Rescue
The rescue topic covers a range of tactical considerations for performing rescues or after natural disasters. Use this page to find tips all types of rescue in fire and EMS.
The science of active shooter response is relatively new; is there a better model?
Celebrating outstanding achievement by collegiate EMS, innovation at the NCEMS conference
Michigan EMS leaders share the challenges in locating, extricating and transporting victims of snowmobile crashes
The hiker was “very hypothermic” but alive when found by rescuers with the Chaffee County Search and Rescue North team
A Portland streetcar driver and passenger were injured in a collision with a light rail train
Marcellus Ambulance personnel faced a driver pinned upside down in a burning vehicle
Rescuers in Chaffee County were sent to rescue an ill-prepared hiker trapped by a snowstorm
Two people had to be extricated from the car after both vehicles crashed into a Long Beach restaurant
First responders in Swansea had to stabilize the house before removing the car
Two workers were killed when the 11-story abandoned building collapsed while being prepared for demolition
A gas explosion collapsed part of a multi-family structure in Wappingers Falls
Martin County Judge Executive Lon Lafferty said they have not had any communication with the second worker in the coal plant collapse
Croton-on-Hudson first responders were initially unable to reach the injured hiker, who fell 50 feet down an embankment, because the trail was washed out
One worker is dead and another trapped in the collapse of an 11-story coal plant in Martin County
Vallejo first responders successfully removed the man from the fence spike
Rescuers are in contact with one worker buried in the collapse of a multi-story plant in Martin County
A rope rescue system was used to recover the worker inside the Holly Sugar Plant in Tracy
First responders safely moved the patient down a rugged trail on Lookout Mountain
A coordinated effort involving several departments saved a construction worker pinned by a foundation collapse
Firefighters and a patient fell to the ground when the roof of the Burlington structure collapsed
A vehicle collided with a King County Metro bus, sending it into a building in the Belltown neighborhood
Firefighters breached a wall but held off on using torches to cut the steel plating
Pueblo first responders were dispatched to the Evraz steel mill for a man trapped under a crane
The injured hiker was stuck in a narrow gap in the Thunder Canyon Cave and was unable to rescued by her friends
Smoke from wetland fires mixed with fog to create a “super fog,” causing several crashes on I-55 near New Orleans
One patient suffered life-threatening injuries after falling into a mine shaft in Kern County
One patient suffered life-threatening injuries after falling into a mine shaft in Kern County
First responders in Cincinnati had difficulty reaching the SUV after it had been pushed past the crossing
“Just try to wrap your thoughts around having 3, 4, 5, 10 gunshot wound patients thrown at you – at one or two medics with one ambulance.”
Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs are being targeted as they assist the victims of the terrorist attack
A tractor-trailer driver was killed after a train carrying coal derailed and fell onto a highway near Pueblo
One patient in the New Bedford pier collapse was transported to St. Luke’s Emergency Department by rescue boat
The man was transported to Bellevue Hospital with a leg injury after dropping 30 feet into the World Trade Center memorial pool
