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the crews got a refresher on the equipment they use during a rescue. The includes rope, a hoop type of rescue vest or a throw bag, and in some cases a sled. After getting a few refreshers on how ...

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The department announced eight firefighters completed a 10-class rope technician certification. This training teaches students how to rig a rope-rescue system properly, and safely move an injured ...

on Monday after using a jump rope to rescue a teenager who had fallen through an icy pond. By Tim Balk It was a sunny mid-December day in Westfield, Ind., and the iced-over pond across the street ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The sole occupant of a car that slid over and down the side of Highway 101 was pulled to safety in a dramatic rope rescue near Hug Point, the Cannon Beach Fire & Rescue said.

For Fisher, who took up rope jumping as a training exercise while playing volleyball in college, the rescue was the culmination of a lifetime of dreaming about different ways to use ropes.