“Due to the challenging terrain and distance from the roadway, specialized Urban Search and Rescue personnel responded,” fire officials said. “Fire personnel quickly established a rope ...

A total of 154 aftershocks have hit Myanmar since a devastating earthquake struck the country on March 28, according to the country’s Department of ...

FEMA Urban Search and Rescue, Washington State Task Force 1, participate in federal response and recovery efforts to the Hawaii wildfires. (FEMA photo) The U.S. agency that manages disasters plans to ...

The death toll from a 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 3,763, the official daily Myanma Alinn reported on Sat ...

Its four-miles of sandy beach lined with beach huts is regularly voted the best in the UK and unspoiled open space is ...

News reporter Linn Washington and civil rights activist Walt Palmer take us through the events leading up to the 1978 ...

These rescue dogs will work in four specialised disciplines: Wilderness Search and Rescue, Fire Forensics, Water Cadaver Detection, and Urban Search and Rescue. Some of the 16 dogs that make the cut ...

The National Urban Search & Rescue Response System began in 1991. Prior to its development, there was no national capability to respond to a collapse of a concrete or steel-reinforced structure.

support to urban search and rescue and infrastructure assessment. However, each of these tragedies has its own unique characteristics and challenges. On “60 Minutes,” Colonel [Eric] Swenson ...

“Combining military-grade durability with precise engineering, the Original Search and Rescue with Date, or OSAR-D, builds on ...

Simulating a major maritime distress scenario involving a ferry, the Indian Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (East) carried out a “search and rescue exercise” (SAREX-25), off the Karaikal ...