New heavy extrication equipment will have the Kandiyohi County Rescue Squad at the scene of incidents involving heavy vehicles such as semitractor-trailers and even trains. The Kandiyohi County Board ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WXIX) - When disasters strike, there are often threats of buildings collapsing. This week, specialists and instructors trained a wide variety of first responders to operate cranes, heavy ...

Tom Shand and Michael Wilbur save apparatus committees by spelling out what must be considered in the design of heavy rescue rigs in terms of storage solutions and compartment set-ups. The Prince ...

This is the moment a charity rescue ship came under heavy machine gun fire from the Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean as its crew raced to help a stricken migrant boat. Britons were among the ...

Rescue 4 is certified by the state of North Carolina as a Heavy Rescue Squad. The unit's body is an 18 foot walk-around built by Hackney and is equipped with a 25kw AMPS pto generator, a high pressure ...

The Toledo Fire & Rescue Department is rolling out new wheels that are different from its typical engines. The two heavy rescues the department has received are designed to work through unique ...

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Described as a toolbox on wheels, the Winston-Salem Fire Department’s new heavy-rescue truck has all the bells and whistles. The custom-designed vehicle boasts battery-powered equipment to cut people ...

Thirty-three firefighters from across 13 departments finished their heavy rescue training on Friday. The firefighters have spent the past two weeks at the North Metro Fire Training Center in ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The City of Tampa is making good on its promise to give firefighters upgraded equipment to speed up their response times to emergencies. Tampa Fire Rescue has been under scrutiny ...