Water Rescue
Incident command challenges are heightened in a region replete with jurisdictional anomalies
Preparing your organization’s response to a vessel fire takes time, planning and outreach
From floating docks, limited access and unknowable fuel load, boat fires present unique challenges for responding firefighters
Authorities are working to recover the Salem Fire Department boat, which sank in the Willamette River with three firefighters on board
The Clinton Fire Department hopes to train six more firefighters to perform swift-water rescues with the new equipment
Wellesley firefighters saved Popeye, a dog that had become stuck in the Charles River
The nearly 15,000-square-foot Fireboat Station 35 will house three fireboats and rescue watercraft
One of the firefighters sustained serious injuries while attempting to save a man clinging to rocks amidst rough waters
Greenville County Emergency Management first responders finished training for a water rescue only to immediately use those skills in a real-life situation
Firefighters swam to the vehicle, which was almost completely submerged and were able to pull the woman, unresponsive and without a pulse, from the backseat
The department used thermal imaging to locate a heat signature on the cliff and a helicopter shining light on the rescue swimmers during the rescue
South Holland Firefighter-Paramedic Dylan Cunningham, 29, who served with the department for nine years, died Wednesday after an exercise at Haigh Quarry Lake
Firefighters managed to rescue a mother from the waters but her two children remain missing
St. George Island Volunteer Firefighter/First Responder Brian Stephen Smith, 56, was swept up by the current while trying to save a man and child in distress
First responders rescued a 2-year-old child who remains on life support; a 15-year-old died
North Patchogue Firefighters Justin Owen and Steven Welsh managed to pull the 12-year-old out of the water at Smith Point Beach
Crosby Firefighter Kent Zavala, 20, was involved in a three-vehicle crash on the Galveston Causeway; teams searched water below
Greenville Firefighter Gary Cox Jr., 24, drowned while on a boating trip with other off-duty firefighters Sunday
A search for remains was ongoing as of Monday morning; the firefighter is assumed to have drowned after going under the water and not resurfacing
The Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District will soon begin billing people or their insurance companies when firefighters respond to vehicle fires, crashes, water rescues, hazmat calls and other rescue events
Eldon Jamison, 71, of Glenville-Cashiers Rescue Squad, died Tuesday while searching for a hiker who had fallen into the water near Whitewater Falls
Pennsylvania Water Rescue has been saving people from the Delaware and Lehigh rivers for nearly 40 years
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Emergency crews evacuated 87 residents from a nursing home in Porter as floodwaters began to seep into the home
A video posted on social media depicts the Huntsville and New Waverly fire departments performing water rescues
The Harris County Sheriff office shared images and a video of first responders rescuing people stranded in their cars
Officials in Harris County said there had been a combination of at least 1,700 high-water rescues and evacuations
The Beaumont Police Department said that the 911 dispatch center has received requests for more than 250 high-water rescues and 270 evacuations
A swift water rescue team made up of Burke County EMS and Oak Hill Fire & Rescue returned home after being deployed to help with Hurricane Dorian relief efforts
When first responders arrived on the scene, the boy had been swept out approximately 50 to 75 feet offshore
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