Search and Rescue
We asked our audience, “How long should you look for a patient you can’t locate?”
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“Just try to wrap your thoughts around having 3, 4, 5, 10 gunshot wound patients thrown at you – at one or two medics with one ambulance.”
Rescuers tunneled underneath the boy and used dish soap and friction-reducing sheets to free him
Shaping the future of drone technology with advanced AI for autonomy and swarming
View live demonstrations at the North American Rescue booth #2317 during the conference
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
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 tractor-trailer driver was killed when his rig went off a bridge near Tampa
The DNR pilot was instrument-rated but, her helicopter was not outfitted with the necessary equipment to fly “blind”
Officials say the man had fallen off a ledge at Mount Blue State Park, became disoriented and was unable to get up
Two adults become lost while exploring a cave after a Kenny Chesney concert
Syracuse firefighters said they saw so many people on the scene that it was tough to tell who was a victim
Mount Desert Island Search and Rescue personnel responded to injured hikers in Acadia National Park
Video shows a Riverside County helicopter crew rescuing the couple in a dry creek bed as the temperature neared triple digits
Medic with Sacramento Metro Fire’s Air Operations Division was lowered to the patient who was inaccessible by ground crews
The NOPEC Foundation awarded a $39,500 grant to the Ashtabula County Water Rescue Team
Weekend storms caused destruction, power outages across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky
Adair County Health System had set up a triage center at the Greenfield high school after much of town was destroyed
Lone Peak, is one of the highest peaks in the Wasatch Range towering over Salt Lake City
Veterinarians play a vital role in emergency situations, not only caring for the K-9 officers, but also tending to pets affected by disaster
One teen was critically injured after falling 30 feet inside the intercontinental ballistic missile silo in Arapahoe County
Rescuers pulled two people out of the water after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed; six people remain unaccounted for
Eagle County Paramedic Steve Zuckerman was known for making a difference every day
After “numerous poor decisions” and a lengthy rescue, Cole Matthes drove himself to the hospital
Avalanche occurred as victims were hiking the main thoroughfare between Anchorage and Seward
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