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.
UC San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia network last year detected 1,668 fires, including 636 before any 911 call
The original life safety standard, released in response to a deadly accident, has seen many revisions and additions
Vernon first responders ventilated and cut the tube slide at Northeast Elementary to free a wedged 40-year-old, with EMS providing oxygen in the heat
The worker, pinned by a large piece of concrete, had a fractured arm and his legs were folded backwards underneath the dirt
Firefighter Patrick Gale took his harness and secured himself to the rope that would lower him to the trapped man
The Champlain Towers South pool deck in Surfside had design understrength, corrosion and a heavier load than in the original designs
A Baltimore transit bus struck two cars before crashing into an apartment building
Video shows FF lowered by rope to save a man in a burning apartment building
Lockport fire officials release new details of the rescue effort following a tour boat’s capsize
Rescue workers breached the wall to the cave with a sledgehammer before shimmying through the hole to help rescue people inside
Firefighters used a tow truck rotator and ladder tower to rescue two people hanging over the side of the interstate
USFS Firefighter JT Sohr used his rafting gear to save a 91-year-old man trapped inside his car
The patient left the McLaren Macomb Hospital, fully disrobed and swam across the Clinton River, then climbed the tower
Eight medals were awarded to firefighters for their teamwork and bravery during the November 2022 incident
Three workers were pinned when the 6-foot-high, 40-foot-long wall collapsed near a trench where they were working
The simulations at the site in Lincoln tested the team’s abilities in concrete breaching, breaking, shoring, lifting and rigging
The Century III Mall in West Mifflin has been the site of recent fires
Branden Colvin Sr.'s body was found a day after authorities in Davenport switched from search to recovery operations
New Haven firefighters pulled several people from the debris following the partial collapse of a one-story building under construction
The concrete lid he was standing on crumbled sending the youngster 20-feet down into the water
Rescuers worked for hours removing Quanishia White-Berry’s left leg above the knee
Wichita FD divers were able to extricate the man, who was submerged for over an hour, but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful
Firefighters had to cut through four courses of brick and one-eighth-inch steel to rescue the teen
Davenport city officials had received several complaints about needed repairs and maintenance from occupants of the six-story building
A worker at the Ephrata Borough Wastewater Treatment Plant fell 20-feet after the roof he was on gave out underneath him
Pennsylvania fire and EMS crews worked for an hour to free a worker’s hand
Escambia County Battalion Chief Curt Isakson said people get in dumpsters “to protect themselves from others”
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A partial failure of the crane system at a high-rise building caused the evacuation of a one-block radius
Firefighters rigged ropes to raise the severely injured man 150-feet from where he was trapped
Lawrence firefighters faced a tricky scene after responding to a fisherman with a fractured ankle
A Spokane Valley firefighter was lowered 30-feet to rescue a Shetland sheepdog
A Marin County FD captain rappelled to the car that was wedged between a broken tree and the hillside, and a paramedic got there on a 200-foot line
The hole was very unstable, said Greene County Ambulance Service, which worked with crews from the Eutaw and Tuscaloosa fire departments
