Covington Fire Department Assistant Chief Jimmy Adams said a recent situation that caught national attention showed how vital rope training is. “The Louisville rescue has made what we do in the ...

For Mr. Fisher, who took up rope jumping as a training exercise while playing volleyball in college, the rescue was the culmination of a lifetime of dreaming about different ways to use ropes.

Members of the Shakopee Fire Department spent much of their evening May 11 in a rare position – 40 feet off the ground on Valleyfair’s popular Power Tower ride. Valleyfair’s ...