After the EF-3 tornado tore through Hugo last May, the Hugo Fire Department pulled dazed and injured people from flattened homes. Family pets were trapped in the wreckage, or running scared and ...

SPO The student will demonstrate a basic understanding of search and rescue operations and consideration and search techniques and victim removal. EO 8-1 Explain the principles involved in structure ...

In the last few decades, ice rescue training has emerged as a critical skill set for fire departments in cold climates, and the fire service has learned many difficult lessons from challenging rescues ...

There is no mandatory standard for technical rescuers in the United States. We have NFPA 1006: Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications; however, this is a “wanna meet”—not a “gotta ...