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
Three teenagers were hypothermic but otherwise unharmed after they were knocked out of their kayaks on the Blackwater River on Monday night
Michael Kenwood, 39, had been hospitalized since he was pulled from the water early Sunday with undisclosed injuries
A spokesman for the Rockland County Emergency Operations Center says the child is in serious condition at a hospital burn unit
FDNY rescue workers were riding in boats to search bungalows that were floating down the street
Man was conscious and talked to workers during the rescue effort
A mother and her two daughters died in Friday’s flood after becoming trapped in their vehicle and rising water pinned it to a tree
Radio communication released Monday showed that emergency responders were quick to recognize the scope of the disaster
Police say the woman suffered a fractured lower back, fractured ribs and a collapsed lung and was unable to escape the vehicle
Park rangers said emergency medical responders performed CPR on Thursday but couldn’t revive the 64-year-old w
Two men say she was at fault and that saving her left them with disabling injuries
After the attack, the teens applied first aid, set up camp and activated a personal locator beacon they carried to be used only for an emergency
Redwood City, Foster City, San Francisco and Alameda County emergency personnel began scouring the area by boat and helicopter late into the night Monday
Paramedics needed a chainsaw to remove large branches and free Kathleen Shino from a swamp last month
Minutes after the family’s van was washed away, a local emergency management official who was responding to the accident hit the same washout and plunged into the creek
Ned R. Florea wiggled his way to the trunk of a Hyundai Tiburon and found a pocket of air that kept him alive as rescue crews and a tow-truck driver frantically worked to get him out
A rescue team rigged ropes to get father and son out of the well, and a firefighter carried the boy up to safety
Eric Brimlow, 27, of Syracuse, N.Y., was visiting Crater Lake Monday morning, when he left the path and stairs leading down to the Sinnott Memorial Overlook
The plane was found upside-down and a wing had broken off, apparently as it crashed into trees
A 19-foot Chris Craft bow rider boat hit a U-shaped concrete structure close to the Hudson River’s eastern shore Sunday morning
Officials have been investigating how a woman could have been in the pool for two days without being noticed
Fire and Rescue crews climbed to the top of the waterfalls and rappelled down to the woman, who was conscious at the bottom of the falls
The boat tried to elude authorities before stopping around 4:30 a.m. about a dozen miles off Delray Beach
After storm, rescuers crawled over and through downed trees and damaged or destroyed buildings looking for pets
Demonstrators waded into the water while a retired Oakland firefighter demonstrated how he thinks the lifesaving effort should have been led
Memo indicates money was available and $20,000 from the current budget is being used to do the training
The worker was installing rubberized material used for waterproofing when it tumbled on to him, striking and injuring him, officials said
“There was not a single request from Alameda fire or police,” Alameda County Fire deputy chief David Lord said.
Rescuers pulled the boys out of the water, administered CPR and transported them to area hospitals
Would-be-rescuers must be strong swimmers and have proper equipment such as a buoy