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.
Hypothermic patients, multi-systems trauma and slippery scenes present difficult decision-making challenges for rescuers
Crush syndrome can be expected following any event where patients are trapped for a length of time
A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble
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
Mayor Paul A. Dyster lauded fire and police crews who risked their lives trying to save man, 70
County sheriff’s officials said crew had reached injured snowmobiler and his party, were taking off to get more help when crash occurred
Rescue team called 34-year-old Lim Dae’s cell phone and told him to stay put, reached him by 2:15 a.m. Sunday
Lawyers called it just result for woman whose conduct was driven by mental illness that emerged only days before she threw her daughter into river
Former sniper who suffers from panic attacks fled on foot following minor traffic accident, was found in remote wooded area lying on tree branches
John Rachor found three members of a Gold Beach family after they got lost while picking mushrooms
Officer Julio Mercado was hospitalized for smoke inhalation, along with 4 others, including toddler in critical condition
The parents were hungry, somewhat dehydrated and cold, and their son had a sprained ankle
Explosion was powerful enough to knock unidentified man into water, damage boats as far as 75 yards away
Efforts of all-volunteer Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue team, including volunteer firefighters, highlight tight-knit community’s grassroots support system
Police said homeless man was wanted on felony warrant, planned to arrest him after he was treated at local hospital