Your department’s tech rescue program needs to train additional rope rescue technicians. Where do you start? An out-of-town open enrollment class? Maybe bring an outside instructor to your department?

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 ...

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – On Sept. 26 and 27, approximately 20 Letterkenny Army Depot firefighters joined several Chambersburg Fire Department firefighters to complete a rope rescue training course in ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Members of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department took part in a training exercise Tuesday, practicing what is known as a "high-angle rope rescue." GBMFD Captain Quincy Koltz says a ...

Long passed are the days of manila rope and wooden block and tackles. Now, we puff out our chest with high-efficiency, ball bearing pulleys and auto-locking carabiners. Much like cellphones, it seems ...

Odessa College Safety and Rescue Instructor Dean McCann led students through a rope/rappelling portion of their Industrial Rope Rescue course Tuesday afternoon on the Fire/EMS Technology Training ...

Memphis, Tenn. - First responders need to be ready for any kind of emergency. Memphis firefighters spent most of the day Tuesday at the Renasant Convention Center going through special rope rescue ...

Every day, emergency service providers strive to deliver better customer service to the citizens who they serve. These agencies also search for methods by which they can “do more with less.” Three ...

Eric McKenzie – On May 4th, 2017 we were doing a rope rescue training day at Chillicothe Fire Department when I decided I’d try out my DJI Phantom 3. This is some of the footage. Be sure to press the ...

A car hung from the Leeville Bridge as firefighters, suspended with ropes, worked to cut open the door and rescue the occupants. In another scenario, a south Lafourche firefighter was lowered down the ...