When a vessel sinks, a hydrostatic release unit can be the difference between survival and disaster. This explains how HRUs sense water pressure, cut the raft free, trigger inflation, and why ...

The freezing water of Barbour Pond was the scene as Fire Department’s special operations team conducted ice rescue training.

From the "Miracle on the Hudson' to the Feb. 18 evacuation of a JetBlue flight at Newark Airport, the slides have saved lives ...

S&T’s ultimate goal with this research, development, testing, and evaluation effort is to close that gap by creating a capability for rescuing large numbers of people from an event that happens to be ...

A coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off Massachusetts, killing all seven aboard. But winter weather ...

The world’s largest electric vehicle (EV) is a ship currently under construction and preparing ...

In July 1945, we revisit the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and reconstruct the ordeal through the eyes of a shark scientist, not just survivor testimony. We break down which species were most likely ...

State Senator Bruce Tarr said the investigation into the sinking has entered its “next phase” and officials hope to provide families “with the kind of information they need to even begin to approach ...

A coalition of authorities is deploying technology to try to locate the wreck of a fishing boat that sank last month off ...

State officials praised the collaborative efforts of multiple agencies in trying to locate the sunken fishing boat.

A father and son who were killed when a fishing boat sank off the coast of Gloucester late last month are being remembered ...