What is rope access and how is the rope access industry influencing rope rescue in the fire service? The pace of change in rope rescue in the fire service has slowed in recent years, but there may be ...

PITTSFIELD — While most people looked to escape the heat Tuesday morning, over a dozen firefighters from across the state gathered outside McKay Street Parking Garage practice their technical rope ...

Ten people with the Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) Fire Department completed 40 hours of training in the Ropes Rescue I course for technical rescue. The firefighters completed training on ...

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 ...

The 6-hour rescue of an unconscious hiker from the bottom of a steep cliff at Palouse Falls was the team’s most technical rope rescue to date at the state park. Tri-Cities emergency crews are called ...

As a crew leader, boss or officer, many points in one’s career stand out. Personally, it was quite powerful when one of my team members was on rope, connected to a litter basket, floating in air ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Fire Department (OKCFD) this week highlighted on Facebook its firefighters training on highly technical rope rescues. OKCFD officials say, the TTRS Highline System ...

Rick Lipke took a teenage passion for rock climbing and turned it into a Bellingham company called Conterra that’s known worldwide for its specialized rope-rescue devices and techniques, medical ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Quad City area firefighters are trading in ladders for ropes this week. Members of the MABAS 43 Technical Rescue Team are completing rope rescue training on Wednesday and Thursday at ...

Garfield County Search and Rescue retrieved three hikers from Anvil Points in a two-day mission over the weekend. The hikers had climbed to a location on Anvil Points, at the base of the Roan Plateau ...

TERREBONNE, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Smith Rock climber injured in a long fall was lifted from the bottom of a 110-foot cliff Monday night in a challenging, five-hour technical rope rescue that involved ...