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 year was full of disaster responses but also brought impressive extrications, off-duty saves, helpful Boy Scouts and a rampaging camel
A Maryland Go-Team member shares his knowledge and passion with others
Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues
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
The Coast Guard is expected to investigate why the Grace Bailey’s mast snapped
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The FDNY and the NYPD are reviewing drones that can drop flotation devices, electromagnetic shark deterrents
Arcadia first responders had to extricate the man from the combine
Injured members of the 11th Airborne Division were transported by ground and air to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
San Diego and Chula Vista FFs worked to extricate the driver after his truck went off a freeway ramp and overturned
Officials say the woman was struck by a vehicle and thrown into the path of the Cruise vehicle that ran over her
Beaufort EMS personnel had to move on foot during Tropical Storm Ophelia to reach a woman in labor
A worker was buried under 10 feet of dirt and concrete in a utility construction site collapse
