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    The Firehouse.com Structural Collapse product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various structural collapse rescue tools and equipment, shoring, rakers, struts, breaching and breaking tools, airbags and lifting equipment options.
    1 dead, 4 injured when home under construction in Weymouth, Massachusetts, collapses
    Structural Collapse

    Worker Killed When House Under Construction Collapses in Weymouth, MA

    Jan. 29, 2025
    Firefighters used hydraulic and hand tools to extricate the victim, who was severely trapped, Weymouth Deputy Chief Tom Murphy said.
    Photos by Robert Policht
    Rescue

    Technical Rescue: Collapse Operations for Smaller Departments

    Robert Policht
    April 26, 2024
    Robert Policht provides the steps that smaller departments should take to develop basic shoring capabilities.
    Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun (TNS)
    Operations & Training

    Rescue Operation Turns to Recovery at Baltimore Bridge Collapse

    March 27, 2024
    Two of eight workers fixing potholes on the Francis Scott Key Bridge survived the collapse.
    Hancock Fire and Rescue/Facebook
    Structural Collapse

    Search Underway at Partial Building Collapse in Hancock, MD

    Firehouse.com News
    March 25, 2024
    The collapse team from Montgomery County Fire Rescue is assisting with the incident in Washington County.
    Carol Robinson/AL.com/TNS
    Rescue

    Rescuers Free Driver Trapped by Beam in Birmingham, AL

    March 9, 2024
    The U-Haul struck a 60,000-pound beam which fell and crushed the cab with Birmingham firefighters rescuing the driver.
    Lake Oswego Police Department
    Rescue

    Two Killed by Fallen Trees in Seperate OR Incidents

    Jan. 16, 2024
    Strong winds blew a tree into a Lake Oswego home, leaving one person dead and one person died when a tree fell on an RV in Portland.