Robert Policht urges city, suburban, volunteer and rural departments alike to familiarize themselves with his lessons for over-the-edge and rope-from-above rescues. For an over-the-edge rope rescue, ...

Rope access work is used in places where it is difficult to set up scaffolding, such as window cleaning and exterior wall inspections for high-rise buildings in urban areas, slope protection work at ...

Your department’s tech rescue program needs to train additional rope rescue technicians. Where do you start? An out-of-town open enrollment class? Maybe bring an outside instructor to your department?

Firefighting students at Fox Valley Technical College are gaining vital hands-on field experience this week, heading into the wilderness for situational rope rescue training.

The all-hazards mission of today’s fire and rescue service brings a multitude of responsibilities to fire department members. Rope rescue–a discipline requiring thorough knowledge and constant ...