Rescue
The rescue topic covers a range of tactical considerations for performing rescues or after natural disasters. Use this page to find tips all types of rescue in fire and EMS.
Hurricane Helene flooding forces patients to a hospital roof, wipes out a VFD and downs a tree, killing two firefighters
When you鈥檙e on an operation and you can only take what you can carry, what do you choose?
It is our responsibility to respond, no matter what the potential hazards may be, so what is your agency training on?
Ballad Health CEO Alan Levine described the decision to move Unicoi County Hospital staff and patients to the roof amid rising floodwaters
Following widespread flooding caused by Hurricane Helene, restoring communications for first responders and civilians is a high priority
After other helicopters failed to reach Unicoi County Hospital because of winds, a Virginia State Police helicopter was able to land on the roof to evacuate 54 people
Two Vallejo firefighter/paramedics were injured while rescuing the patient from a burning vehicle
Deputies said the family in Angleton was working on leveling their mobile home when it collapsed on them
First responders from five departments and local construction companies worked to save a person trapped inside a grain bin in Livingston County
Rescuers tunneled underneath the boy and used dish soap and friction-reducing sheets to free him
First responders used rescue surfboards to reach the family off Nukolii Beach in Wailua
University Medical Center Nurse Miles Crawford grabbed a hammer and waded through waist-high water to reach the trapped driver
Members of the Townville Volunteer Ambulance Service were honored for saving the life of a 72-year-old man in cardiac arrest
View live demonstrations at the North American Rescue booth #2317 during the conference
First responders in Saginaw arrived on the scene to find the truck and house on fire and the driver lying on the roof
Ventura County firefighters used Oxnard police robots during a technical rescue operation
Governor Chris Sununu came to the aid of a seafood festival contestant using the Heimlich maneuver
First responders used a drone with thermal imaging to find the 3-year-old boy in an Alto Township cornfield
This move allows EMTs and Wilderness First Responders to join the NSP without needing certification from the organization鈥檚 signature Outdoor Emergency Care course
More than 80 firefighters worked on the rescue, along with a 鈥渃omplete medical team,鈥� LAFD said; Two rescuers were treated for heat exhaustion with one hospitalized
The 911 caller told the operator that the driver was lying on the ground outside the Gwinnett County house
Chief Freddie LaFemina recalls the unimaginable scene at Ground Zero and the relentless work to find his brother firefighters
First responders from several departments and agencies worked the scene in Old Saybrook
15 office workers left to hike Mount Shavano but only 14 returned
A landslide damaged houses in the city of Ketchikan and caused a mandatory evacuation
Two patients were treated for burns and other injuries after an explosion and fire in Laurence Harbor
Spokane Valley firefighters faced a driver 鈥渋n crisis鈥� who had crashed their car into a JCPenny store
Investigators called the incident at a Logansport home pool a 鈥渇reak accident鈥�
A University of Michigan surgical team responded to the scene in Ann Arbor to prepare for a possible field amputation
The deaths of two people in the flooding have led first responders to talk about the losses and grief
Santa Rosa firefighters had to dismantle an overhead proofer to free the worker鈥檚 crushed arm
A woman was killed and a man injured in a suspected propane explosion in Jefferson Township
First responders faced several rescues from vehicles and homes as storm system hit states
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