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    The Firehouse.com Rope product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various fire and rescue rope operations, including high and low angle rope rescue, lowering and lifting systems, ropes and accesorries and rappeling equipment options.
    Norwalk firefighters rescue Santa Claus stuck 60 feet above the ground
    Technical Rescue

    Santa Saved by Norwalk, CT, Rescue Technicians

    Susan Nicol
    Dec. 9, 2024
    The jolly fellow's bright red suit got entangled in the rigging, leaving him dangling 60 feet in the air, Norwalk fire officials reported.
    Drone video captures dramatic rescue of woman stuck in semi truck dangling over Louisville bridge
    Rope

    Drone Captures Rescue from Big Rig Hanging Off Louisville, KY, Bridge

    Firehouse.com News
    March 2, 2024
    Louisville firefighters used an aerial ladder and rope system to rescue the driver of an 18-wheeler that was hanging from a bridge.
    Vehicle Extrication

    Driver of Truck Hanging from Dallas Overpass Rescued by Firefighters

    Dec. 5, 2023
    Dallas firefighters used two ladder trucks to rescue the driver of a box truck that was hanging from an interstate overpass following a crash.
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    Rope

    KY FFs Hone Rope Rescue Skills from High-Rise

    Firehouse.com News
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Anchorage Middletown Fire and EMS now has 40 rope rescue technicians following a grueling course.
    Photo courtesy Jeff Riechmann
    First responders practice moving a patient up the side of a rock face as part of a recent training opportunity held in New Meadows. The day-long training program was led by the Grangeville Mountain Rescue Unit and included participants from several agencies in central Idaho.
    Training Drills

    First Responders Learn the Ropes

    Jeff Riechmann
    Oct. 16, 2023
    Jeffrey Riechmann details how a group of Idaho first responders trained for rope rescues by rappelling down a rock face.
    Jeff Riechmann
    A Magic Valley Paramedics’ Special Operations Reach and Treat (SORT) team member is lowered over the side of the Snake River Canyon to begin to treat an injured hiker.
    Rope

    Rope Rescues: A Three-Team Collaboration

    Jeff Riechmann
    Sept. 15, 2023
    Jeff Riechmann details how Information-sharing and combined training eliminated duplication of efforts and improved the service to the public in Twin Falls, ID.