pinning a worker’s leg raised questions of field amputation and rescuer safety; here’s how we handled it
Rescuers used a crane and cage to free the miners who were stuck in a lift in the 2,300-foot-deep mine
The man miraculously survived and was able to use his arms and legs
Occupants in stacked vehicles is a challenge for extrication and stabilization; here’s how to do it safely
It marks the third time this year that the fire department has had to pull people out of chimneys; the other two involved adults locked out of their homes who tried to get in through the chimney
The fire chief said it was one of the most difficult technical rescues he’s ever seen and worked on
The man was pinned at the bottom of a V-shaped collapse of unstable debris from the five-story brick building
Firefighters cut a hole in the side of the chimney to free the worker who fell 40 feet inside
More than 100 firefighters responded, with many of them going into the debris to look for people who might have been trapped
The worker was on the catwalk under the bridge doing preventative maintenance when he slipped; he was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries
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