Technical Rescue
The FireRescue1 Technical Rescue resource page offers news related to technical rescue incidents as well as expert analysis focused on detailing tech rescue skills for beginner- and advanced-level skills.
Fire and EMS crews faced an explosion involving multiple victims in Jefferson City
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Over a million pounds of timber collapsed, killing 12 and injuring dozens ahead of the Texas A&M University and University of Texas football game
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Technical rescue work in Louisville saved a worker trapped 10 to 12 feet below ground at a demolition site
Technical rescue work in Baltimore County saved a seriously injured man who had fallen into a well
12 people were trapped 1,000 feet below ground at the Cripple Creek tourist site
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Deputies said the family in Angleton were working on leveling their mobile home when it collapsed on them
Rescuers tunneled underneath the boy and used dish soap and friction-reducing sheets to free him
Ventura County firefighters used Oxnard police robots during a technical rescue operation
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
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A University of Michigan surgical team responded to the scene in Ann Arbor to prepare for a possible field amputation
First responders worked to find signs of life inside an excavator buried under rocks and boulders at a quarry in Sterling
Firefighters reportedly had to wait for an OSHA permit before entering the pipe
First responders from several departments faced many challenges while working to rescue two men trapped inside a Spring Township grain bin
Raleigh firefighters worked quickly to save three children in fast-moving water
Fire/rescue crews in Sarasota and Manatee counties were able to make over 800 rescues during the unprecedented rainfall
Cleveland Fire Department firefighters removed bricks from the lower section of the chimney in order to free the man
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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Firefighters in the Skywalker Couloir area saw the skier fall, called 911 and descended to reach the injured man
One person was transported to the hospital as a precaution following the rescue
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