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(CALIFORNIA) - A rescue effort by Yosemite SAR brought Blake Parkinson to the hospital where could tell the dramatic event. Parkinson, 26, had landed on a five-foot outcropping, slamming his back into the rock just as his safety line went…

(GUARDIAN) - All 338 high school students and teachers on board a South Korean passenger ferry that began sinking on Wednesday have been rescued, according to reports. The ferry, identified as the Sewol, was carrying about 470 passengers,…

The Fire and Rescue Department had to be called in to help transfer an overweight patient from the Banting Hospital to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang, reported Berita Harian. According to the daily, the 200kg patient, Norfaizah…

(RNLI Press Office) - On the morning of Wednesday 2 April Chiswick RNLI lifeboat crew were called to investigate reports of a dog in distress in Barn Elms Reach. When the lifeboat arrived two crew were put ashore to assess the…

Search operation for Malaysia Airlines aircraft continues: here below Update 19 from AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority) Today’s search for any signs of the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft in the Australian Search and…

Collapsed building research, forest control during an arson, recon on a gas leak. Now firefighters and rescuer can face it with a new kind of drone, called “Gimball”. It’s a spherical flying robot created by two young…

A working tool versatile and reliable, to give a new dimension to air rescue: the new AgustaWestland AW609 Finmeccanica is technically a tiltrotor, able to vary the angle of the rotors from vertical to horizontal. This aircraft sum the…

GULF OF THAILAND - Despite the efforts of planes, ships and search crews, officials have not found any sign of a Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing two days ago. In that image, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, lands…

Ashtead Technology, the subsea equipment solutions leader, has donated £20,000 of equipment to SARbot, the UK’s only underwater rescue association. Ashtead Technology has donated a Bowtech near SIT aluminium camera, specific for…

To realize how Google Glass can improve in emergency situation, Anomaly had make a video that goes viral. It gives a useful insight into what this technology can do in real situations. “Anomalia Film” follows a firefighter,…