Joel Gomez was in a 17-foot-deep unshored earthen channel that collapsed onto him on Aug. 28, leaving him trapped under dirt ...

Chris Brown & Jeffrey Mondo remind departments that lack the training for these incidents that they still can perform ...

including trench rescue teams assisted in the effort to save the workers The Wyandotte fire chief said he was "not aware" of any trench shoring that would have been required for a hole that was ...

In one week, two workers died in a trench collapse in Maryland, two were rescued in Michigan, and a Tennessee contractor was ...

In conjunction with Kent Freeman's May feature on trench rescue operations, this document offers trench rescue tabulated data that can be used in type C soils anywhere in the United States as long ...

So, we had to wait until we had the shoring in place from the urban search and rescue teams before we put our responders in there.” Authorities are now investigating whether proper safety ...

Jagged safety glass loudly crunches under the feet of Tom Canita, the assistant team manager of the East Tech Technical Rescue Team, as he walks through the dark hallways of a large commercial ...

He credits the rescue as a joint effort with multiple crews ... said the team had to install temporary support, also called shoring, around the workers to prevent any more soil from falling ...

Poudre Fire Authority (PFA) firefighters sprang into action to rescue a construction worker who fell more than 10 feet into a basement.

More than 30 members of the Kenya’s National Disaster Management Unit, have increased their capacity to be more effective ...

A member of the East Tech Technical Rescue Team climbs stairs to the roof ... mostly including shoring and the structure collapse aspect, simulating a major disaster and victim searches ...