Saying he was lost, hurt and under the influence of drugs, a man who had been wandering in heavy brush for hours called for help Sunday, launching a difficult rescue by rope. The 32-year-old man called 911 from his cellphone at about 6:15 p.m. He told the dispatcher he had entered a trail system off Charter Oak Street 24 hours before, according to a news release from Manchester Fire-Rescue-EMS. Topics Hypothermia The man continued speaking with a dispatcher, saying he could not walk and was drinking water from a brook. He said he was seeing double and believed he was hallucinating, the...

A driver was taken to the hospital for treatment of moderate injuries after her vehicle plunged about 100 feet off the side of Highway 154 on Thursday morning, according to the Santa Barbara County Fire Department. Firefighters used a rope rescue system to reach the driver, then treated and stabilized her, put her in a rescue basket and hoisted her to the roadway, Capt. David Sadecki said. Traffic was slowed during the rescue work, which blocked one lane for about an hour; the accident occurred about 11:40 a.m., Sadecki added. Also participating in the rescue were the U.S. Forest Service,...

When a call went out Thursday morning for a man trapped in a trench, an elite team of highly trained firefighters put their lives on the line to trench rescue the construction worker. The group of specialized firefighters is critical to a successful rescue operation. Urban Search and Rescue firefighters go through special training for these types of emergencies. Although every call is different, crews say each one has the same rule. The rescue must be slow and steady. Michael Aguilar was trapped 16 feet below ground with a broken leg and lying on his back. Aguilar looked up at one of the...

  MARION COUNTY, TN (WRCB) – Scary moments in a Marion County State Park. A boulder fell, crushing a rock climber’s torso.  It happened Friday evening in Prentice Cooper State Park, more than a mile off River Canyon Road.  Rope rescue crews worked for hours to stabilize the climber, and carry him out of the woods to safety. “We heard the rock fall, and we kind of looked at each other like that’s not good,” said Kayla Hendrickson, who was climbing with her family, “things that big are not supposed to fall.”  Hendrickson was climbing near...

Firefighters rescued a pit bull puppy Sunday night from a sink hole from a collapsed septic tank in Calimesa using confined space rescue techmiques, Cal Fire officials said. The trapped dog was reported at 8:18 p.m. Sunday in the 200 block of Myrtlewood Drive, south of Avenue L in Calimesa, Melody Hendrickson of Cal Fire-Riverside County said in a statement.  Four engine crews with 18 firefighters responded, Hendrickson said. The puppy was trapped 15 to 20 feet down in a confined space, and the technical rescue was declared complete at 10:12 p.m., Hendrickson said. No injuries were...