Technical rescue is an elite element of the fire service. Members of technical rescue teams immerse themselves in hundreds of hours of training and practice to ensure that their skill sets are ...

We might have frequent runs that are hazmat incidents because of a chemical component: carbon monoxide alarms, fuel spills, natural gas investigations. However, a complicated hazmat incident that ...

When a trench collapse trapped two workers in Yarmouth, MA, firefighters launched a technical rescue operation. Scott Smith ...

INNOTEX, the leading developer and manufacturer of personal protective equipment for firefighters and first responders, is pleased to announce that its INNOTEX ENERGY™ EMS Tech Rescue Protective Gear ...

The Washington Region 4 Technical Rescue Team saved a rock climber who fell off a rock wall and suffered a traumatic hip injury Thursday at Beacon Rock State Park, according to the Vancouver Fire ...

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 ...

Local firefighters, highway department workers and a regional technical rescue team Saturday assisted in getting a horse that ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Grand Rapids Fire Department’s Technical Rescue team responded to two calls Friday. The first call was an SUV that slammed through part of Shawmut Hills Elementary. “Yesterday ...

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 ...

The Virginia Tech Rescue Squad mission is going to new heights with a technical team that specializes in high and low angle rope rescues, according to a university news release. High and low angle ...