Your department’s tech rescue program needs to train additional rope rescue technicians. Where do you start? An out-of-town open enrollment class? Maybe bring an outside instructor to your department?

Not being able to rescue a worker from a confined space has a devastating impact on the company and, more importantly, the employees. With a focus on decreasing or minimizing injuries and fatalities, ...

All across the nation, on a daily basis, firefighters and rescue personnel are called upon to use their training to effectively disentangle a victim. While today’s fire service relies heavily on ...

While fall protection compliance rates are climbing, some companies are discovering that they lack expertise in fall rescue equipment and procedures – a discovery they often make only after a fall has ...

The Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office dive team conducted ice recue trainin Wednesday atBoardman Lakebraved the icy ...

There is no mandatory standard for technical rescuers in the United States. We have NFPA 1006: Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications; however, this is a “wanna meet”—not a “gotta ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue announced the development of the Lt. Todd Krodle Firefighter Rescue Drill, made possible by a donation ...

The Block Island Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department received the unusual distress call around 1:19 p.m. A large cow had ...

Ben Green, special operations program coordinator with the Kansas Fire & Rescue Training Institute, shows off a hydraulic rescue tool called the "Jaws of Life." The Kansas Fire & Rescue Training ...

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 ...

Greenwood Fire Department improves rescue operations with Duke Energy grant and specialized rope rescue training.