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
Army combat medics are trained to provide medical assistance in combat situations and can provide trauma care that’s beyond the scope of civilian medics with EMS or EMT training
Emergency personnel using oxygen and wearing protective gear are searching for the missing worker in the sewer in Fairview, Texas
Man thanked his friends who rescued him on the beach, the paramedics and hospital staff as he was released
Three victims were found during the weekend but unstable concrete, hanging steel beams and other damage had forced crews to temporarily call off their search
Man speculated that the sinkhole may have been the site of an old well or cesspool
NTV television said 25-year-old teacher Seniye Erdem was pulled out around the same time that rescue workers also freed another teacher
Stoic rescue workers erupted in cheers and applause at her arrival
Dozens of people were trapped in mounds of concrete, twisted steel and construction debris after hundreds of buildings in two cities
The man left Barrow on a snowmachine on Saturday night and headed for the village of Atqasak, about 50 miles away but never arrived
Bradley County emergency medical and rescue members were honored Monday by the county commission for saving a woman’s life during September flooding
Divers have been searching for a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair who fell into a north Georgia lake while getting off a boat
Officers and firefighters at the scene did attempt to secure rescue boats, including from the U.S. Coast Guard
Residents maintain a report should have held first responders more responsible for Raymond Zack’s drowing off Crown Beach on Memorial Day
Firefighters eventually pulled May Elliot out of the well in the southern Erie County town of Collins
Corey Ziraldo and Brittany Thompson were presented the Captain David P. Dobbins Award for helping rescue the St. Louis woman who slipped while hiking
Alameda, Calif., has reinstated its water rescue program since 52-year-old Raymond Zack’s death on Memorial Day
After a Monday afternoon crash, troopers and other emergency responders searched the area for the car’s driver, but did not find him
Fire Lt. Jay Schwartz faces months of recovery and grueling rehabilitation before he can return to the job he loves
Seaside and Monterey firefighters responded, and the rescuer was able to bring the other teenager close enough for them to bring him ashore
A commercial fisherman called the Coast Guard after spotting Jorge Alejo Gonzalez, Juglar Riveras and Jose Miguel De Armas clinging to their capsized boat earlier Sunday
News footage showed dust roiling over dozens of cars, tractor-trailers and ambulances
It took rescuers about four hours to carry out the 260-pound man
The trouble started at a storage yard when a man in a wheelchair apparently disturbed the hive
Responders treated Edward Shove, 48, with oxygen on the scene and sent him to Berkshire Medical Center
For a New York City paramedic who had seen it all, the attacks on 9/11 changed everything
No criminal charges will be filed against the driver who abandoned a car on Rosedale Road in Princeton on Sunday, leading to the death of EMT/Rescue Technician Michael Kenwood
A Spokane-area man who broke his leg Saturday on a rugged Colville National Forest trail partially set his own leg and got a two-helicopter rescue with help from ham radio operators