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.
Amid the grief and devastation of survivors, many are sharing the courageous efforts of first responders, fellow residents, family members and even camp counselors who put their lives on the line to save others
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Steve Whitehead describes when you might encounter this scenario and how you should handle it
Rescuers followed a trail of folded clothes and personal items to the costal cliff where the man lay injured on the rocks below
Firefighters arrived just as the boy emerged; they stabilized him and he was later transported to a hospital
Estimates based on last year’s calls indicate that billing insurance companies would bring an additional $356,000 into the county coffers
Five more bodies were found as toxic gases and ash forced rescue workers to halt recovery efforts
Japan’s fire and rescue agency says 32 people are injured, 12 seriously
The operation took place on the side of a cliff using climbing rope and a harness to keep him steady after his foot became jammed between two rocks
The medic put together a make-shift litter to transport the man to rescue crews after he slipped and fell, sustaining critical injuries
“Rescuers had to cross a crumbling rock ledge that was only 10 inches in some places with packs on, in the dark, with only headlamps.”
The toddler was not seriously injured and made a full recovery
Witnesses jumped into the water after the speeding SUV careened through a fence and into a river
One firefighter traversed the cliff face, waiting with the man until crews could extract him
His body was limp and cold, his eyes glazed and he had no pulse — but then a medic realized the 6-year-old’s head was bleeding
Flames and smoke erupted from the car’s hood as he wrestled the man from his wheelchair to safety
She threw a 10-year-old girl out of harm’s way but was pulled under the bus and dragged 40 feet during an evacuation drill gone wrong
Capt. Ian Buckley spent 8 days in the ICU, had 4 surgeries and was released with a vacuum pack sealed tightly around his leg to keep the wound clean
Responders treated the girl and carried her one-third of a mile to an ambulance, which transported her to a hospital
Rescue crews have been using boats and helicopters to drop food supplies for stranded families and evacuate victims
Rescuers freed 29 trapped miners, but halted efforts after being unable to reach five remaining men believed to be dead
Real-time thermal imaging and GPS transmitted victim’s locations to responders miles away from the center of storm
People tried to dig her out but the sand kept collapsing; police and then medics performed CPR once she was pulled free
Bob Baribeau and his team of six technical rescuers took nearly two hours of climbing through a crack in a jumble of boulders to reach her
They’re working to free at least four more using groups of five or 10 miners entering the mine on wooden ladders, tying themselves off and searching for those trapped
They spent a week in August taking the department’s boats to a river in Illinois to go over water rescue procedures
Cornerback Josh Shaw has been suspended for fabricating the heroic story that he sprained both ankles by jumping from a second-story balcony to pull the child out of a pool
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