A Swiftwater strike team, made up of three members from the City of Spokane Fire Department as well as three members from the ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — In response to the potentially dangerous conditions caused by Tropical Storm Debby, Charlotte Fire and Mooresville Fire-Rescue’s swiftwater rescue teams have been ...

SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — "We understand that statistically speaking, swiftwater rescue is about the most dangerous thing we ...

Spokane County's swiftwater rescue team has been deployed to King County to help with ongoing flood rescue efforts.

SCRANTON — When the next flash flood strikes, city firefighters will be even better prepared to respond because of increased training and rescue inflatable boats, officials said Tuesday on the ...

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — Driving along Route 611 near Mount Pocono, it's hard to miss the massive structure taking shape on the property of Desaki. The building is The Swiftwater, Poconos' newest boutique ...

Knoxville — Fire departments in East Tennessee have boats, rescue equipment, and expertise saving people in fast-moving water. Now they're headed to Columbia, South Carolina, to await further orders ...

To quell public fears over the safety of the H1N1 vaccine, Sanofi Pasteur, which manufactures vaccines, opened its doors, reluctantly, to the press in an unprecedented peek at their operations and ...

Swiftwater environments are dynamic situations. As a whitewater river guide, the only tools that I have available to me are what are on my person or in my boat. However, every rescuer must have the ...

April showers may bring beautiful May flowers, but they can also create treacherous creek and river conditions, along with flash floods that generate emergency calls. These calls can range from ...

Apr. 5—A two-story building under construction on Sanofi's Swiftwater campus allows the pharmaceutical company to expand its production of pandemic flu vaccines. A contract between Sanofi and the ...

Swiftwater rescues are the single most-dangerous environment Queensland's technical rescue specialists will face and as the wet summer continues they are urging people to take the risks seriously. In ...