What defines a competent technical rescue officer? There is no simple answer, because the role encompasses a combination of multidisciplinary training, interpersonal skills, crew and team management, ...

Jagged safety glass loudly crunches under the feet of Tom Canita, the assistant team manager of the East Tech Technical Rescue Team, as he walks through the dark hallways of a large commercial ...

A good starting point for fire departments that want to create an ice rescue program or formalize an existing one is NFPA 2500: Standard for Operations and Training for Technical Search and Rescue ...

A team of specially-trained firefighters from Macomb County was called out to help remove the body of a worker who died last week when a trench wall collapsed on him in the Thumb region of Michigan, ...

Saturday morning Bedford fire crews helped rescue a deer that fell through a frozen pond.