Alton Fire Department engineer Cliff Holshouser grimaces as he works to pull himself back up Tuesday in a rope rescue training session held from the top of the St. Clare's Hospital parking garage in ...

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – On Sept. 26 and 27, approximately 20 Letterkenny Army Depot firefighters joined several Chambersburg Fire Department firefighters to complete a rope rescue training course in ...

When an elderly woman accidentally drove through the safety cables in a Downtown parking structure, the emergency responders who arrived on the scene were part of a specialized unit trained to handle ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Crews with the Zoneton Fire Protection District joined firefighters from Shepherdsville, Zoneton and Southeast Bullitt Fire Departments Monday to train for rope rescues. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — Over the last week CAL FIRE ...

SETROPES Division announces all 20 Sea Cadets successfully completed a demanding nine-day rope rescue training. Officials said, "The depth and breadth of the curriculum—from foundational skills like ...

Shouts of commands punctured the silence on a recent Saturday afternoon at a rock quarry west of New Meadows, ID. The quarry was playing host to first responders from throughout Adams County as they ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - Over a dozen Longview firefighters donned rappelling gear and faced the challenge of rope rescue training at the Gregg County Courthouse Tuesday. Longview Fire Department ...

New recruits for the Grand Junction Fire Department spent two days this week practicing live fire and rope rescue techniques, training alongside current firefighters. “These are folks that have ...

Jul. 24—The hilly landscape of Morgantown, while beautiful, can create a tricky situation when someone has been injured or stranded on a steep incline and cannot be carried out. Members of the ...

In the world of rope rescue, we use mechanical advantage systems really for two reasons. The first being a force increasing tool and the second, a means of reducing the weight of a load during a ...