Search and Rescue
EMS personnel can assist efforts in areas hit by earthquakes, hurricanes through several groups
The Harris County Sheriff office shared images and a video of first responders rescuing people stranded in their cars
Tony Rosado was part of the Florida chapter of the American Volunteer Emergency Response Team deployed to the region after the disaster
The team delivered relief supplies and evacuation options to residents on the outskirts of a ravaged Grand Bahama
The City of Miami and the Bahamian government are working out an agreement to send Miami’s urban search and rescue team rather than wait for federal approval
Each unit, comprised of handler and canine, is FEMA-certified and has specialized training for disaster response events
The Search & Rescue Data Collector Tool allows first responders to capture real-time information, enabling command leadership to see where resources are needed
Only five crewmembers sleeping on the top deck were able to escape by jumping off and taking a small boat to safety
Searchers continued to look for more than two dozen other people who were aboard the vessel Conception, which burned while anchored off Santa Cruz Island
Volunteers including numerous JFRD and Fairfax County first responders will continue looking for the men
Officials said they have reached a point they no longer can search with any degree of success now
Firefighter Brian McCluney and Master Technician Justin Walker have been missing since heading out in a boat on Friday
A preliminary investigation suggests that he “may have fallen in the steep and rocky terrain” during his five-day solo hiking trip in the mountains
The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies searched about 24,000 square miles looking for the missing boaters
Twelve search and rescue teams were deployed to continue the search for Daniel Komins, who has not been heard from since August 11
Several victims had to be dug out of a 30-foot-by-25-foot section of the bluff that gave way and dumped rock and sand onto the people below
The weather service said it had received 22 reports of tornadoes by late Wednesday
Six first responder agencies responded to the scene to search for the two crash victims
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Heat-seeking drones helped reassure searchers that they hadn’t overlooked anyone in the aftermath of the twister that killed 23 people
An object relatively the same size as the King Air 200 that disappeared in January on the way to pick up a patient has been located in Frederick Sound
Rescuers began tearing through the rubble of homes in search of survivors of a powerful tornado that rampaged through Alabama and killed at least 23 people
After 63 hours of searching 240 square nautical miles, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing Guardian Flight aircraft
Three people who had been missing for days were found inside Elk Run Coal’s Rock House Powellton mine
The Camp Fire death toll climbed to 81 after the remains of two more people were found, authorities said
Search and recovery teams looked for human remains from a Northern California wildfire that killed at least 42, making it the deadliest in state history
Six more were found dead in a swath of Northern California wiped out by fire, raising the death toll there to 29 and the statewide total to 31
The 12-member medical strike team returned to the city’s Tactical Support Center Wednesday after a nine-day mission to Florida’s Panhandle
Officials said Joshua Mason and Katie Davis had to be rescued after getting lost on a hike that ended in a marriage proposal
Responders from California, Indiana, New Hampshire and Colorado are heading to the East Coast to assist in any needed rescue efforts
Spencer Christiansen and his wife Jessica spent two days underground after becoming trapped in a Darby Canyon Ice cave
A canine hero led rescuers to an injured woman who had fallen 150 feet off a trail and was unable to shout for help
