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.
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Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs are being targeted as they assist the victims of the terrorist attack
鈥淢anagement of crush syndrome has to start in the rubble, in the hole, under the car, in the subway; treatment starts there.鈥�
A rope rescue system was used to raise a Fontana woman from an old septic tank 25 feet below the ground
Storm system soaked the state a led to a state of emergency declaration for the southern coast
A second storm system moved into the state causing flooding, power outages and evacuations
Monica Laso yelled for help but no one heard her
PG&E had to secure power lines before Santa Clara County firefighters could begin extricating the patient
Contractor in Boise hangar collapse that killed three had multiple safety violations in the last 10 years
Elk City and Oklahoma City first responders utilized whole blood to save a worker pinned underneath a bulldozer
Boise Fire Department Operations Chief Aaron Hummel described the scale of the scene as a 鈥済lobal collapse鈥�
A 16-year-old driver escaped seriosu injury after his vehicle crashed into a High Point house
A rope rescue system was setup to retrieve a Colorado Springs worker that suffered a medical emergency and fell
People were trapped on a mile-long floe about a half-mile off Catawba Island State Park
First responders in Maury County used log chains, two straps to keep the pickup from falling into the river
Rainfall first hit Los Angeles and then moved south, trapping people in homes and vehicles
Two of the four patients were pinned inside the car after they tried to go around a railroad crossing in Harvey
Search and rescue team members in Killington hiked five miles to find the lost individuals
Austin -Travis County EMS personnel treated the man, and 17 others for hypothermia
Paramedics faced a complex rescue on a popular trail near Cajon Pass
One simple trick we can take from our fire service friends to stabilize a vehicle
Two people were injured after a eucalyptus tree fell on five vehicles in Golden Gate Park
Help keep you, your crew and your patient safe at motor vehicle collision scenes
A speeding SUV went off the road and became stuck, off the ground, between trees in the Longmeadow crash
A search and rescue team hiked in to reach the teen in the Ventana Wilderness
Matthew Reum was trapped for six days in his truck, subsisting on rainwater
A rescue boat capsized as first responders in Transylvania County tried to reach people in flood waters
A person inside a dumpster found themselves trapped inside a garbage truck in Escambia County
Heavy rain, flooding led to 27 water rescues in Delaware County
A section of a boom truck collapsed while workers in Manhattan were moving rebar
Rescuers spent five hours digging the plumber out from a collapse at a National City shopping mall
A construction crew found the unconscious man approximately 80 feet up the crane at the Durham site
