Robert Policht tells firefighters who might be called on to rescue a citizen from a vertical shaft what's required on arrival ...

Members of the MABAS 43 Technical Rescue Team are completing rope rescue training on Wednesday ... Once they got familiar with the equipment on the ground, the firefighters suited up in harnesses ...

The basket and the department’s other tech rescue gear, as well as equipment ... down their rope constructions to go to an actual rescue. Summers are the busier times for technical rescues ...

I think the biggest thing is just getting hands on equipment. With rope rescue and the technical nature of these type of rescues, just the more you're familiar with the equipment just makes ...

The stolen items included first responder-grade equipment for technical rope rescue, an AED, custom wilderness medical kits, and other essential rescue tools. The SCS&R says the loss was ...

Redding firefighters participated in their quarterly rope drills on a hillside, focusing on becoming more familiar with new equipment. The exercises involved technical rescue work, which is ...

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The Water Rescue Team from the Fort Liberty Fire and Emergency Services recently took part in specialized training at the Fayetteville Technical ... rope rescue techniques, using safety equipment ...

More than 20 firefighters were on scene in the cliff area on the Mile Rock Trail behind the Legion of Honor museum for a technical rope rescue ... walk around the rescue equipment, the department ...

At the FDNY’s Medal Day celebration, Firefighter Michael Kotzo will receive the Ganci Medal for being “instrumental in two of ...

The list of stolen items includes an automated external defibrillator, generators, custom wilderness medical kits, first responder equipment needed for technical rope rescues, hypothermia rescue ...

"Technical rope rescue team" members were lowered into ... "We had the right people and the right equipment. Conditions could've been better but they certainly could've been worse.