A firefighter with West Metro Fire Rescue was critically injured in a fall during a training exercise.

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, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Technical rescue crews pulled a man from inside a barge at the Port of Palm Beach after he fell 30 feet below deck level.

The Fincastle Volunteer Fire Department said crews helped perform a technical rescue at Roaring Run Falls.