The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Working in and around trenches — or any hole that is deeper than it is wide — can be an ...

Christian Brown and Jeffrey Mondo tell how basic trench rescue training of firefighters serves as a force multiplier for technical rescue teams. Making the lip on the trench safe and placing/moving ...

After an hours-long rescue mission in Washington County, a man trapped in a collapsed trench in Charleroi has been safely rescued. Thanks to the efforts from multiple departments, he was able to be ...

ALLENTOWN, Penn. -- Before emergency responders managed to free a worker stuck in an eastern Pennsylvania trench for more than eight hours, the trapped man was given some positive news: he is going to ...

The La Vergne Fire Department has donated a heavy rescue truck to the all-volunteer Church Hill Rescue Squad, expanding the ...