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Driver Rescued as Tractor Trailer Dangles Off Virginia Bridge

Rope rescue used to save driver in Newport News crash.

Posted Monday, April 8, 2013

Autistic Salt Lake City Boy Rescued from Chimney

9-year old was found seven feet down the home’s chimney.

Posted Thursday, April 12, 2012

Utah Responders Rescue Injured Climber

Rescuers stabilized the victim and lowered him some 200 feet down the mountain.

Posted Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Rescuers Remove Accident Victim from Tree

Pickup landed in tree about 30 feet above ground.

Posted Monday, November 29, 2010

Massachusetts Skydiver Stuck For Two Hours

Man was 40 to 50 feet up a tree.

Posted Monday, October 11, 2010

In the Trenches

Technical rescue situations require difficult, personnel-intensive work and demand that all responders add as much value as possible to the rescue effort.

Posted Monday, April 12, 2010

In the Trenches

Technical rescue situations require difficult, personnel-intensive work and demand that all responders add as much value as possible to the rescue effort.

Posted Sunday, April 11, 2010

Car Goes 200 Feet off California Cliff

Two men had to be rescued after the car they were in went over a cliff and plunged some 200 feet into a ravine near Mulholland Highway in Calabasas.

Posted Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Workers Injured in Roof Fall at Cowboy s Stadium

Police spokeswoman Tiara Ellis Richard says the two workers fell from an upper roof to a lower section.

Posted Thursday, December 3, 2009

Dangerous Suspension & Of EMS, By EMS, For EMS

Readers share their comments on JEMS and JEMS.com articles.

Posted Wednesday, December 2, 2009


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