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 Chattanooga Fire Department said they heard from departments across the country “that they will be using this incident for training purposes because of its uniqueness”
Untying the complex world of rope’s wound wonders
One worker had been critically injured after coming in contact with a high-voltage power line while at the top of the tower in Burleson
The Maryland Heights Fire Protection District rescued two teenagers who fell through the ice near the department’s water rescue training drill
Sandy Springs firefighter crews and AMR paramedics used a rope system to extricate the driver who was trapped in the vehicle
Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl Jones reported that 10 people were injured, and three were transported to a hospital
Waterloo Battalion Chief Troy Luck said the department has practiced rappelling, but this was the first time they did it during a rescue
Corbett Fire District 14 firefighters used ropes to save a “very, very lucky,” woman at Multnomah Falls
The Chesterfield County Fire and EMS said the effort took 20 minutes
Downey represented the State Fire Marshal’s Office at the incident to coordinate the state USAR response
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said training helped them make the rescue effort a success
The team was conducting a drill and filming a volunteer recruitment video when a car drove off the marina parking lot
After hammering rain, 80 to 100 vehicles became trapped between two mudslides on a Canadian highway
The driver said he put the rescue truck in neutral and “activated the parking brake” before exiting the apparatus, according to the sheriff’s office
Captain Merrill Bone had served the Salt Lake City Fire Department, the United Fire Authority and the Utah Task Force 1 team
23 firefighters participated in the high-angle technical rescue
Watertown must now give firefighters out-of-title captains’ pay when they perform captains’ duties while out on medical emergency calls
Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service crewmembers have made at least 16 water rescues
The driver of the SUV had just left a bar, according to Fire Chief Keith Milton, and was driving at a high rate of speed, when he hit a large rock near the house, making a “perfect jump”
The Guymon Fire Department has three boats, specialized suits and equipment for water rescues
Firefighter Adam Hudson with the High Springs Fire Department used some new rope rescue gear to help the four-legged patient
Forty-five members of the elite rescue team were sent to a staging area in Alabama as the Category 4 storm made landfall in Louisiana
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Firefighters pulled one person from wood planking and roof debris at the La Bonita market east of the Las Vegas Strip
The suit, filed by Enrique Arango, names multiple companies “involved in the ownership, maintenance, restoration, management, inspection and oversight of the building”
Rensselaer (N.Y.) Fire Chief Dallas Denny will be recognized for his recent actions to save five kids stranded in a river
Eric Jabbusch, 51, was rescued after being pinned beneath about 10,000 pounds of steel sheet pilings in July 2020
“This was a highly technical, very dangerous, complicated rescue,” FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Joseph Ferrante said
A police chief, a police lieutenant and a firefighter worked together to get the family to safety
Battle Creek responders rescued a man trapped waist-deep inside the trench in 100-degree temperatures
Surfside condo collapse search concludes after a month of work with 97 individuals confirmed dead
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Williamsburg’s Robert Phaup described the process to “de-layer” each floor of the collapsed condo during the often 16-hour shifts
