FDNY Crews Rescue Window Washers Trapped Hanging Outside Midtown High Rise
Two window washers on a scaffolding outside a Columbus Circle high-rise building became detached from the facade and began swaying and spinning.
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Rope Rescue
Firefighters learn the fundamentals of ropes and knots in recruit school, and yet there are certain situations that require advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities in terms of rope rescue. Review training resources on advanced rope rescue systems and techniques, high-angle rescue, and more.
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Firefighters Rescue Parachutist Dangling on Side of Charlotte (NC) High-Rise
Firefighters rescued a parachutist dangling from a high-rise building in uptown Charlotte early Tuesday.
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CA Firefighters Rescue Tree Trimmer Left Dangling 25 Feet in the Air by Powerline Shock
A man trimming trees in Los Angeles required rescue after his pole became entangled in high-voltage power lines.
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Technical Rescue: Using the Gray Matter When Working in the Gray Areas
Clinton Crafton considers a commonsense approach to risk-benefit decision making at tech rescue responses.
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Tower Rescue for the Lone Rescuer
Todd Taylor and other members of Advanced Rescue Solutions demonstrate a method that a single rescuer can use to rescue a conscious victim from a tower.
Training Minutes: Victim Removal: High Point Change of Direction
Todd Taylor and the team share an option for using a ladder as a high point change of direction to remove a victim from out…
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Power Outage Traps Three in Elevator 200 Feet Down From WA Rescuers’ Access Point
Three people stuck in an elevator were hundreds of feet from an access point.
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Firefighters Rescue Window Washer Dangling from Side of Kansas City’s Tallest Building
Firefighters pulled a window washer to safety after his main harness broke, leaving him dangling off Kansas City’s tallest building.
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Portland Deep Excavation Rescue: Is Your Team Prepared to Break Its Own Rules?
Portland firefighters responded to an incident in which an injured worker fell into a 32-foot-deep hole at a construction site in the northeast part of…
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A Challenging High-Angle Tree Rescue
Josh Xenakis walks readers through a high-angle tree rescue that took place on the west end of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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FDNY Firefighters Make Multiple Rope Rescues at Deadly Fire
Firefighters with the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) made three rope rescues at a deadly two-alarm fire today in Harlem.
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Tech Rescue: Shock Value: Impact on Rope Rescue Systems
Clinton Crafton and company review what happens when a load is released and captured on two different rope rescue setups.
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Tech Rescue: Twin-Tension Rescue System
Clinton Crafton reviews the differences between a twin-tension rescue system and the more familiar dedicated main/dedicated belay systems.
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Podcast: First-Due Battalion Chief: FDNY High-Rise Rope Rescue
Host Danny Sheridan speaks with special guests FDNY Deputy Assistant Chief Frank Leeb and Boston (MA) Deputy Chief Steve Shaffer.
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