“The death of 24 people on Mount Fuji led to the formation of our mountain rescue team,” says Katsunori Masuda, an officer ...

Tributes have been paid to a British tourist who died after a late-night fall onto rocks near a beautiful white sand Majorcan ...

Jurors in the Damian Conti sex abuse trial saw a disturbing video Friday of deputies racing to rescue Conti’s student, who was trying to end her life. They also watched body cam video of Conti ...

Two weeks ago, I wrote about my friend Samuel “Sammy” Vengrinovich going missing in the Himalayas above Dharamsala. The ...

The Las Cruces Fire Department’s Swiftwater Rescue Team is deploying to Ruidoso in anticipation of monsoon rains and the ...

An American aerospace technology company has successfully flown an unmanned, full-sized helicopter in a test site in Arizona.

It’s the stuff of nightmares. Or all in a night’s work, if you’re a winchman paramedic of good Lewis stock. Either way, 29th November 2023 is not a night Norman ‘Nam’ Macleod will ever ...

Helicopters can be expensive and dangerous, and search and rescue teams are generally authorized to use them only in cases where life, limb or eyesight are threatened, or rescuer safety is at stake.

Authorities say the rock climber who survived a roughly 400-foot fall off a mountainside in Washington lay unconscious for hours before waking in the dark.

Lt. Col. Jesse J. Fritz, chief of staff of the 106th Rescue Wing, said conducting training exercises while flying in an actual helicopter can often be a challenge, depending on weather, available ...

Rescuers and expedition operators in Base Camp buzzed with enthusiasm on the evening of Wednesday, May 14 after a helicopter pilot executed a daring rescue high on the slopes of Mount Everest ...

Seattle climber manages stunning self-rescue in fall that killed 3 near national park. ... A helicopter rescue team from nearby Snohomish County was dispatched to recover the bodies from the ...