Your department has been dispatched to a report of an injured mountain biker in a forested area of your district. The address given is the parking lot where the reporting party entered the trail area.

All belay lines must be connected dorsally to a Class 3 harness. All knots require safeties. Two-tensioned rope systems solve all problems. All technical rescues and trainings that were conducted over ...

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 ...

The 2006 International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS) was held in Golden, Colo., Nov. 2-5, again bringing together a wide variety of experts in the rescue field, many of whom were returning ...

LONGMEADOW — First responders required ropes and rigging to rescue a female who fell down a 40-foot embankment off Barbara Lane Friday afternoon. The victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries and ...