Every member of the Chico Fire Department possesses basic rope rescue skills, but the drill was specifically aimed at the 12 members of the department's technical rescue team. Stelle said regular ...

Anything from skiing out a gate at a resort for a quick backcountry lap to a short ski tour for some low-angle pow turns an all-day mission for a specific line can constitute backcountry skiing. But ...

On April 1, 1946, a strong earthquake near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska set off a massive tsunami that hit the Hawaiian ...

Joe Biden and Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, debated in St. Louis, Missouri, Thursday night. Gwen Ifill of PBS was the ...

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) recently conducted a series of monsoon and disaster preparedness drills across several districts in Maharashtra. These drills aimed to train people, improve ...

The III Estol is one of the six basic combat units of the FGNE. The name "Comanfes" comes from the former special operations unit of the Spanish Navy, the Special Amphibious Commando (COMANFES), ...

A tow float in its most basic form is an inflatable plastic ‘balloon’ used ... Some will be your bog-standard floats with a waist rope to attach to the swimmer, and others will include more components ...