speeding up the search and rescue process. Heavy-lifting equipment is in short supply in Haiti, leaving some rescuers little option but to shift rubble by hand or with pick-axes and shovels. Other ...

The Office of Civil Defense has 17 military aircraft ready for deployment to assist communities devastated by flooding from ...

The crash involved two semis. A picture posted by the department appears to show one truck with heavy front-end damage. Crews used rescue equipment to pull at least one person from one of the ...

The eye of Hurricane Helene hit the south Georgia base, cutting power and water. Airmen stepped up to help each other dig out ...

But with the forecast of heavy rains, and the risk of water levels rising, an operation was launched on Sunday, 8 July, to bring them out. Rescue divers with specialist breathing equipment reached ...

"We had a heavy urban Rescue Team Assignment dispatched. That is our technical rescue team that would handle high-angle rescues like this."Upon arrival, firefighters used a PA system to ...

Firefighters and police used 4×4 vehicles and rescue equipment to move the 43 people ... A fresh weather warning for heavy ...

"We are responding with what we refer to as a structural rescue team," said Chief Patrick Marks of the Raleigh Fire Department. "We have quite a bit of equipment in case of building collapse or ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — In western North Carolina, rescue and recovery operations ... “Got some of his close friends to bring out some very heavy equipment and later we found out a lot of ...

Police and soldiers were assisting with rescue efforts, while heavy equipment was used to clear the landslides from the roads. The government announced it was closing schools and colleges across ...

"Crews worked alongside the farmer, and heavy plant operators, to dig around the animal, and use our specialist animal rescue equipment to ... in Massachusetts used a drone and a pair of borrowed ...

“In the end we had this extremely tech-heavy ... and rescue. This includes the police, and several forces have started experimenting with the drone add-on. “It’s going to be used for ...