Search and Rescue
Through the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, rescued dogs with extraordinary drive are trained, paired with first responder handlers and prepared for complex search environments
When Eric Duckwall’s dog bolted during fireworks, it sparked a frantic search — and a new mission
Reflections from New Orleans medics who remember what it was like to work in one of the largest disaster medical response efforts in Louisiana history
The family of Timothy Graves is asking for help in search; he’s been missing since leaving work Sunday
Last year there were about 2,600 search and rescue operations, which is an average of seven searches a day
The 58-year-old hiker spent three days with no food or water, and his condition had deteriorated to the point that he was unable to move
Responders are searching for an undetermined number of people still missing after an avalanche of mud and debris swept through the town just before dawn
1,117 people reported injured by the 2nd big quake to strike the country which is still recovering from April 25 earthquake
Responders are searching through wreckage after a line of tornadoes tore through several communities, killing a young couple whose daughter survived
4,050 rescue workers from 34 different nations have provided rescue assistance, emergency medical care and supply distribution
USAID disaster assistance response team members from Fairfax County (Va.) and Los Angeles describe the rescue and reaching end of survival window
A 15-year-old boy and a woman in her 20s were found in the debris, bringing joy to rescuers and providing hope for more survivors
For catastrophic disasters in developing countries it’s time to rethink the USAR and aid response from high-income nations
Nepalese rescuers, supported by a U.S. disaster response team, worked for hours to free the dazed and dusty teen
She was helping hoist an injured woman with non-life threatening injuries into the helicopter when she fell
Vicky Ryan, 46, died after the rescue boat she was in capsized
Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 to assist local emergency operations in and around the hardest hit areas of the country
Rescuers turnoff equipment periodically to listen for pleas for help, “but we didn’t hear anything — just death.”
The jet carrying 150 people from Barcelona to Dusseldorf slammed into a remote section of the French Alps.
Male climber had broken femur, female climber two broken ankles; both required helicopter evacuation
2 killed, 73 injured including 21 babies that were rushed to other hospitals
AMR reach and treat team and mountain rescue volunteers find and extricate 62-year-old man with head injury
Rescue workers found him after a four-day search; it appears he suffered a fatal head injury from a fall while hiking
Search in the Java sea is underway for plane that made last communication 42 minutes after takeoff
Search ends with discovery of autistic child in pond; drowning determined to be the cause of death
They’re using side-scan sonar and cold water divers for the recovery effort after the three went missing on a fishing trip
Police, ambulance crew assist family in searching for and locating boys trapped for hours in cold and snow
Rescuers pulled eight people out of the apartment building alive, and are searching through the rubble for more survivors
A stampede at a school during the quake injured 42 children
A police officer and the woman’s family used an iPad to pinpoint where her iPhone was located
“Rescuers had to cross a crumbling rock ledge that was only 10 inches in some places with packs on, in the dark, with only headlamps.”
Although the search ended in April after 42 bodies were found, workers had been screening debris for the body of 44-year-old Molly Kristine “Kris” Regelbrugge
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