David Fisher, a professional rope jumper and performer, was honored by Westfield, Ind., on Monday after using a jump rope to rescue a teenager who had fallen through an icy pond.

Members of the Green Bay Metro Fire Department took part in a training exercise, practicing what is known as a high-angle rope rescue, Sept. 17, 2024. (WLUK/David Duchan) TOPICS: ...

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 ...

Rescue Hiker Whatcom County BMRC WCSO Steep-angle rope Mount Baker Trail WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. — An injured hiker was rescued off of a steep trail in Whatcom County by crews on Dec. 2.

CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – On Sept. 26 and 27, approximately 20 Letterkenny Army Depot firefighters joined several Chambersburg Fire Department firefighters to complete a rope rescue training course in ...

At the FDNY’s Medal Day celebration, Firefighter Michael Kotzo will receive the Ganci Medal for being “instrumental in two of the three life-saving rope rescues” in Harlem on Feb.… ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Multiple Rutherford County crews helped perform a “high-angle rope rescue operation” on Friday afternoon after a person fell roughly 80 feet into a sinkhole.

Italy, N.Y. — Rope rescue crews helped two teens who slid off a trail Monday afternoon in Yates County, not far from the southeastern end of Canandaigua Lake. Naples Fire Chief CJ Stephens said ...