Edward Tracey shares the three preferred rescue methods that were identified from drills to rescue a trapped firefighter from ...

What defines a competent technical rescue officer? There is no simple answer, because the role encompasses a combination of multidisciplinary training, interpersonal skills, crew and team management, ...

Area fire departments have to be prepared for a wide variety of rescues, ranging from ones on water to those in burning buildings but one that people might not think about is a trench rescue. The ...

As some students played Ultimate Frisbee on the Drillfield during one of the first sunny days this semester, others practiced saving lives. The Virginia Tech Rescue Squad and the Blacksburg Fire ...

When it comes to technical rescue, I live and work in two worlds: standby rescue and emergency response. My full-time position allows me to oversee a division for a private third-party consulting firm ...

Area safety service personnel swarmed the city of Oberlin in a first of its kind training event. Fire departments from as far as Carlisle Township to North Ridgeville, and many in between, joined the ...

Colchester Technical Rescue preparing for holiday weekend after 3 suspected drownings ...

Nepal has launched its first integrated Mountain Rescue Training programme, bringing together technical rescue specialists ...

Ten people with the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) Fire Department completed 40 hours of training in the Ropes Rescue I course for technical rescue. The firefighters completed training on ...

BALTIMORE COUNTY, Maryland (WJZ) — Two construction workers became trapped in Catonsville Friday afternoon, prompting a technical rescue, Baltimore County Fire officials said. Officials said crews ...