Every day, emergency service providers strive to deliver better customer service to the citizens who they serve. These agencies also search for methods by which they can “do more with less.” Three ...

Not long ago, I was explaining to one of my students that our training agency was undergoing a transition from NFPA 1983 General Use to Technical Use rope and equipment. As I outlined the benefits, ...

OAK RIDGE (WATE) – Oak Ridge firefighters are using new equipment to save lives. In September alone, the department’s 3-to-1 rope haul system saved two lives. This past Labor Day, Don Welch thought he ...

Frefighters used a 70-foot ladder truck and rope gear to rescue a deer trapped for a month in a retention pond.

Your department’s tech rescue program needs to train additional rope rescue technicians. Where do you start? An out-of-town open enrollment class? Maybe bring an outside instructor to your department?

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 ...

EQUALITY (WSIL) — The Equality fire department is still trying to raise money for new rope rescue equipment. The fire department started a GoFundMe in April and has since raised only $1,420 of the $12 ...

Earlier this year, a vehicle accident along Southern California’s Highway 101 left a car dangling over a 100′ drop near Santa Barbara. Seeing this incident made me question both my physical ...