Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with rescue www.salem-news.com 2010 Sunday at 11:33 a.m. the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team responded to a fallen and injured climber above Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. A 35-year-old woman, climbing with a group near Crater Rock slipped and fell. She fell and slid on glacier ice approximately 300 feet. http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/hood-rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/hood-rescue.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:48:00 PST Salem Fire crews were involved in the dramatic rescue of a woman today who was toppled from her kayak in Salem's Mill Creek. The woman was accompanied by three other kayakers when her problems began shortly after 1:00 p.m. http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/water-rescue-tk-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/water-rescue-tk-jf.php Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:21:00 PST Water Rescue crews from Salem Fire and other local agencies had their hands full today when a call came in from several victims trapped by rising flood waters on the Willamette River. The Willamette River crested today at 28.5". The woman in the video below, relates her story of being caught by rising river flood waters that left her no escape route. http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/water-rescue-tk-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/water-rescue-tk-jf.php Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:48:00 PST Fire officials in Albany had the sad task of searching for missing children after a vehicle was washed out of a grocery store parking lot, into a creek swollen by heavy rains, and under the intersection of SE Geary St & Queen Ave SE. Wanda Omdahl with Albany Fire, says rescue crews responded to the scene and one adult and one child were pulled out of the water on the other side of the bridge. http://salem-news.com/articles/january182012/albany-rescue-tk-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january182012/albany-rescue-tk-jf.php Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:19:00 PST In perfectly clear and calm weather, a cruise ship off the coast of Tuscany, Italy crashed into the rocks and has now partly capsized, at least 40 souls are missing. There are reports of the crew having little or no training in emergency and evacuation procedures. At this point officials in Italy have confirmed that three people have died. http://salem-news.com/articles/january142012/ship-wreck-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january142012/ship-wreck-tk.php Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:23:00 PST Today at 12:46 p.m. it was reported to Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Deputies that two, adult Golden Retriever dogs had been swept away by a landslide that carried the animals an estimated 175 ft. down to the base of a cliff in Eagle Creek. This particular slide location is reported to have an impressive 80 degree slope too. http://salem-news.com/articles/april272011/clackamas-dogs-rescued.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april272011/clackamas-dogs-rescued.php Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:22:00 PDT The Coast Guard airlifted two people after their skiff ran aground in Skagit Bay just southeast of La Conner, Wash., Thursday. At approximately 6:00 p.m., Skagit County, Wash. Sheriff’s Dept. received a call stating a 20-ft inflatable skiff had run aground in shallow water just south of Goat Island. http://salem-news.com/articles/december312010/uscg-rescues.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december312010/uscg-rescues.php Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:52:00 PST Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue's Aloha Station 62 rescued a woman from a burning home this morning. She was quickly transported to Legacy Emmanuel Hospital with life threatening injuries. A neighbor called 911 at 9:44 Saturday morning reporting smoke and flames coming from a two story home located at 1756 SW Harvey Way in Aloha. http://salem-news.com/articles/november202010/aloha-fire-rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november202010/aloha-fire-rescue.php Sat, 20 Nov 2010 12:59:00 PST A small piece of equipment was a big help last week when an Oregon State Police (OSP) Fish & Wildlife Division trooper and Brookings Fire Department personnel rescued a 44-year old Brookings-area man from an overturned kayak in the Chetco River near Brookings. Using the trooper's throw bag, the hypothermic man was pulled from the river and taken to a local hospital where he was treated and later released. http://salem-news.com/articles/november152010/kayaker-rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november152010/kayaker-rescue.php Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:52:00 PST Four of the 33 trapped Chilean miners isolated since the Copiapó mining accident on 5 August 2010 have been rescued. A serious organized rescue effort got underway Tuesday night. Chile's President Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique told his people that workers would not give up until the miners were safely recovered. http://salem-news.com/articles/october122010/chile_rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october122010/chile_rescue.php Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:12:00 PDT A 15-year old Portland youth was evacuated from Detroit Lake Sunday afternoon, following a near-drowning incident. Deputies from Marion County Sheriff's Marine Patrol, along with Detroit- Lyons Medics, responded to the Hoover boat ramp at about 2:45 p.m. Don Thomson with the Marion County Sheriff's Office says as it turns out, one of the man's rescuers was an off-duty Salem Police officer. http://salem-news.com/articles/august162010/lake-rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august162010/lake-rescue.php Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:21:00 PDT The Clackamas County Sheriffs Office Search and Rescue Team along with Portland Mountain Rescue, Mountain Wave and Timberline lodge employees responded to a fallen climber on Mt. Hood just below the summit. http://salem-news.com/articles/july242010/mount-hood.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july242010/mount-hood.php Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:57:00 PDT The U.S. Coast Guard has identified the one survivor and three crew members who lost their lives, Wednesday, after their MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed in the waters off of James Island, near La Push, Wash. Lt. Lance D. Leone, 29, of Ventura, Calif., survived the crash and is being treated at a Seattle hospital with non-life threatening injuries. He is married. http://salem-news.com/articles/july082010/coast-guard-dead.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july082010/coast-guard-dead.php Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:00:00 PDT Three U.S. Coast Guard aviators are dead following the crash of their MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter in the waters near James Island, Washington. Coast Guard units responded to the scene after contact was lost with the aircraft Wednesday at 9:32 a.m. http://salem-news.com/articles/july072010/coast-guard-crash.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july072010/coast-guard-crash.php Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:43:00 PDT Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue extinguished a difficult to reach fire in the roof of a large assisted care facility in unincorporated Washington County Sunday night. http://salem-news.com/articles/july052010/tualatin-fire.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july052010/tualatin-fire.php Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:23:00 PDT A Multnomah County Sheriff's Office inmate work crew helped save a deputy's life‏ Friday. Around 3:00 p.m. Friday, an MCSO Corrections deputy was overcome with medical complications while he and his inmate work crew were rendering aid to a stranded motorist. http://salem-news.com/articles/may012010/inmate-heroes.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may012010/inmate-heroes.php Sat, 01 May 2010 19:22:00 PDT When someone trains for anything in life, they train to be ready when it really counts. When it counts, when a life is on the line, everybody wants a hero that has trained in that exact scenario. For this reason, Coast Guardsmen train in real-life situations so they are ready when it really counts. http://salem-news.com/articles/april162010/uscg-bodega-bay.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april162010/uscg-bodega-bay.php Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:13:00 PDT A mine collapse in West Virgina has claimed a number of miner's lives, while many more remain missing. It happened around 3:00 p.m. Eastern time at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in Raleigh County, about 30 miles south of Charleston http://salem-news.com/articles/april052010/massey-collapse.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april052010/massey-collapse.php Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:14:00 PDT Rescue workers have found at least 95 miners out of 153 that were trapped more than a week in northern Chinese province of Shanxi. "A miracle has finally happened," a rescue headquarters spokesman, Liu Dezheng, said on Monday. http://salem-news.com/articles/april042010/chinese-miners.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april042010/chinese-miners.php Sun, 04 Apr 2010 23:42:00 PDT The Hood River County Sheriff's Office is currently coordinating a search and rescue mission in the western portion of Hood River County. A phone call to the Hood River 911 Center around 9:30 a.m. from the lost hikers, launched the rescue team. The hikers, a 23-year old female and 24-year old male, reported that they were lost in about four to five feet of snow. http://salem-news.com/articles/march262010/hood-lost.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march262010/hood-lost.php Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:16:00 PDT The Coast Guard rescued a surfer who was reported to be in distress today off Indian Beach in Ecola State Park near Cannon Beach, Oregon. The Coast Guard says they received a call at 3:56 p.m. from the Cannon Beach Police Department, reporting that a male surfer appeared to be in distress at the north end of Indian Beach in Ecola State Park. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042010/surfer_rescue.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042010/surfer_rescue.php Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:58:00 PST A car that went off an embankment today in Milwaukie caught fire as a tow truck driver pulled it back up onto the roadway. The timing was good, because the driver had been in it just before that, as the vehicle hung precariously over a 75ft-100ft embankment, where it came to rest after a two car crash. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042010/crash_trees.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042010/crash_trees.php Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:36:00 PST Medical facilities in Haiti continued to see thousands of cases of infections and crush injuries leading to an increasing number of amputees in dire need of crutches and prostheses. The WHO estimated that are about 2,000 amputees in Haiti and the number keeps increasing. http://salem-news.com/articles/january292010/haiti_amputee_tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292010/haiti_amputee_tk.php Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:54:00 PST Despite massive logistical challenges since the earthquake struck, the WFP has delivered more than 3.6 million rations so far. The overall security situation is generally calm, but incidents throughout the city have hampered distributions in the past few days. All cargo transport took place in convoys with appropriate security, and security was also required at distribution sites. WFP worked closely with MINUSTAH and the US military to ramp up security and minimize disruption to food distributions. http://salem-news.com/articles/january282010/haiti_wfp_tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january282010/haiti_wfp_tk.php Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:05:00 PST While not drawing press attention to their efforts, Arab nations have united to provide needed assistance to support the humanitarian relief work being undertaken in Haiti. The Arab American Institute (AAI) believes that their generosity should be showcased, and has compiled a list of Arab nation contributions from information available to date. http://salem-news.com/articles/january282010/arab_haiti.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january282010/arab_haiti.php Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:51:00 PST The staff of an orphanage in Haiti has contacted Salem-News.com in hope of locating a well known doctor who may be in a hospital in the Dominican Republic. Dr. Laine Jo Smith has an orphanage in Laplaine, Haiti. Lucille Innocent with Dr. Smith's team, says three days after the disaster, they received a text from him, stating that "He is alive, to come get him under the rumbles of the Perfection auto ecole in Delmas 28," Innocent said. http://salem-news.com/articles/january262010/doctor_tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january262010/doctor_tk.php Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:35:00 PST United Nations peacekeepers from Brazil along with the United States Army distributed food today in Cite Soleil, one of the poorest and most troubled neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince. The partnership between American and UN forces strengthens the ability to secure an area while contributing to humanitarian aid on the ground. http://salem-news.com/articles/january252010/haiti_food_tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january252010/haiti_food_tk.php Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:15:00 PST As the logistical challenges that have hampered the relief effort in Haiti begin to get ironed out, some of the injured have been brought to the Dominican Republic. The Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo is the city’s primary care center. Staff there have been mobilized to treat Haitians, especially children who have been suffering from injuries sustained in last week’s devastating earthquake. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212010/haiti_dominican_tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212010/haiti_dominican_tk.php Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:11:00 PST As the world works together to aid the survivors of the massive earthquakes that rocked Haiti just over a week ago, Oregon groups are doing their part to assist in the efforts. We reported on 15 January that Medical Teams International teams were responding to the crisis in Haiti. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212010/oregon_haiti.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212010/oregon_haiti.php Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:48:00 PST Port au Prince continued to experience a mass exodus today (20 Jan) as Haitians left the capital for other provinces in search of food, shelter and security. In the capital, there is an increasing lack of food, water, loss of jobs, destruction, medical care and a growing threat of crime and insecurity. http://salem-news.com/articles/january212010/haiti_bk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january212010/haiti_bk.php Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:32:00 PST