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.
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First responders used rescue surfboards to reach the family off Nukolii Beach in Wailua
University Medical Center Nurse Miles Crawford grabbed a hammer and waded through waist-high water to reach the trapped driver
Members of the Townville Volunteer Ambulance Service were honored for saving the life of a 72-year-old man in cardiac arrest
View live demonstrations at the North American Rescue booth #2317 during the conference
First responders in Saginaw arrived on the scene to find the truck and house on fire and the driver lying on the roof
Ventura County firefighters used Oxnard police robots during a technical rescue operation
Governor Chris Sununu came to the aid of a seafood festival contestant using the Heimlich maneuver
First responders used a drone with thermal imaging to find the 3-year-old boy in an Alto Township cornfield
This move allows EMTs and Wilderness First Responders to join the NSP without needing certification from the organization’s signature Outdoor Emergency Care course
More than 80 firefighters worked on the rescue, along with a “complete medical team,” LAFD said; Two rescuers were treated for heat exhaustion with one hospitalized
The 911 caller told the operator that the driver was lying on the ground outside the Gwinnett County house
Chief Freddie LaFemina recalls the unimaginable scene at Ground Zero and the relentless work to find his brother firefighters
First responders from several departments and agencies worked the scene in Old Saybrook
15 office workers left to hike Mount Shavano but only 14 returned
A landslide damaged houses in the city of Ketchikan and caused a mandatory evacuation
Two patients were treated for burns and other injuries after an explosion and fire in Laurence Harbor
Spokane Valley firefighters faced a driver “in crisis” who had crashed their car into a JCPenny store
Investigators called the incident at a Logansport home pool a “freak accident”
A University of Michigan surgical team responded to the scene in Ann Arbor to prepare for a possible field amputation
The deaths of two people in the flooding have led first responders to talk about the losses and grief
Santa Rosa firefighters had to dismantle an overhead proofer to free the worker’s crushed arm
A woman was killed and a man injured in a suspected propane explosion in Jefferson Township
First responders faced several rescues from vehicles and homes as storm system hit states
First responders in Livingston County worked to rescue an elderly man pinned underneath a tractor
First responders from several departments worked to rescue two men trapped inside a grain bin in Spring Township
Raleigh firefighters worked quickly to save three children in fast-moving water
EMTs at the Clairton Coke Works faced a cardiac arrest patient in the plant’s battery basement
The 14-month-old child fell about 10 feet deep into a pipe around 12 inches in diameter; a Moundridge Police officer’s creative approach was instrumental in his rescue
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Dorothy Fire & EMS, along with mutual aid, rescued and treated multiple passengers after their boat ran aground in a marsh and hit several trees
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