Rescue

Photos by Jake Hoffman
When a department wants to formalize an existing ice rescue program or create one from scratch, reaching out to neighboring and/or regional departments or external resources can provide a leg up regarding equipment and outside training providers to consider and improved interoperability down the road. Here, two departments and the U.S. Coast Guard work on ice rescue techniques at a joint training.
Jake Hoffman provides a step-by-step guide for a fire department that wants to create an ice rescue program or a department that wants to formalize an existing program.
Dec. 18, 2025
Rescuers Discuss Extrication Effort
Dec. 15, 2025
Yarmouth Fire Department
Yarmouth firefighters were trained in basic trench rescue operations when a long-term construction project began. The lessons from that training paid off on Nov. 18, 2025 when a trench collapse occured.
Dec. 12, 2025
Shane Palmer
During the North Carolina Emergency Training Center facility opening ceremony, in New London, they demonstrated different scenarios that the facility can offer rescue students.
Dec. 12, 2025
Photos by Nashville Fire Department
Articulation in the joints of Ansell's AlphaTec Phantom hazmat suit allows for decent mobility despite the density of the suit's construction.The mask seal is snug without being suffocating.
Dec. 11, 2025
Ryan Baker/Firehouse
The Firehouse Yak: John Lewis and Robert Moran – Basement Fires and Hidden Dangers Below
Dec. 9, 2025
Nevada County Consolidated FD/Facebook
Rescue technicans set up operations to rescue a person who fell into an abandoned mine.
Dec. 8, 2025
Emergency crews rescue tractor-trailer driver dangling off West Virginia bridge
Dec. 3, 2025
2 injured after overhead interstate sign collapses on car in Charlotte
Dec. 1, 2025

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