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.
Crews in Louisville saved a semitruck driver trapped in a cab hanging off an I-65 overpass after a crash sent the vehicle teetering over the edge
Off-duty Newburyport Firefighter George Fraley suffered a heart attack at home and was revived by his own colleagues en route to the hospital
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Four crewmembers were on the rope during the rarely needed, lifesaving maneuver
Southern Marin Fire District crew members used a rope system, and EMS providers flew the patient by helicopter to a hospital
Scottsdale Fire rescue teams carried Diego down a steep part of the trail, and the hiker and her two dogs were then transported using a UTV
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It took Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority and the Renton Regional Fire Authority firefighters nearly eight hours to recover the man’s body
The 10-year-old was hanging on to a structure at the Four Mile Dam when the first responders arrived
The hunter fired a gun to summon nearby hunters for help in the Los Padres National Forest
The Madison Fire Department’s Heavy Urban Rescue Team assisted the DeForest Fire Department and Sun Prairie EMS
Dennis Slater was a 29-year member of the Broad Brook FD before retiring, but still helped out at major incidents and fundraisers whenever he could
The truck was lifted by the town’s rescue engine and the patient was freed within 10 minutes of the first responders’ arrival
A technical rescue team, Stamford police and Stamford EMS responded, treated and transported her
Former Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling says he has a new perspective on life after nearly drowning
Special Operations Deputy Chief Raymond Downey was an expert on building collapses and technical rescues
Syracuse members used ladders, ropes and pulleys to complete the rescue in about an hour; AMR transported the men
The teenager was found 100 feet above Raven Cliff Falls, resulting in “dangerous terrain and extreme technicality,” according to White County Fire Services
Alpha Volunteer Fire Company’s assistant chief was lowered into the hole to retrieve Frederick, the ‘extremely friendly’ corgi
A Needham firefighter managed to grab the teen who had been clinging to tree limb in the water
Collapse
Violet Township Assistant Fire Chief Jim Paxton said many variables could have caused the structural collapse scenario
Members of the Gaffney City Fire Department performed a technical rescue successfully in about half an hour, and EMS providers transported the injured boy
Members of the Syracuse Fire Department said the person was without a rope or a partner and became stuck about 80 feet up
After a reset effort did not work, they performed a high-angle rope rescue
The first step is often the hardest, namely due to issues with maintaining control over the movements and protecting the gear
CAL-FIRE, Mercy Ambulance and Mariposa County Sheriff’s Office crewmembers rescued the two, pulling them up the embankment
The two men were working at a new condo tower when the platform went askew
The boy was conscious but in distress in a 20-acre pond south of Boston
Other challenges to the future of the fire service include shift schedule adjustments and rethinking our apparatus
San Diego Fire-Rescue transported four people to be treated for minor injuries
“While the desire to help is understandable, this type of action is extremely dangerous,” the LAFD wrote in a news release
