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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, Randall County Commissioners approved a plan to bring in world-renowned Ropes that Rescue (RTR) to conduct specialized training for Randall County firefighters and others ...

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 ...

NORMAL -- Firefighters are trained to expect the unexpected, so they didn’t hear many specifics for a simulated rope rescue attempt from Constitution Trail to the top of Camelback Bridge in Normal.

Rock Island Arsenal firefighter Jeff Masser was lowered to safety, playing the role of a victim while one of his peers strapped him into a basket and repelled down a tower alongside him during a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Firefighters from 10 Kentucky departments spent the week training on towers and stadium walls in Louisville to practice high-angle rope rescues. The Jefferson County Fire ...