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 ...

Last month, a team of firefighters from Mendocino Fire, Albion/Little River Fire and folks from out of the region ...

Your department’s tech rescue program needs to train additional rope rescue technicians. Where do you start? An out-of-town open enrollment class? Maybe bring an outside instructor to your department?

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 ...

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 ...

In the May 2025 issue of Firehouse, we discussed roof rope operations and what those types of incidents bring to the table (“Roof Rope Operations and Training ...

The Owensboro Fire Department utilized a new training space for the very first time. According to OFD, parts of the newly ...

Every day, emergency service providers strive to deliver better customer service to the citizens who they serve. These agencies also search for methods by which they can “do more with less.” Three ...

Incidents requiring advanced rope skills can occur anywhere and at any time. Two such incidents have occurred here in New York City in the past 2 years–but don’t think for a second that this could ...

On Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, Randall County Commissioners approved a plan to bring in world-renowned Ropes that Rescue (RTR) to conduct specialized training for Randall County firefighters and others ...

More than 70 Search and rescue volunteers from all across the province took part in rope rescue training in the Central Okanagan on Sunday. The Central Okanagan Rope Exercise (CORE) is a regional ...