Trench Rescue

fire department technical rescue team in a trench conducting training

Fire Department Trench Rescue Training Must be Sustainable and Executed Consistently

Christian Brown and Jeffrey Mondo remind that trench rescue skills must be practiced and honed and that an honest assessment, a program that’s anchored to standards and training...

Oct. 23, 2026

News Chopper 9 Video: Construction worker rescued from collapsed trench in Overland Park

Worker Trapped in Trench Rescued by Overland Park, KS, Crews

Oct. 14, 2026

Man Freed from Trench by Montgomery County, MD, Technical Rescue Team

Oct. 7, 2026

Worker Trapped in Trench Rescued in Oxford, MI

Sept. 2, 2026

Live: Technical Rescue Underway in Bethesda

Workers Rescued from Trench in Bethesda, MD

March 10, 2026

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.

6 Operational Lessons Firefighters Can Take from the Yarmouth, MA, Trench Rescue

Dec. 12, 2025

Worker rescued after nearly five hours following deadly Massachusetts trench collapse

Trench Collapse in Yarmouth, MA, Leaves One Dead, Two Hurt

Nov. 19, 2025

Making the lip on the trench safe and placing/moving ladders are key tasks that members of first-arriving companies can assist with under the guidance of a technical rescue team member. This safely engages the first-arriving companies and frees up technical rescue team members for more technical tasks.

Technical Rescue: Force Multiplier: Optimized Trench Rescue Involves Specialists and Regular Firefighters

Oct. 22, 2025

Firefighters train for rare, dangerous rescue

Cedar Rapids, IA, Crews Train for Trench Rescues

Oct. 3, 2025