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A carnival crisis, cliffhangers, underground escapes and fiery extractions: First responders answered the call in 2023
Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs are being targeted as they assist the victims of the terrorist attack
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Vancouver firefighters used wooden blocks to support the bus as they lifted it off the boy using hydraulic struts
Physicians from St. Mary’s Hospital have joined Waterbury SWAT to assist officers, patients in hostile incidents
The hiker was “very hypothermic” but alive when found by rescuers with the Chaffee County Search and Rescue North team
First responders faced difficult terrain while working together to reach, package and remove an unconscious, bleeding patient
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Nearly 100 Los Angeles County firefighters and structural engineers and a half-dozen specially trained dogs were sent to Turkey to help with rescue efforts
A woman was rescued after slipping on ice near the summit of California’s Cucamonga Peak and fell; another hiker found her and called for help
Following the dramatic rescue, paramedics treated the two patients for hypothermia
Jackson County Search and Rescue, Ashland Fire & Resue and Brim Aviation worked to get the patient from the ravine to a hospital
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Four members rappelled down to start providing medical care and others built rope systems to lower the patient to the ground
A John Hopkins Medicine team helped with the medical translation
The boy was conscious but in distress in a 20-acre pond south of Boston
The woman fell when the sidewalk grate beneath her collapsed
The Florida-based rescue nonprofit Project DYNAMO successfully evacuated the twin boys, as well as a British baby girl, to Poland from war-torn Kyiv
It is our responsibility to respond, no matter what the potential hazards may be, so what is your agency training on?
Dispatch recordings capture the immediate responses, reactions of several first responders following the catastrophic collapse
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“This is the most complex situation we’ve ever encountered,” Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Assistant Fire Chief Ray Jadallah told family, friends and loved ones of victims
Rescue workers continue scouring the mountain of debris with trained dogs and sonar, searching for any survivors
The flames are deep and firefighters have not been able to find their source, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said during a news conference
Members of the Honolulu Fire Department are urging residents and tourists to be mindful of the dangers of venturing off without adequate food, water and a fully-charged phone
Fire and rescue crews are still fighting flareups of fire on the rubble as they continue searching for survivors
The 20-person task force, comprised of volunteer police, fire and EMS responders, was created to respond in the event of an active shooter incident
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The man was clinging to the side of the cliff “like a cat” as rescuers quickly formulated a plan to save him