The man had sustained "serious injuries" and was unable to move on his own; the agency did not state how the man was injured.

A rescue swimmer is coming. The job of getting the stranded, soaking-wet woman to safety fell to the Ventura County Fire Department’s swift water rescue team. Their tools, rope and a canoe.

With a rescue boat waiting beneath, firefighters set up a rescue rope system, repelled down, secured the victim and brought her to safety. The rescue took about 40 minutes. No one was hurt.

A kayaker who found themselves stranded in the Baraboo River Saturday afternoon was successfully rescued by first responders ...

TFFD’s rope rescue team responds with a rescue vehicle that carries all of the department’s technical rescue gear. This apparatus is assigned to Station 2 and is cross-staffed with the Engine ...

Rochester, N. Y. (WHAM) - Rochester Firefighters worked to rescue one person from the Genesee River area. Firefighters preformed a rope rescue to get a 33-year-old Rochester man that fell onto the ...

Andrew McIntyre talks on-the-water kit, pulley/rope compatibility, rope grabs, webbing and victim medical treatment, so rescue technicians are best prepared when they are called. A belt-mounted 4 ...

Emergency crews conducted a rope rescue for a man stranded on the Verdigris River beneath the Interstate 44 overpass on Friday morning. Officials said that they first received the call around 4 a ...

Crag Rats recued the hikers with a technical rope rescue system with assistance from Corbett Fire and Multnomah County Search and Rescue. So far this year, Crag Rats have responded to 25 rescue ...