Posts Tagged ‘rescue’

Elite team of rescue swimmers patrols the Gulf daily Leaping from a helicopter into savage waters and not only surviving, but rescuing others, requires top physical conditioning and mental toughness. Read more on Houston Chronicle


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Light at end of tunnel as Chile miner rescue nears Rescue workers finished reinforcing an escape shaft on Monday for Chile’s 33 trapped miners that should help avoid a last-minute disaster, setting the stage for their evacuation and an end to a two-month ordeal that gripped the world. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News


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Test shows Chile mine rescue shaft works Rescuers have finished reinforcing the hole drilled to bring 33 trapped miners to safety and sent a rescue capsule nearly all the way to where the men are trapped, proving the escape route works. Read more on 3news


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Regional task force plans water rescue exercise near Blawnox Blawnox Volunteer Fire Company water rescue unit will help host Allegheny County’s first large-scale water rescue exercise for the Region 13 Homeland Security Task Force on Saturday in the Blawnox area of the river. Read more on Valley News Dispatch


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Eve Samples: Ocean lifeguards get new rescue watercraft, 5 months after shark attack Forty-five minutes. That’s roughly how long it took lifeguard Dan Lund to paddle a quarter-mile offshore, then back, as he attempted to save shark-attack victim Stephen Schafer in February. If Lund had access to a personal watercraft such as a Jet Ski that day, it would have cut the time to 10 or 15 minutes, he estimated. Read more on Indian River Press Journal


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Wake Tech holds fire and rescue training exercise More than 35 fire and rescue workers took part in a hands-on training class Saturday through Wake Technical Community College. Read more on WRAL.com Raleigh


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