SALISBURY — The Rowan County Special Operations Task Force has engaged in a number of training programs in recent years, most recently taking part in a two-week structural-collapse training. The class ...

Throughout the country, structural collapse incidents occur routinely. They take place because of the aging of structures, construction or renovation work and, with ever-increasing frequency, natural ...

Firefighters took turns digging and moving boulders with their hands because the space was too tight to fit shovels and other tools. Oct. 21—BRIDGEPORT — A construction worker injured in a partial ...

When a building collapses, the victims trapped beneath the rubble can only pray that someone finds them before it is too late. If a disaster like that should occur in Southwest Virginia, citizens can ...