I remember mastering the rack, pulley, mariner (RPM) system for raising and lowering in rescue systems. Now, we are shark-finning with two-tensioned rope systems ... He was a firefighter and ...

The four firefighters rescued two victims by using a daring rope rescue at a fire on E. 52nd St. on Nov. 5. “This, in so many ways, is everything the FDNY is about. This was the ultimate teamwork.

On Monday evening, the Colorado Springs Fire Department conducted a high-angle rescue at Garden of the Gods. Firefighters ...

After a man fell more than 30 feet from the side of the rock quarry at Greenway Farms and the Chattanooga Fire Department set ...

Firefighters who also had difficulty reaching the trapped New Yorkers decided to deploy the uncommon rescue method called “the life-saving rope evolution.” Though practiced twice a week ...

Firefighters used a rope rescue system to bring a patient out of the Kern River Canyon early Wednesday. Just after 5 a.m. Kern County firefighters were dispatched to a report of a vehicle over the ...

The FDNY has released heart-stopping footage of its firefighters using a rope in a rarely used maneuver to dramatically rescue three people from a burning New York City building on Friday.

MOLINE, Ill. — Quad City area firefighters are trading in ladders for ropes this week. Members of the MABAS 43 Technical Rescue Team are completing rope rescue training on Wednesday and Thursday ...

FDNY firefighters attempted a daring rope rescue to save people in a high-rise fire, 20 stories above the ground. In order to reach the trapped victims, the firefighters dropped ropes secured from ...

A victim was rescued by York area firefighters ... crews had to utilize a rope system, the department said. That haul system was anchored to the department's heavy rescue squad, while a change ...