We installed about $550,000 worth of rope rescue equipment in the ladderway, ... Setting up ropes and pulleys was a long and painstaking process. ... “That’s six hours of continuous climbing to climb ...

Crews rescue a man who was swept about 50 feet downriver after trying a cold plunge in Big Cottonwood Creek on Sunday. First responders warn everyone to stay out of the water. (Photo: Wesley ...

The other rescue was more technical as the High Angle Rope Rescue team extricated the person from the Lava Tube cave. Officials said the patient was lifted 100 yards to safety, where paramedics ...

After a man fell more than 30 feet from the side of the rock quarry at Greenway Farms and the Chattanooga Fire Department set up a pulley system to hoist him up, the department is urging caution ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) – The Chattanooga Fire Department conducted a rope rescue operation at the rock quarry at Greenway Farms. At around 8 PM Monday, a man fell over 30 feet into the woods.

The narrow space made it difficult for firefighters to rescue her using a ladder, so they implemented a rope system to lower her to safety. 'She was afraid to move,' Kelly told KRON.

Andrew McIntyre talks on-the-water kit, pulley/rope compatibility, rope grabs, webbing and victim medical treatment, so rescue technicians are best prepared when they are called. A belt-mounted 4 ...

The class, which built on pre-requisite rope rescue classes, introduced firefighters to hazards such as simply making contact with the metal that has been subjected to a hot day in the summer sun ...

ONTARIO COUNTY, N.Y. — A dramatic rope rescue unfolded on Tuesday. Two people found themselves trapped by a waterfall in Conklin Gulley, Naples. Rope rescue teams from various areas responded to ...

A rope rescue was requested and the victim was put in a basket and taken up a 150-foot cliff that was sheer ice. “It was very slippery and difficult to bring him up the hill without the use of ...

Firefighters rescue I-83 crash victim with rope after car ends up 75 feet down embankment. ... while a change of direction was made using an anchor point on the side of a ladder truck.

LAKE CITY, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - Rescue crews helped an elk found tangled in climbing rope near an ice wall in Colorado.Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers said they received a call from ice ...