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Cambodian University Wins Prize for Firefighting Robots
Cambodia’s beleaguered fire department may have a future high-tech solution to its problems after a team of young scientists from Norton University competing in the 4th Malaysian International Robot Competitions (MIRoC) last week…
From Russia with love (and a Firefighter's Magic Carpet)
From Russia with love (and a magic carpet)
What kind of explanation do you need for this russian crazy video? Firefighters in their free time make incredible things. This needs no explanation other than it’s from Russia. Thanks to…
Fire Engine plows into a Chinese Restaurant in California
A crash involving two fire engines sent one of them careering across a busy pavement and into the front of a Chinese restaurant. Fifteen people, at least five of them firefighters,…
"Flying" firefighter in Croatia lifted into the air by wind
A "flying" firefighter in the city of Rijeka, in Croatia. Not a new system of rapid intervention, though, but actually a misadventure experienced in the Croatian city by a firefighter, who was trying to clear some metal sheeting debris. The…
"Planes: Fire & Rescue": movie about world of air rescue from Disney/Pixar
"Planes", the Disney/Pixar animated spin-off of the box-office hit "Cars", is only just out in Italian cinemas, but on US screens the arrival of its sequel is already being planned, dedicated entirely to the world of rescue. "Planes: Fire…
Argentinian fire trucks now equipped with thermal imaging cameras
Firefighting trucks throughout Argentina will now be fitted with special thermal imaging cameras made by Orlaco, leading designer and manufacturer of cameras and monitors for emergency vehicles. The cameras allow the firefighters to see…
High-rise rescues for Chinese first responders: in one video two dramatic operations
In the first part of the video a threatened suicide is prevented. In the second a child whose curiosity has left him hanging in mid-air with his body stuck between the bars of a window cage on the 8th floor. Chinese broadcaster NTDTV shows…
Mexican solidarity, thanks to Aztec Movement initiative
A group charity movement is about to involve all of Mexico. The solidarity initiative, the 75th Movimiento Azteca, is due to take place on 27th June, promoted by the Fundación Azteca de Grupo Salinas and by state television channels,…
In ages gone by, a stretcher was a piece of canvas with a pole along each side. From images of…
We cannot say with any certainly when the first stretcher was used, but its history cannot be separated from the history of rescue.
The earliest documented testimony of something resembling the concept of medical assistance goes back to the…
Extensive fire in California, damage amounting to about 225 million dollars, fire crews resort to…
It was a monster fire affecting over 11,000 hectares of vegetation in the county of Ventura, California, with flames reaching incredible heights heading towards Santa Monica near Los Angeles.
The intervention by about 2000 fire fighters was…