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.
The FDNY and the NYPD Emergency Service Unit lowered an officer and a firefighter down to lift the injured worker to safety
A $22,500 contribution from Eli Lilly and construction partners will fund training and equipment for the Lebanon Fire Department’s new trench rescue technicians
Firefighters pulled a man to safety after he became stuck in a tunnel while trying to help someone else out
Firefighters describe their actions 30 years ago during the earthquake that claimed 72 lives
Escambia County firefighters rescued a person who had been inside a dumpster and then dumped into a garbage truck
Technical rescue work in Durham rescued an unconscious person approximately 80 feet above the ground
Crews from three departments rescued two workers in a trench collapse in Princeton
Rope rescue work in Clark County by several departments saved a homeless woman who had fallen 30 feet
Westborough firefighters used air bags, cribbing to recover the worker from underneath the 53-foot-long trailer
Teens heard the man, trapped for days in a crevice, screaming for help
Matthew Reum was pinned in the wreckage, underneath the I-94 bridge, since Dec. 20
Technical rescue in Pauling County lasted five hours as firefighters saved a worker buried up to his chest
Firefighters scoured the debris using buckets, power tools and heavy equipment to ensure no one was trapped
First responders went beyond the call of duty, pulling animals from sinkholes, frozen ponds and bear dens
A carnival crisis, cliffhangers, underground escapes and fiery extractions: First responders answered the call in 2023
A rope rescue system was used to recover the worker inside the Holly Sugar Plant in Tracy
A coordinated effort involving several departments saved a construction worker pinned by a foundation collapse
Modesto firefighters responded to a call for a trapped person and found the victim pinned underneath the forklift
Firefighters breached a wall but held off on using torches to cut the steel plating
Emergency services organizations are struggling to meet the escalating needs for medical supplies, equipment and vehicles
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Wichita firefighters were moving up to the third floor to rescue occupants when the stairway collapsed
Firefighters in Sevier County had set up trail cameras to know when the bear left the cave
Santa Monica firefighters are seen rescuing riders from a Ferris wheel during a standoff
A worker was buried under 10 feet of dirt and concrete in a utility construction site collapse
Travis Muller was cleaning out the bin when he became caught in the power sweep auger
Two patients were flown to hospitals after being removed from the rubble of the West Milford house
A worker was repairing the Waterford system when he was swept several hundred feet down stream
Firefighters used a rope rescue evolution to reach a driver trapped for days in a ravine
Medics and a technical rescue team faced a worker who had fallen, and rebar had penetrated his torso
Two people were injured when their vehicle went into the James River before a bridge-tunnel
Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One requested additional specialized help to complete the rope rescue
Tulsa firefighters had to cut part of the flagpole off for the victim to fit into an ambulance
A worker in Durham was hit by a piece of equipment and left hanging 150 feet about the ground
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