The 2006 International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS) was held in Golden, Colo., Nov. 2-5, again bringing together a wide variety of experts in the rescue field, many of whom were returning ...

This class gives technical rescue personnel hands-on experience operating on a communications tower structure. Students will learn proper techniques for climbing tower structures, RF monitoring, ...

It seems like every year the fire service responds to more and more water emergencies—from rescues in static bodies of water, such as ponds and lakes, to swiftwater rescues that involve rivers or ...

Ohio Task Force 1 (OH-TF1) is hosting a training class for Heavy Equipment Rigging specialists and instructors in Ohio to train first responders in the use of rigging techniques, according to the ...

Central Pierce Fire & Rescue is retiring a decades-old technical rescue apparatus that was converted from a beer delivery truck. A 1981 International Harvester that Central Pierce Fire & Rescue ...

Dawn Wilson of Alpine Rescue Team fame laughed with fellow search and rescue volunteers Friday afternoon while setting up a rigging system to practice rappelling down the side of sheer cliff walls in ...