Technical Rescue

The Firehouse.com Technical Rescue product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various firefighter and rescue equipment, including confined space, structural collapse, trench rescue and USAR options.

Bridgeport construction worker trapped after collapse

Structural Collapse

Bridgeport, CT, Technicans Rescue Worker after Partial House Collapse

Oct. 21, 2024

Firefighters took turns digging and moving boulders with their hands because the space was too tight to fit shovels and other tools.

Cripple Creek Fire Chief recounts Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine rescue efforts

Operations & Training

Cripple Creek, CO, Fire Chief Remembers Firefighter Killed in Gold Mine Elevator Mishap

Susan Nicol

Oct. 17, 2024

Confined Space

Baltimore County, MD, Crews Rescue Man from Well

Susan Nicol

Oct. 17, 2024

A memorial at the Gloucester City, NJ, Fire Department (GCFD) firehouse honors GCFD Firefighter Thomas Stewart III, Mount Ephraim, NJ, Fire Department Fire Chief James Sylvester and Deputy Chief John West, and the three children who were killed. Problems regarding GCFD culture, training, tactics, communications, personnel assignment and special operations were uncovered from the results of the investigation of the incident. Today, the department’s standards of performance are transformed.

Operations & Training

Fire Studies: Lessons Learned—The Gloucester City Tragedy

Michael Daley

Oct. 16, 2024

One dead after Colorado mine elevator malfunction

Confined Space

One Dead, 23 Rescued after Elevator Malfunction at CO Tourist Gold Mine

Oct. 11, 2024

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Rescue

Technical Rescue: First-Line Tactical Priorities for Trench Rescue

Kent Freeman

Oct. 11, 2024

Hurricane Milton weakens to category 1 storm as it moves to East Coast

Rescue

Hurricane Milton Slams Florida, Leaves Deaths Destruction

Oct. 10, 2024

Full rescue: Man falls ten feet inside abandoned grain silo, rescued by firefighters

Technical Rescue

Man Rescued after Falling into a Silo in Fort Worth, TX

Oct. 3, 2024

2 Rescued From 'Sunken City' in San Pedro, 1 Transported to Trauma Hospital

Technical Rescue

Los Angeles Firefighters Rescue Man from Bottom of Cliff

Susan Nicol

Sept. 26, 2024

Hurricane Helene: Maryland, Virginia rescue teams deployed to Florida ahead of storm

Technical Rescue

USAR Teams Headed to Florida to Await Hurricane

Sept. 26, 2024

Deer stuck upside-down between walls rescued

Technical Rescue

Deer Stuck Upside-Down Rescued by Oakland, CA, Firefighters

Susan Nicol

Sept. 24, 2024

Oakland firefighters communicated the best they could with their patient before gingerly freeing her.

Rescue

Technical Rescue: Tools in Tandem for EV Extrication

Chris Soda

Sept. 24, 2024

Chris Soda's guidance about the simultaneous use of a spreader and a ram gives rescuers a process that's best for extricating victims from electric vehicles.