Volunteers from the Flathead Count Search and Rescue, North Valley Search and Rescue, Flathead Nordic Backcountry Patrol and ALERT pose for a group photo on Blacktail Mountain in 2010. (Courtesy of ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute engineers are creating palm-sized drones that use echolocation to navigate in darkness, smoke and storms ...

Oct. 12 (UPI) --Search-and-rescue operations were underway Sunday night in Alaska as several people remain unaccounted for while typhoon remnants continue to batter the Last Frontier state. Alaska ...

IDAHO CITY, Idaho — Boise County’s rugged terrain draws thousands of outdoor adventurers year-round, but when someone is injured, lost or stranded, a group of trained volunteers springs into action.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Missing in the mountains... "We just wanna find him, make sure he's OK. That's about all we're doing up here," said Jimmy Malloenee, a childhood friend of Ron Dailey.

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A 29-year-old snowboarder was rescued Sunday afternoon after being injured on the Cinder Cone at Mt. Bachelor, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say ...

HARFORD, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A volunteer fire company captured photos of one of their engines destroyed after catching fire. According to the Harford Volunteer Fire Company, while ...

A woman called 911 — despite not having an emergency — to request the phone number for “animal search and rescue,” which she was supposed to use to meet someone to pick up/recover her bird. When she ...

A San Diego Fire-Rescue vehicle. A San Diego Fire-Rescue vehicle. (File photo by Alexander Nguyen/Times of San Diego) Police are investigating the theft of a city fire engine in south San Diego that ...

RIPLEY, MS — Tippah County Search and Rescue (TSAR) proudly announces the addition of a new state-of-the-art drone to its emergency response toolkit, made possible through the generous sponsorship of ...

More than 50 people were rescued from flooded Alaskan villages on Monday after remnants of Typhoon Halong unleashed hurricane-force winds and devastating storm surges to western Alaska over the ...