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.
Here’s a fire and EMS look at how personnel from the Cincinnati Fire Department handled the rescue call for a 3-year-old trapped in a gorilla exhibit
Once the shooter is dead or apprehended, the top mission for police and EMS is to stop the dying from bleeding and airway compromise
The nation’s medical tactical response team answers the call when mass casualty medical care is needed
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
A car collided with a Fond du Lac Fire Rescue ambulance, ejecting one person from the car and trapping another
Walla Walla County Fire District 4 Firefighter-Paramedic Jestin Goodson was hiking with his family when he discovered a woman at the bottom of a ravine
Orange County fire, EMS and law enforcement officials urged hikers to properly prepare and take caution before heading out to the trails
FDNY EMS Deputy Chief Kevin Ramdayal said multiple patients were trapped inside the bus
Strike teams, search and rescue crews, aircraft and convoys of ambulances headed to the Gulf Coast area before and in the aftermath of the Category 4 storm
Firefighters warded off the bees by dousing them with water
North Flight EMS paramedics rescued the man after his kayak flipped on Monday night
EMS providers performed a technical rescue, bringing the patient safely to the ground
First responders said they have had to slowly navigate large apparatus around the potholes to respond to many emergencies at the park’s pond and cliff-hiking area
The helicopter’s siren was used to scare away an angry cow that was chasing two injured people
First responders rescued a 2-year-old child who remains on life support; a 15-year-old died
Baltimore’s firefighters’ union reported that five people were trapped, including children, after the major blast
Officials said the man was showing symptoms of a stroke while out on a fishing boat
Fire officials addressed the increased scrutiny of military-style equipment in public safety, saying the vehicle would only be used to save lives
Charlotte County Firefighter-EMT Todd Schwalbe was captaining his own boat when he noticed the other boat sinking
Granite Shoals Firefighter-EMT Dustin Short sustained lung injuries after going into a burning building to save a trapped victim
The Escambia County EMTs responding to a call about heat stress recognized the patient from a missing persons notice
Albany County Sheriff’s Office EMT Jack Houck was on standby when he noticed the home on fire
Two children and 17 adults attending a birthday party sought shelter in the garage during a storm
FDNY EMT Daniel Marcano rescued one of his neighbors and alerted firefighters to another person inside the house