It’s the team that gets people out of tight places. Fifty-seven specially trained firefighters make up Orange County Fire Authority’s Urban Search and Rescue team. Split between four stations, the ...

SIDNEY, N.Y. (WBNG) - During a severe medical emergency, every second counts in getting the necessary care. Sidney Municipal Airport hosts a service that makes a difference. Through Air Methods and ...

Since 1997, several continents have played host to an international soccer tournament. No, not the World Cup -- the RoboCup. Robots of all shapes and sizes test their “metal” in the world’s favorite ...

GREENFIELD — Scott Elliott, Battalion Chief with the Greenfield Fire Territory (GFT), picked up the lengthy pole and dipped the far end of it into the Greenfield-Central High School swimming pool.

SPO The student will demonstrate a basic understanding of search and rescue operations and consideration and search techniques and victim removal. EO 8-1 Explain the principles involved in structure ...

Team Rescue Methods, a group of firefighters primarily from the Washington Township Fire Department, recently placed fourth out of 10 teams competing in an international rope rescue competition. The ...

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 ...

To prevent paddlers from being pulled into retentive hydraulics, whitewater rescue expert Jim Coffey recommends the downstream live-bait hole rescue. In this method, the rescuer swims to the aid of ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Officials trying to reach 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days were contemplating alternative rescue plans Sunday after snags ...

A construction worker was trapped in a trench at a Phoenix work site on June 12 after his safe box shifted. Phoenix firefighters used an excavator and rope rescue methods to get him out. The worker ...