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.
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Lexington County authorities said the family had been taking photos
As they alerted firefighters to the blaze, the EMTs and medics rescued a man and four dogs and searched for a mother and baby
Firefighter Megan Warfield leapt into action to help a victim in an overturned car after being involved in a multi-vehicle crash – and gave birth 23 hours later
At least three people were hospitalized after the storm hit Iberia Parish
The year was full of disaster responses but also brought impressive extrications, off-duty saves, helpful Boy Scouts and a rampaging camel
The man had fallen from a midrise building’s eighth floor to the seventh floor and had 1-inch rebar through his left hip and center chest area
Nine Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue firefighters and a medic unit responded after the injured driver slept overnight in the cold trunk as water got into the vehicle
The survivors have claims worth more than $10 million, attorneys for the families said
Crews found one of the victims sprawled out on top of the elevator; the other victim was underneath the elevator
Cache County Fire District members, state troopers and EMS providers were responding to three other crashes at the time
The rig flipped onto its side, and one passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated
About three hours later, the sheriff’s office determined the rescue was complete
The rescue happened more than seven hours after the man “split from another hunter he had been with” and vanished into the swamp
The single-engine aircraft was ensnared about 100 feet off the ground, and the rescuers used a crane
Sans gear, Nicholas Perri Jr. “gained access to the well-involved vehicle and successfully removed the badly injured female driver,” the Brookfield FD said
Elizabeth Sauls was spending a day off from Kirk’s EMS with her mother and brother when all three jumped into action
Two other firefighters sustained minor injuries in the two-alarm commercial district fire in Queens
Emily Cullen and Angel Navarez helped the cardiac arrest patient regain consciousness before EMS providers arrived
More than 100 firefighters and other rescue personnel responded to the scene of a partial building collapse, heavy fire conditions and multiple injuries
South Montgomery and Spring FD crews rescued a man from the dangling big rig; and EMS providers transported the critically injured box truck operator
Four crewmembers were on the rope during the rarely needed, lifesaving maneuver
Black patients experienced delays in COVID-19 treatment because of the problem, said Kristen Azar with Sutter Health’s Institute for Advancing Health Equity
The hypothermic and dehydrated patient was transported by helicopter to where EMS providers could treat him
Monticello Fire Department crew members extricated a Wayne County EMS provider from the ambulance
Bryan Aparicio and his girlfriend, Sue, were two of five people injured in the fuel tanker blaze
Relieved family members reunited with Uintah and Rick Keever, who Mercy Flights personnel transported to a hospital
Following the dramatic rescue, paramedics treated the two patients for hypothermia
Central Alexander crewmembers freed the driver, then removed the vehicle while maintaining the building’s structural integrity
Naples Fire-Rescue Department crewmembers were forced to dismantle the chair in order to free the patient
Colton firefighters stabilized the car in the water and used a Jaws of Life tool to pull off a door; EMS providers transported both survivors to a trauma center
