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
Share these resources with your community members so they are better prepared to prevent and respond to drowning incidents
Steve Whitehead describes when you might encounter this scenario and how you should handle it
Doctors went to the scene and helped free the man, who later was hospitalized in critical condition, after suffering severe head trauma and blood loss
The water was 3-feet-deep and moving quickly making it ‘extremely hazardous’ to reach him
Firefighters and EMTs from various districts assisted with extinguishing the fire and rescuing the victim.
Doctors told the woman she was lucky she had been in water and that the lighting wasn’t grounded
Tactical medicine medics should be able to treat the team’s full range of injury, from dehydration to musculoskeletal injuries, like sprained ankles
Officials initially scrambled to find more than a dozen employees after the explosions
They arrived to find an off-duty officer pulling the victim out of the water
A bride-to-be and best man went missing after the speed boat crashed into a construction barge
Women took wrong turn on drive home, ended up submerged in the water
After getting lost while climbing Mt. St. Helens, woman hired copter rather than walking down
Woman was unable to keep both herself and the dog afloat, and rescue crews saved them both
Authorities found the submerged car about 175 feet off the boat ramp, the women and the dog inside with the doors closed and the windows up
The more seriously injured teen was airlifted to a hospital after suffering two broken jaws and bruises on his brain and lungs
Rescuers worked for nearly three hours to free the boy from 11 feet of sand
Both men went into the water and got the injured man out before emergency crews arrived on the scene
After hiking about 500 yards to the site, Eric Tarr radioed his dispatcher and asked her to tell his pilot, “I have 19 confirmed fatalities.”
The boy’s family called 911 saying their son became covered and mergency responders were on scene within 15 minutes and began digging by hand
The surfer blacked out underwater, came to beneath the surface and realized he was unable to move
He wriggled out the wreckage, waded through the rushing water, scaled an embankment, then walked more than half a mile home to alert his mother, who called 911
The driver didn’t appear hurt but was shaken up and was taken to a hospital as a precaution
The director of emergency services said 18 homes had been damaged by flooding after receiving 7 inches of rain Thursday
He was hoisted out by helicopter because of his physical condition and the dense swamp
Emergency responders had to suspend search efforts because of concerns about another collapse
Three paramedics and a firefighter climbed down 25 to 30 feet to where the man was stuck
