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    The Firehouse.com Technical Rescue product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various firefighter and rescue equipment, including confined space, structural collapse, trench rescue and USAR options.
    15-year-old boy rescued by FDNY firefighters in Queens after leg pierced by metal spike from fence
    Technical Rescue

    FDNY Crews Use Band Saw to Cut Fence that Impaled Teen

    Feb. 5, 2025
    The teen, with the fence still impaled in his leg, was transported to a hospital where the wrought iron posts were removed, FDNY officers said.
    Suamico Fire Department dealing with unusual amount of ice rescues
    Water & Ice

    Suamico, WI, Crews Seeing Uptick in Ice Rescues

    Susan Nicol
    Dec. 27, 2024
    On Christmas morning, a snowmobile crashed through thin ice on the bay, Suamico Fire Chief Joe Bertler said.
    WATCH: Crews battle fire after vehicle crashed into building in DC
    Structural Collapse

    D.C. Firefighters Rescue Driver Trapped in Burning, Collapsed Structure

    Susan Nicol
    Dec. 26, 2024
    "The front of the building collapsed, making access difficult," said Vito Maggiolo, D.C. fire public information officer.
    great_wall_of_rescue
    Confined Space

    Great Wall of Rescue

    Dec. 17, 2024
    The Great Wall of Rescue was designed to adapt to a multitude of grain entrapment rescue scenarios.
    Norwalk firefighters rescue Santa Claus stuck 60 feet above the ground
    Technical Rescue

    Santa Saved by Norwalk, CT, Rescue Technicians

    Susan Nicol
    Dec. 9, 2024
    The jolly fellow's bright red suit got entangled in the rigging, leaving him dangling 60 feet in the air, Norwalk fire officials reported.
    Siloam Springs fire chief speaks on water tower rescue
    Rope

    'I was sweating bullets,' Siloam Springs, AR, Chief Says after Watching High-Angle Rescue

    Susan Nicol
    Dec. 5, 2024
    Siloam Springs Chief Dustin Kindell credits the Special Operations Team's extensive training for the successful rescue of a worker from the tower.