JROTC cadets from Permian High School and Odessa High School spent part of their Friday on the wall of the Odessa College Fire/EMS Technology Training Rappel Tower as they trained in basic military ...

In a forested area west of Bend on Thursday, Sarah Jakober peered up at a blindingly blue Oregon sky as helicopters circled overhead. Soon she’d be inside one of them, only to jump out with nothing ...

CAMP MERRILL, Ga. - A new four-story rappel and climb tower has given the Army an added boost in Ranger training's mountain phase. Just a few hundred yards outside the main camp on the outskirts of ...

Madison County Technical Team team member Todd Zorbrist, right, gestures as he talks about ways to hook up a Stokes basket among the ropes used for rappelling and lowering equipment at Riverview Park ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — For the second time, U.S. Forest Service helicopter rappel crews conducted training in the Bass Creek area of the Bitterroot National Forest. “We have some spotter recertification ...

SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) - Some of the best firefighters in the country came to train with the Heli-Rappellers in the Salmon-Challis National Forest this May. Once they learn the ropes, they one day may ...

The Smith parking garage on West Street stood in for a new purpose last week when western Massachusetts firefighters rappelled down its exterior walls in a training exercise. The rappel training is ...

There's "Spider-Pig," and there is now "The Rappelling K9" too. Weld County K9 Kenzi recently learned some new skills with her deputy while attending Rocky Mountain Tactical Team Association annual ...