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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You are staged at a house fire when you are advised that a victim has been located
The helicopters enable emergency medical transport, still and swift water rescue, search and rescue, high angle rescue and fire suppression/aerial reconnaissance for Travis County, Texas
Paula Turner was on vacation with her husband in Mexico when she lost consciousness, spurring Oklahoma Paramedic Jeremy Fern to spring into action
James Prudenciano had bought the watch two days earlier and chose to activate the “fall detection” feature
Products displayed at the EMS World Expo will help providers stop the bleed and transport patients to definitive care
The tapes depict stranded riders crying, pleading for help for people with health conditions and in one case a man who had passed out, all when the gondolas broke down Oct. 5
Fire Chief Tim McConnell said work began Thursday in hopes of bringing the multi-ton structures down ahead of approaching tropical weather
Rescue workers and search dogs have been in and out of the structure, hoping to find the lone missing worker alive
A video showed a metal structure tumbling to the ground and people running from the scene as clouds of dust billowed up
Kimberly Stephens, a 20-year paramedic veteran, broke nearly every major bone in her body
First responders worked together to help evacuate 82 residents and five staff members from a three-alarm fire at a senior living facility
Emergency crews evacuated 87 residents from a nursing home in Porter as floodwaters began to seep into the home
A video posted on social media depicts the Huntsville and New Waverly fire departments performing water rescues
The Harris County Sheriff office shared images and a video of first responders rescuing people stranded in their cars
Officials in Harris County said there had been a combination of at least 1,700 high-water rescues and evacuations
The Beaumont Police Department said that the 911 dispatch center has received requests for more than 250 high-water rescues and 270 evacuations
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During the New Jersey Firemen’s Convention, multiple levels of decking attached to a building collapsed, trapping people and injuring several others
Authorities believe the bus driver suffered a medical emergency before the bus crashed and ended up on its side in a ditch
The team delivered relief supplies and evacuation options to residents on the outskirts of a ravaged Grand Bahama
A swift water rescue team made up of Burke County EMS and Oak Hill Fire & Rescue returned home after being deployed to help with Hurricane Dorian relief efforts
The Search & Rescue Data Collector Tool allows first responders to capture real-time information, enabling command leadership to see where resources are needed
Volunteers including numerous JFRD and Fairfax County first responders will continue looking for the men
Officials said they have reached a point they no longer can search with any degree of success now
The tool will be able to give first responders real-time text and visuals from social media, as well as from surveillance cameras and sensors
Nine people, including children, were transported to the hospital with back and head injuries, as well as cuts and bruises
First responders have cleared the scene where 17 people were injured in a two-vehicle collision between a commercial truck and a Greyhound bus
Officials say one victim was found trapped inside the van and responders used hydraulic rescue cutters and saws to remove them
Officials credited the quick response by area EMS and firefighters for helping the passengers and mitigating any potential environmental problems with fuel runoff
One of the vehicles received damage on both sides and fire crews had to pry open the driver and passenger side doors to free the three occupants
Several victims had to be dug out of a 30-foot-by-25-foot section of the bluff that gave way and dumped rock and sand onto the people below
County officials hope to have 12 additional tactical paramedics by the end of September
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