SANTA CRUZ >> A captain at Santa Cruz Fire Department has designed an anchored rescue system to prevent casualties — among rescuers and the rescued — at the perilous Toilet Bowl, an exposed ...

The Maui News – Firefighters used a rope system to rescue a hiker who suffered multiple injuries when he fell about 60 feet down from a trail in Kahikinui on Saturday, a fire official said. Kula ...

As with any form of technical rescue, the potential for success begins with a solid foundation. For example, working within a collapsed building, most shoring starts with a sole plate; Trench ...

Fire and rescue personnel used a system of ropes to rescue a woman from the bank of the Piscataquog River after she had reportedly jumped from a West Manchester bridge Saturday morning, fire officials ...

Rescue personnel used a ropes system to bring up a stranded hiker at Signal Mountain on Tuesday afternoon. The Signal Mountain Fire Department responded to 108 Signal Point Trail regarding a female ...

Fire officials in Colorado on Friday came to the rescue of a horse that was trapped in thick mud by creating a rope system to free him. The Castle Rock Fire Department Local 4116 received a call that ...

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 ...

Clackamas firefighters used their personal escape systems to rescue a woman from an early morning house fire in Happy Valley. Heavy fire engulfed the first floor when Clackamas Fire District 1 arrived ...

The Chattanooga Fire Department on Friday night used a rope system to help a resident needing medical help to get up a slick driveway to a waiting ambulance. The medical call was Friday night in ...