In today’s world, in which the fire department gets called to almost everything and anything, its members must be prepared to handle any kind of rescue scenario. Selected by an application process, Lufkin Fire Department Chief Ted Lovett and Capt. Dustin Ledford recently participated in a week-long course on special operations program management at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Md. Funded by FEMA through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the course consisted of various team management skills of special operations disciplines including hazardous materials, swift water,...

COLONIAL HEIGHTS – Rescue crews from throughout the state came to Central Virginia this week to participate in the Rescue Challenge. The first rescue challenge was held in May 1995, an invitation-only event to six departments from throughout the state. Since that time, additional teams have been invited to the event, and last year’s event saw 10 teams representing 23 organizations competing. The challenge is designed to test each team’s technical and organizational skills as well as to foster networking between them. The events give rescuers a chance to exchange ideas as...

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One construction worker was killed and four other people were injured in a crane accident on a construction site connected to the extension of the 7 subway line on the West Side of Manhattan Tuesday evening. Officials said the boom of a crane at “Site J” of the 7 subway line extension project on 34th Street and 11th Avenue came off and crashed to the ground. A team of construction workers were 60 feet below street level at the time, and four of them were injured. They were taken out in what officials described as a high-angle rescue operation. One of them, 30 years old, suffered...

(04/06/2012), firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 3000 13th St (Scott Elementary School) in Greeley on a report of someone who had fallen from a roof. Upon arrival, the fire crew (GFD Engine #3) found that the victim had fallen from a higher level roof onto a lower level roof with no access except for their own portable ladders. Firefighters assessed the patient’s injuries and found the victim had suffered serious orthopedic fractures from the fall. The crew called for assistance from GFD Ladder 1 because of the precarious patient removal situation. The patient was...

Man rescued after Sherman Falls tumble High angle rescue Twenty-two firefighters and four paramedics worked for two hours sunday afternoon to rescue and treat a 22-year-old man who fell over the escaprment at Sherman Falls in Ancaster. ANCASTER A 22-year-old man was rescued by Hamilton firefighters Sunday after he fell between five and eight meters over an embankment at Sherman Falls.  The man went over the edge at the falls, located just off old Dundas Road in Ancaster near Lions club Road, just before 4 p.m.  The man had been walking in the area with two others when he fell. His...