Tag Archives: rescue

Rescues at Manhattan Box 1670     HighRise Operations MANHATTAN – Firefighters were dispatched to the Polo Ground Houses, a New York City Housing Authority building on Saturday, just after 6:30 p.m. for an apartment fire. In a Facebook post, ...

Roof rope rescue on the 16th floor     HRO: Roof Rope Rescue at Harlem Apartment Fire NBC New York – Video shows a brave woman hanging off the ledge while a fire blazes inside, Marc Santia reports. CBS New ...

Dramatic rescue from the 16th floor     High-Rise Operations HARLEM – WABC reports that the FDNY performed a successful roof rope rescue this afternoon during an apartment fire in Harlem. Firefighters responded to 470 Lenox Avenue at approximately 1:30 ...

Rope rescue on off the 10th floor     HighRise Ops LAS VEGAS – FOX 5 reports that Las Vegas firefighters rescued a window washer stuck outside the 10th floor of a high-rise on Sunday. Firefighters responded to the U.S. ...

Video shows dramatic falls from burning apartment     By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A boy and a toddler escaped from a blazing apartment in the southeastern French city of Grenoble by dropping 10 meters (33 feet) ...

Technical rescue training at a construction site     New China TV Fire drill at a height of 265 meters! Firefighters held a drill in twin towers, two super high-rise buildings in Yinchuan, China.

Technical rescue at high-rise building BOSTON (AP) — Two workers were rescued from a scaffold dangling off a building in Boston on Thursday, officials said. Boston Fire Department said the scaffold was located on a building in Chinatown and malfunctioned ...

Woman rescued from the fire floor     High-Rise Operations ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  –  KRQE reports that Albuquerque Fire Rescue firefighters rescued a woman during a fire at a senior high-rise. Firefighters responded to the Encino Terrace Apartments around 12:21 a.m. ...

People trapped in eight-story apartment building   (DC Fire and EMS, Twitter) Jonathan Franklin, WUSA9, with permissionWASHINGTON (WUSA9) – Several people were trapped in an 8-story apartment tower that caught fire Sunday afternoon in Southwest D.C., Fire and EMS officials said.According ...

Woman on the balcony of the fire apartment     High-Rise Ops Staff ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – Three people were injured during a fire in an Atlantic City high-rise on Saturday according to The Press of Atlantic City. The ...