In the world of rope rescue, we use mechanical advantage systems really for two reasons. The first being a force increasing tool and the second, a means of reducing the weight of a load during a ...

VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- When a thousand-pound animal decides it’s not getting up, you don’t simply grab a few friends and count to three. You call in ropes. Pulleys. And a surprising number of trained ...

Prabin Rashali, of Pogo Mine Rescue, floated in the air about 15 feet over the craned necks of his five team members, who hoisted Rashali with a rope and pulley system to the top of a scissor lift.

A critically injured hiker was rescued from very steep terrain along the Metacomet – Monadnock Trail on Mt. Tom Saturday afternoon. Capt. Kevin Cavagnac, spokesman for the Holyoke Fire Department, ...