Saturday, July 19, 2008
Watery Save
By Jon Jelle
Record-setting rainfall caused floods and mudslides and placed this Southern California county in a state of emergency. Fortunately, the fire and sheriff's departments had two highly trained swiftwater teams already in place....
Tight TEAMS
By Paul Gunnels
Confined-space rescues are deceptively dangerous. Seemingly straight-forward operations tempt our natural instinct to jump in and save someone, but confined...
Pry, Pry Again
By Todd Hoffman
As today's vehicles become safer for their occupants, little is being done to protect our first responders. With as many as 12 airbags in one vehicle...
Letters
Tangled Web
By Paul A. Watson & Hidekatsu Kajitani
Low temperatures, high winds and no safety ladders hindered this tower rescue....
Aircraft Rescue Research Project Will Offer Training on Boeing 727s
Plans Look to Leave No Wheelchair Behind
By Douglas Page
Say your sister has severe rheumatoid arthritis and must use a wheel chair. Say there's a bomb threat at her office on the third floor of the Civic Center...
NIOSH Offers Flood-Rescue Tips
The National Institute for Safety and Health Firefighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program has issued a report (No. F2001-02) focusing on...
Mod Squad
By Alan Saulsbury
With the fire service focusing more than ever on security and terrorism response, the heavy rescue has become a vital part of the apparatus fleet. Heavy...
Technically Speaking
By Becky Robinette Wright
Two workers on a 260-foot tower are attempting to repair a cell phone antenna. A pulley breaks and the antenna plummets, turning it into a 1,500-pound...
Access Denied
By James Hyles
A worker and a rescuer die inside the floating cover of a sewage digester. One worker and one rescuer die in a storm sewer that's under construction....
LSU to Host Terrorist Aftermath Rescue Training
Rescue-Related Fatalities, 1994 Today
Rescue is a dangerous business. For the types of incidents resulting in firefighter fatalities, motor vehicle crashes account for more than 40%, and water...
Grain Drain
By Ted Halpin
Many of the structures on farms have qualities that would cause them to meet the Occupational Safety and Health Administration standard as a confined...
Taking Up the Slack
San Bernardino
The number of regional urban search-and-rescue teams is increasing across the nation, according to the Florida Association of Urban Search and Rescue's...
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