MINTURN, Colorado — Three people were rescued Thursday night after the truck they were traveling in ran off the road and rolled 300 feet down a mountainside near Gilman. The vehicle had driven off Highway 24 at mile marker 151. Three people were in the pickup, which was traveling towards Leadville. One passenger managed to get out of the vehicle, climb up to the road and flag down a passing vehicle to call for help. The passenger then returned down the mountain to the vehicle. Emergency crews were notified of the crash at about 10:22 p.m. Firefighters were able to get to the pickup within...

Code Red Safety has worked with Work One a local government agencyin Indiana to hire veterans that are having difficulty finding employment and careers.  Scott Moser is an example of the veterans that Code Red Safety hires.  Scott started with Code Red in the summer of 2011 and was recently promoted to 2nd on Code Red Safety’s confined space rescue teams.  According to Al Pasco, Code Red’s rescue manager, Scott has what it takes to have good career in confined space rescue.  Scott is disaplined, patient, hard working and intelligent, “he has worked hard to get...

It has been reported that West Sussex Fire Service crews attended the College Grounds, North Street, Midhurst after a tower crane erector was injured approximately 30m from the ground whilst dismantling the crane. The incident ”was a protracted incident due to the confined space and difficult access” which only allowed a limited number of staff and ambulance paramedics to deal with the injured man. His injuries required him to be lowered using a line and a basket stretcher from the jib of the crane involving “specialist skills and equipment and was complex in nature” The rescue took...

A heavily intoxicated man fell 20 feet down a cliff and had to be rescued. It took six rescuers to pull him up the cliff to safety. From there he was transferred to a hospital, with serious injuries he sustained during the fall. Full story at: http://www.bclocalnews.com/vancouver_island_south/goldstreamgazette/news/125461823.html Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Two young boys were climbing on the Whitley Bay cliffs when they became stranded. Rescuers were called in after a lifeguard tried to reach the boys and became trapped himself. All three walked away with no injuries. Full story at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-14098029 Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

Code Red Safety has begun another confined space rescue class, this includes customers of Code Red’s and it’s own employees.  The class is 5 days, 40 hours in length and will cover confined space entry and rescue, high angle rescue and rope rescue techniques for both rescue types.  If interested in attending please contact Code Red Safety at 800-499-5253 Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post