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.
Dramatic video shows masts snapping as sailors dangled from harnesses when a Mexican navy ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge
Severe flash flooding across western Maryland prompts rescues from cars, houses, schools and businesses
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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
Firefighters used a rope to guide the kids to dry land after one of them called 911
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Syracuse crewmembers used a pulley system, and EMS providers transported the patient to a hospital
Members of the Seminole County Fire Department’s large animal rescue team responded after the cow got stuck trying to get a drink from a nearby pond
The rescue took San Diego firefighters about an hour after the Tidal Twister ride broke down
Officials said an off-duty firefighter rushed to help but was unable to reach the victim before he disappeared under the water
Paterson firefighters used a winch to separate the cars and medical tools to retrieve the man’s leg, Chief Brian McDermott said
The patient was alert throughout the rescue
It was “sheer luck the car landed where it was,” said Battalion Chief Dave Seneviratne
“They all saved my life,” recounted Derek Oldfather, whose leg became trapped in a conveyor belt on a job site
The rescue of four people who survived took hours and involved helicopters and firefighters rappelling down the cliffside
Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools, a rope system and a helicopter to extricate and move the two children and two adults
San Bernardino firefighter-medics descended and began treating the patient, and their colleagues set up a rope system to bring them all back up
Crews found one of the victims sprawled out on top of the elevator; the other victim was underneath the elevator
Edgewater firefighters found the Leonberger Bernese mix named Bear several days after it escaped its owner during a walk and jumped into the river
Montgomery County crews faced a complex and dangerous scene with a plane entangled in power lines dangling 100 feet above the ground
