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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Jackson Township Volunteers faced the emotional task of helping one of their own who was mortally injured when a tractor rolled on him at his home
Rescuers had to free victims after one train slammed into the back of another
Fire department officials said workers cut open the glass on the 44th floor to reach the men
Lt. Thomas Woods hopped on a surfboard when homes in his neighborhood started flooding and being consumed by fires
The team was sent to Plaza Towers Elementary where emergency crews pulled the bodies of a handful of children from the debris
The National Weather Service reports several tornadoes hit leaving five dead
Officials said the trailer disconnected from the rig and slammed into the van, ripping it apart
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Police are treating the case as an attempted homicide, and are looking for the mother and anyone else involved in the incident
It appeared that the horse had stepped onto a board covering the well and it had broken
Fitchburg firefighters and police officers pulled off a herculean feat Sunday and saved an elderly couple from an overturned Buick submerged in a river
Five of the seven injured were in vehicles on the highway overpass
Montgomery County rescuers worked to stabilize the structure for more than four hours to free a second worker
About 150 firefighters worked together to clear debris as they searched for the firefighter who called for help at about 5:30 a.m. Monday
As many as 60 were hurt when the car ran down a parade of hikers on a two-lane bridge
Officials say it is lucky that no one died and that there were not more injured than the 72 who required treatment
Asst. chief’s vehicle hit at scene by ‘rubber-necking’ dump truck driver
One rescue worker suffered smoke inhalation
Authorities say McPeek missed a turn, hit a sign and then the vehicle tumbled 250 feet down the cliff before landing upright
Firefighters had to return the following day to dismantle the machine to recover the body
The report that someone had fallen into a manhole was received about 5:15 p.m. and firefighters were on the scene in 3 minutes
The bombing in Boston stirred those who lost loved ones in Oklahoma City
150 buildings cleared by searches after massive blast demolishes neighborhood
While investigating the collapse, authorities found a gun and marijuana plants; the father is a felon
Civilians helped as many as eight people out of the bus before emergency crews arrived
The man was digging a 24-foot deep bunker but had no supports on the walls
The children were playing at a construction site when a wall of dirt caved in on them
The bus fell 30 feet onto a major thoroughfare
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