Search and Rescue
Amid the grief and devastation of survivors, many are sharing the courageous efforts of first responders, fellow residents, family members and even camp counselors who put their lives on the line to save others
A drone can be a tremendous tool for managing risks while units are en route to calls for service
Tips for the unique challenges of accessing and extricating patients from recreational trails
Joshua Ryan Milton has been missing since not reporting for a paramedic clinical Thursday morning
Officials report hundreds of swift-water rescues, bridge washouts and small dam failures during historic rainstorm
The most profound loss on that fateful day in 2001 was the loss of family
The 85-year-old man wandered away from a care home and was found perched in a fallen tree across a creek
Rema Rodriguez, 32, was last seen driving away from FDNY EMS Station 7 on Tuesday
Search and rescue efforts have been difficult on unstable ground after an avalanche of logs and mud engulfed a home under construction
Plane carried 54 people and nearly half a million dollars to deliver to poor families
She is exhausted and dehydrated, but doing remarkably well since the plane crash on Saturday; her step-grandparents are still missing
The family of Timothy Graves is asking for help in search; he鈥檚 been missing since leaving work Sunday
Last year there were about 2,600 search and rescue operations, which is an average of seven searches a day
The 58-year-old hiker spent three days with no food or water, and his condition had deteriorated to the point that he was unable to move
Responders are searching for an undetermined number of people still missing after an avalanche of mud and debris swept through the town just before dawn
1,117 people reported injured by the 2nd big quake to strike the country which is still recovering from April 25 earthquake
Responders are searching through wreckage after a line of tornadoes tore through several communities, killing a young couple whose daughter survived
4,050 rescue workers from 34 different nations have provided rescue assistance, emergency medical care and supply distribution
USAID disaster assistance response team members from Fairfax County (Va.) and Los Angeles describe the rescue and reaching end of survival window
A 15-year-old boy and a woman in her 20s were found in the debris, bringing joy to rescuers and providing hope for more survivors
For catastrophic disasters in developing countries it鈥檚 time to rethink the USAR and aid response from high-income nations
Nepalese rescuers, supported by a U.S. disaster response team, worked for hours to free the dazed and dusty teen
She was helping hoist an injured woman with non-life threatening injuries into the helicopter when she fell
Vicky Ryan, 46, died after the rescue boat she was in capsized
Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 to assist local emergency operations in and around the hardest hit areas of the country
Rescuers turnoff equipment periodically to listen for pleas for help, 鈥渂ut we didn鈥檛 hear anything 鈥� just death.鈥�
The jet carrying 150 people from Barcelona to Dusseldorf slammed into a remote section of the French Alps.
Male climber had broken femur, female climber two broken ankles; both required helicopter evacuation
2 killed, 73 injured including 21 babies that were rushed to other hospitals
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