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.
High-fidelity, full-scale exercises for SWAT and EMS at Urban Shield 2016 create a unique and memorable MCI and active shooter training experience
Experience the violence and destruction in Syria through the eyes and voices of volunteer first responders who rush in to search for victims in the rubble
The 15th anniversary is a time for quiet reflection and remembrance as well as a chance to discuss top lessons learned from a multitude of events since 9/11
Several departments answered the call by responding with rescue teams, equipment and other gear needed to protect both first responders on site and the rescue victim
FDNY Deputy Chief Paul Hopper said patients suffered injuries consistent with the 50-foot fall from the bridge to an access road below
FDNY EMTs Joseph Cuello and Kevin Steinle happened upon the fire and rescued two people who were unaware of the blaze on an upper floor
Chesterfield Fire Company EMS Lt. Mark Battista was driving through inclement weather in Pennsylvania when he came upon the crash scene
Cumberland Goodwill EMS EMT Grace Snyder, who is also a volunteer firefighter, rushed to help the elderly man as he struggled to get away from the burning vehicle
FDNY EMT Dale Bartolomeo, who is also a Huntington Community First Aid Squad captain and Huntington Manor volunteer firefighter, raced into help after seeing the crash
FD: Two workers who were trapped on dangling scaffolding were rescued through a window
The TCAD Paramedic crew that witnessed a motor vehicle crash took immediate action to slow the fire and remove the victim from the vehicle
Daniel O’Beirne and Jordan Reed, two strangers with fire and EMS backgrounds, worked together to save a driver whose semi-truck struck a pole and burst into flames
Officials say the off-duty paramedic and another surfer started CPR and helped bring the injured victim to shore
Starr County Sheriff Rene Fuentes credited more than two-dozen entities with assisting in the harrowing rescue effort
The Slishman Traction Splint changes the way we can do traction, which benefits both patients and providers
Among the 35 first responders honored were police Sgt. Rasheen McCain, who was fatally shot in the line of duty, and fire Sgt. Sivad Johnson, who died off-duty while trying to rescue three girls from a river
One EMS provider was injured and the driver of the car was seriously injured after becoming trapped
Lifeguard Anthony Capuano, who lost one of his legs after being struck by a train in 2009, is being hailed as a hero after leaping into the water and swimming the driver to safety
The top tenets of violent threat attack training and practice for EMS responders
Greenville County Emergency Management first responders finished training for a water rescue only to immediately use those skills in a real-life situation
Rescuers searched through eight collapsed buildings Saturday, pulling survivors from the rubble; 751 emergency vehicles and 20 sniffer dogs have been deployed
Leonard Shoulders, 33, was at a bus stop when he was suddenly swallowed by a sinkhole that opened underneath him, leaving him injured and swarmed by rats
The tropical storm made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, leaving three people dead in three different states
How Team Rubicon and AWS Competency Partner Maxar Technologies teamed up to provide life-saving communications
From a marathon runner who performed CPR on the course to a college student who stopped class to help his professor, these EMS providers stepped up to render aid in unexpected circumstances
Officials said the Crozer Health medics needed to be extricated and one of them was intubated
The Roanoke Life Saving and First Aid Crew has been recognized as the first independent, all-volunteer rescue squad in the United States
Wood-Ridge Firefighter Daniel O’Beirne, who was on his way to his job as a corrections officer, and Inspira Medical Center Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Jordan Reed worked together to save the driver
South Holland Firefighter-Paramedic Dylan Cunningham, 29, who served with the department for nine years, died Wednesday after an exercise at Haigh Quarry Lake
Great North Air Ambulance Service in the United Kingdom demonstrated a test of new flight technology for rescues on difficult terrain
Okaloosa County EMS providers and firefighters performed water rescues and helped with the delivery of two babies in the midst of the storm
Atrium Health Union EMS Paramedic Chuck Nix aided injured Paramedic Madison Hackney after their ambulance was struck by two vehicles
Austin-Travis County EMS reported that at least eight ambulances were sent to the scene of the collision and structural collapse
