Technical rescue crews safely rescued an injured person who fell about 25 feet down a steep riverbank near the Clear Fork Trinity River in Parker County.

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, ...

Not long ago, I was explaining to one of my students that our training agency was undergoing a transition from NFPA 1983 General Use to Technical Use rope and equipment. As I outlined the benefits, ...

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 ...

Rapid-deployment, heavy-duty pontoon barge deployed to ferry 6,000 stranded people from flooded college in southern China It ...

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 ...

When operating in extreme rescue scenarios—such as high-temperature structural fires, dense smoke blockages, or collapsed building structures—clear, unhindered voice exchange is often the defining ...