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.

Over the past six months, a group of Salisbury firefighters has completed a 90-hour rope rescue technician course through the ...

The rescue came as York County received several inches of snow overnight, resulting in PennDOT temporarily reducing the speed limit on I-83 to 45 miles-per-hour due to weather conditions.

As severe weather looms over Arkansas, the Little Rock Fire Department's swift water rescue team is on high alert, ... which includes ropes, swimming, and boat operations.

Fire and rescue personnel used a system of ropes to rescue a woman from the bank of the Piscataquog River after she had reportedly jumped from a West Manchester bridge ...