Andrew McIntyre talks on-the-water kit, pulley/rope compatibility, rope grabs, webbing and victim medical treatment, so rescue technicians are best prepared when they are called ...

Members of the Saginaw Fire Department Special Operations Team dangled off the side of their training tower to practice rope ...

Over the past six months, a group of Salisbury firefighters has completed a 90-hour rope rescue technician course through the ...

A Profiles of Valor reader who saw a recent profile on a friend who just visited Chattanooga, Army combat medic PFC James ...

"We might throw a throw bag around them and have them wrap their arm around it because they can't hold the rope," Ohman said. If those methods do not work, or are not feasible, rescuers can go ...

The man had sustained "serious injuries" and was unable to move on his own; the agency did not state how the man was injured.

Lincoln Police Capt. Max Hubka shows off a water rescue throw bag donated by Sandhills, ... If you put some muscle behind it, you can throw (the rope) 75 feet easily," he said. ...