We still use belay lines when raising or lowering our personnel distances of 12 feet or more. There are many ways to accomplish this task, but when multiple rescuers must enter a space in which ...

Rescuers have located their patient at the bottom of a deep rock crevice, but they’ve had some difficulty accessing him; they first walked, then down-climbed, and finally crawled into the space. This ...

If you think taking down a tree involves a big guy in a plaid shirt swinging an ax and shouting “Timber!” — you’re from the country. Here in the big city (and in the growing suburbs) they do it ...