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.
Rescuers used a rope system to lower an injured worker from a 92-foot water tower
First responders worked 60 feet above the ground, inside a grain silo in Boyceville to free a person trapped by a sweep auger
Fall River police called for firefighters and EMS personnel after a suspect they were pursuing tried to escape by dropping into a chimney
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The 30-year-old man fell up to 50 feet down the 24-inch-diameter hole and landed feet-first on compacted soil
Firefighter Jim Lee said the rope that colleagues had used to drop him from the roof burned through just 15 seconds after he touched the ground
It took firefighters about 20 minutes to rescue the man; he was taken to a hospital and his condition is unknown.
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Firefighters devised a rope system to haul her up from the water
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One man fell about 80 feet to the beach; firefighters rescued the other from a 50-foot cliff
Two four-car trains collided head on in Italy, killing at least 22 and injuring many others
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
Oklahoma City Fire Department District Chief Benny Fulkerson says firefighters walked the stranded riders down a catwalk to safety
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
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