Responding companies called for extra assistance and began a rope rescue operation. Utilizing the ropes, the trapped worker was able to sagely evacuate the tower. The worker was transported to ...

Local firefighters recently trained on skills needed to rescue a victim beyond the reach of ladders, such as the heights of a ...

Hays Fire Lt. Tim Detrixhe, who also serves as the department’s technical rescue training coordinator, said firefighters used ...

“Rope rescue is one of our foundational skills, and so we use rope for many of the different technical rescue disciplines, whether it’s actually rescuing somebody high above the ground or in our ...

Redding firefighters participated in their quarterly rope drills on a hillside, focusing on becoming more familiar with new ...