Rescue Articles

When you’re evaluating new firefighting equipment to buy, one question overrides all others – will it keep your crew safe?

The proper handling of contaminated PPE not only starts at the laundry or respiratory protection workshop.

Emergency lighting systems are critical in providing visibility during emergency situations. In critical situations, every moment carries tremendous weight.

There are many factors that make Night Rescue more challenging. Let’s just consider two for now Reduced Visibility and Reduced Temperature.

The Importance of the Rescue Training Cycle. Training should be viewed as a cyclic process for a number of reasons.

Safe Rescue from an Overturned Vehicle: A quick decision has to be made, given that the patient has been suspended upside down in the seat belt.

Modern search and rescue equipment encompasses a wide range of tools and technology designed to assist in finding and rescuing victims of natural disasters, emergencies, and other hazardous situations.

This article examines an unequal disaster response based largely on the quality of infrastructure and strength of the regional economy.

Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) teams must act quickly and efficiently within the first few hours / first few days following the disaster to save entombed victims as quickly as possible.

I have recently returned from a trauma conference in the UK where amongst the topics we discussed was the very hot issues of self-extrication