Firefighting students at Fox Valley Technical College are gaining vital hands-on field experience this week, heading into the ...

Robert Policht urges city, suburban, volunteer and rural departments alike to familiarize themselves with his lessons for over-the-edge and rope-from-above rescues. For an over-the-edge rope rescue, ...

Fire departments in Daviess County continued their fire exchange program with firefighters from their sister city in the ...

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?

Rope access work is used in places where it is difficult to set up scaffolding, such as window cleaning and exterior wall ...

The all-hazards mission of today’s fire and rescue service brings a multitude of responsibilities to fire department members. Rope rescue–a discipline requiring thorough knowledge and constant ...