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.
Members of the McKinney Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team called the dramatic operation a once-in-a-lifetime rescue
Steven Garcia intercepted the barefoot climber nearly 900 feet up, then held him until firefighters from Affton, Maplewood and Mehlville lifted both down safely
With no landing doors between floors 4-8 and the car’s emergency brake locked, Ann Arbor firefighters lifted the employee 30 feet by rope
Chesterfield County firefighters will simulate freeing a trapped driver by rappelling from an exit ramp
The Massachusetts Association of Technical Rescue Specialists held its annual multi-agency training in Fall River on the USS Massachusetts
UC San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia network last year detected 1,668 fires, including 636 before any 911 call
The original life safety standard, released in response to a deadly accident, has seen many revisions and additions
Vernon first responders ventilated and cut the tube slide at Northeast Elementary to free a wedged 40-year-old, with EMS providing oxygen in the heat
The victim drives the rescue. Your crews’ capabilities dictate the operation.
Collapse
The blasts at U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley Works killed one worker, left at least two unaccounted for and injured dozens as black smoke billowed over the Pittsburgh area
A Denver rail worker suffered severe injuries and had his leg amputated after being trapped by a derailed train car at the BNSF Globeville Yard
A person suffered a traumatic leg injury after their leg was caught outside a Ferris wheel gondola at the Cowlitz County Fair
Collapse
Construction workers scrambled to safety after a portion of an underground tunnel collapsed 400 feet below the surface, with all rescued and no major injuries reported
St. Paul firefighters used a rope system to rescue a man trapped 10 feet underground in a sewer for several days
Amid the grief and devastation of survivors, many are sharing the courageous efforts of first responders, fellow residents, family members and even camp counselors who put their lives on the line to save others
CAL FIRE firefighters had to stabilize a car teetering over a 200-foot cliff at Devil’s Slide before pulling the trapped driver to safety through the back window
Flash flooding in northern West Virginia killed five after intense rains overwhelmed infrastructure, swept away vehicles, and forced residents to flee
Firefighters accounted for all reported missing after rescuing over 70 people across the city
Two workers were rescued after scaffolding collapsed, leaving them hanging from safety harnesses
Crews navigated extreme terrain using ATVs while a tour helicopter flew Seward firefighters to the scene
Chattanooga firefighters performed a high-angle rescue to safely lower an injured HVAC worker from the roof of a senior living facility
Dramatic video shows masts snapping as sailors dangled from harnesses when a Mexican navy ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge
Severe flash flooding across western Maryland prompts rescues from cars, houses, schools and businesses
The system is versatile, easy and fast to develop, and safe for swiftwater rescue of multiple victims
Crews in Louisville saved a semitruck driver trapped in a cab hanging off an I-65 overpass after a crash sent the vehicle teetering over the edge
Off-duty Newburyport Firefighter George Fraley suffered a heart attack at home and was revived by his own colleagues en route to the hospital
Video tutorials are a great way to learn how to tie knots to meet department and NFPA requirements
Greeley firefighters used a ladder, rope and pike pole to rescue a man wedged between a church wall and a dumpster alcove
FDNY fire and EMS personnel had to breach walls to access and rescue the trapped worker
MOST POPULAR
- Kan. firefighters called to ‘tie back’ collapsing abandoned building
- LAFD frees construction worker from trench after 6-hour rescue in blistering heat
- The new NFPA 1950: Consolidating tech rescue, EMS and wildland PPE
- Watch: Calif. firefighters use PD robots to find man trapped in 36-inch drain pipe
- Off-duty firefighters initiate rescue of Colo. skier after 2,000-foot fall