A 16-year-old teen was rescued from a 50 feet deep mine shaft in Northern California on Monday, according to the California ...

Proposed is an evaluation of the capability of rescue teams as currently configured and deployed, and as they should evolve ...

The department announced eight firefighters completed a 10-class rope technician certification. This training teaches students how to rig a rope-rescue system properly, and safely move an injured ...

Dozens of people had to be rescued from a New Hampshire ski lift that malfunctioned Wednesday, according to the resort.

The man who fell 100-feet into a natural crevice, was aided by fellow tree workers and Bloomington firefighters, until he was ...

First responders from several departments conducted a rope rescue operation to save a worker with an injured leg inside a ...

Then they finally reached the peak near where Tiny was trapped and lowered a rescuer down to retrieve her “using a harness designed for dog rescue in technical terrain,” officials said.

North Shore Rescue volunteers pulled three hikers from ... the team had to individually get them into harnesses, anchor ropes to trees and gradually lower them down to a safer area below.