West Covina (CA) firefighters rescued two kittens that had become trapped inside the walls of a home on Sunday.

On Saturday November 3, 2012, five days after Hurricane Sandy flooded New York City (NYC), the chief of rescue operations was directed by the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) chief of operations to respond to the Exchange Place PATH station in Jersey City, New Jersey, to evaluate the water condition in the PATH Tubes running from Jersey City to the World Trade Center (WTC).

The Fire Department of New York (FDNY) Special Op-erations Command (SOC) for the past couple of years has been preparing its members to respond to another major disaster in New York City (NYC).

Larry Collins analyzed a 1999 trench rescue and other technical rescue incidents along with lessons learned during his Tuesday afternoon workshop, “Managing Rescue Operations.” A battalion chief with the Los Angeles County (CA) Fire Department, Collins has presented at FDIC for more than 20 years

Mike Donahue examines several shoring systems for technical rescue applications and the principles that they are based on.

On Monday, authorities recovered the bodies of two children who were buried alive in a collapse at a construction site in Lincoln County, North Carolina.

A new BETEX professional VibChecker vibration monitor meter from Quality Bearings & Components (QBC) is a light and compact-sized instrument designed for quick and accurate vibration surveys.

The key to rigging success is to develop a strong game plan and making sure your rigging safe, effective, and efficient, Mike Donahue writes.

Three firefighters were injured during a successful trench rescue operation early Wednesday in New York City.

New Haven (CT) firefighters and police officers rescued a man threatening to jump from a third-story window Monday morning.

Damage to building structural elements, elevators, stairs, and fire protection systems caused by the shaking from a major earthquake can play a critical role in the spread of fire and hamper the ability of occupants to evacuate, and impede fire departments in their emergency response operations.

Firefighters can't take a small-vehicle approach to rescues involving heavy trucks. Steve White lays out some of the basics for responding to this type of emergency incident.

In technical rescue, common sense can take you a long way. Mike Donahue explains how focusing on your goals can help you in setting up two different technical rescue systems.

A Florida man is presumed dead after he was swallowed by a sinkhole that opened suddenly underneath him while he was lying in bed in his suburban Tampa home.

Firefighters rescued a golden retriever that had fallen through ice into a frigid pond Wednesday in Westport, Connecticut.

Two people were killed and another critically injured when a medical helicopter crashed this morning in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Firefighters responded to a huge natural gas explosion that destroyed a restaurant Tuesday in Kansas City, Missouri.

A row of three pleasure boats were quickly consumed by fire at the Lincoln Harbor Marina in Weehawken, New Jersey, on the morning of February 18, sending a huge column of black smoke over the Hudson River and blocking out the New York City skyline.

Cleanup is proceeding in earnest at The University of Southern Mississippi where an EF-4 tornado struck the Hattiesburg campus on Sunday.

A Snoqualmie (WA) firefighter recounted his rescue of a woman who had fallen into a river