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.
Deputy Cory Patterson, who witnessed a man drive into a fence, broke into the man鈥檚 locked car and began administering lifesaving care immediately
First responders went beyond the call of duty, pulling animals from sinkholes, frozen ponds and bear dens
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Sonoma County rescuers were lowered to reach the victim down a 200-foot ravine
A driver crashed a stolen tractor-trailer in the Brenham officer after his license renewal was rejected
Fire, EMS crews in Whitman faced an unusual rescue
Escambia County firefighters extricated the driver and two occupants of the house
Portland man was trapped overnight when the equipment to hold the stump failed
A section of a crane from a Fort Lauderdale high-rise fell onto a bridge striking two vehicles
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Paulding County first responders faced a worker buried up to his neck in a 20-foot deep trench
Veteran Somerset Officer/EMT Kevin Huzsek broke a window and crawled into a bedroom to rescue the resident, a woman in her 80s
Vancouver firefighters used wooden blocks to support the bus as they lifted it off the boy using hydraulic struts
Rescuers pulled two people out of the water after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed; six people remain unaccounted for
A man died and a woman was injured when their vehicle went off an 80-foot cliff
LAFD USAR members worked to lift the forklift off the worker
Orange County firefighters decided the best way to rescue the man off the steep cliff was a helicopter 鈥減ick operation鈥�
CHS EMS transported 5 patients, including an infant, for non-life threatening injuries
Birmingham firefighters worked to rescue the driver from under the beam, estimated to weigh 60,000 pounds
Columns in the Surfside collapse that killed 98 people did not meet 1980s standards
First responders in Aurora treated patients ranged in age from 1 month to 31 years old
A shopper described the scene as chaotic when an SUV crashed into the Canton Township store鈥檚 main entrance
A Louisville firefighter was lowered to rescue the driver as the cab of her rig hung off the bridge after a crash
Willie Hatchett collasped next to where Atlanta Police Officer Melina Lim was stationed
One person was injured after the helicopter crashed on a remote beach on the island of Kauai
Physicians from St. Mary鈥檚 Hospital have joined Waterbury SWAT to assist officers, patients in hostile incidents
Gila Bend Paramedic Cody Jordan was critically injured when the cab unexpectedly fell on him
A Newton paramedic and Kingston EMT performed CPR on the firefighter and regained a pulse
A 7-year-old girl died inside a 4-to-5-foot-deep hole she and her brother were digging at Lauderdale-by-the-Sea beach
After 鈥渘umerous poor decisions鈥� and a lengthy rescue, Cole Matthes drove himself to the hospital
The after-action report information from the Boise hangar collapse focuses on rescues, triage and scene safety
Crews in Tyron faced a person pinned by a large tree that fell onto a house
First responders from several agencies responded to a crash involving two charter speed boats
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