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
100-pound mutt was trapped in culvert next to drainage ditch
Last year alone, River Watch patrollers intercepted nearly 1,300 people near river
Firefighters trained in special technical rescues lowered ropes into chimney, instructed boy to slide his hands through loops of the ropes
Bystander jumps down to tracks to rescue man as train was approaching
Montrose Search and Rescue Team found her injured after pickup truck fell 350 feet over mountain road
Workers were trying to lift something with crane when vessel capsized in Hudson River
Dozens of first responders came to the accident site
Victims were injured when their 67-foot racing yacht was damaged by colossal wave
Technicians were able to set up rope system and ferry all members of family trapped by river to safety
Collision left driver’s car in flames, trapping his children, ages 3 and 6, inside
Man made it to natural gas rig early Saturday, where he managed to reach galley and phone for help
Patient suffered possible fractures in fall from cliff
Experts want FEMS to implement a plan to apply for funding to buy a state-of-the-art fireboat
Man asked to be pointed to ridge to go down so he could hike out himself, but rescuers persuaded him to fly out
Mesilla Valley Search and Rescue team located woman missing for weeks and her house cat
Rescuers worked for 30 minutes to free 5-year-old boy from 3.5-foot-deep hole at neighborhood park
9/11 was Red’s first search; she retired in July and is one of last 9/11 search and rescue dogs still alive
2 adults and 3 children were treated for hypothermia on Sunday
Rescuers had to bring injured worker up narrow staircase described as ‘covered in greasy product residue’
“You don’t think this stuff happens in neighborhoods, you think it only happens in farmland”
1 of 2 workers who witnessed crash rushed to scene, but intense fire prevented any rescue
Bull shark bit man, but his injuries were not life-threatening
Floodwaters from heavy overnight thunderstorms inundated dozens of homes
Search was launched after the 4 men failed to return
Margaret Page was found by members of the Mesilla Valley Search and Rescue team
Authorities believe child is Samuel Jones, who went missing Saturday
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department dispatcher Shelly Jones says houses are missing near unincorporated town of Chelsea
Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Office says ambulances are responding to neighborhoods near Huntsville
Gatlinburg Fire and EMS crews removed body of 3rd fatality at plant since April from ditch, placed it in ambulance
Sheriff’s deputies jumped into bayou, tried to save trapped children, but were unable to get into car