Welcome to the TECHNICAL RESCUE site, home of three (now two)  PRINT titles, one Digital-only title, six Digital-only BUYERSGUIDES and, eventually, an extrication manual.  All of our titles concentrate on equipment and techniques (rather than news and policy which is well catered for in other industry magazines) with Gear Reviews, Market Guides and techniques articles. Details of each issue are on the SHOP page but to make things easier for the free pdf versions you can can just click on most front covers to get them rather than have to use the shopping cart. However, if you use the shopping cart we can then send you links to future issues automatically.

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 First we had a mad BREXIT vote in 2016 where complacency led to a successful minority vote for the UK to leave the European Union and after 9 years we're still paying for that with not one single upside. Then there was Covid then the shameful invasion of Ukraine followed by an even worse series of war crimes in Gaza where our friends and colleagues in the medical, rescue and aid services (not to mention journalists) are routinely killed by the Israeli military. Now we have a worrying number of despotic,  right-wing extremist governments with academically challenged leaders and all of these things have adversely affected most aspects of life across the world, Some very much worse than others. We have been fortunate in being largely unaffected having been able to shed unnecessary costs like the office ! but there are production delays and there have been huge increases in mailing costs in particular. Otherwise, it's business as usual for us - we were never on time even before all this madness!     Because we now have 10 publications to produce  

our print magazines are now 3 times per year instead of 4.

Regulars will know that we rarely got out more than 3 magazines out per year anyway so you won't notice much of a change!  

The PDF versions of all our magazines are currently FREE-to-ALL for the first year and $1. each thereafter.  Click on the covers or Get them FREE via the SHOP if you want to receive them automatically each issue.  You are welcome to share these links with friends and colleagues and via your websites and social media.

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Mailing costs and reliability continue to be ridiculous and you can circumvent these by purchasing our magazines from a STOCKIST  currently in UK, USA, Canada, NZ, Belgium, Germany, Australia and Estonia,  We had to increase PRINT subscription costs in 2022 for the first time in a decade and again in 2024 following a whopping 200% increase in costs so print subscriptions remained at US$25 but are now for 3 issues instead of 4 and $40/6 issues (plus an additional $5 or $10 post outside of the UK/Eire ). This is 'shrinkflation' in action!. 

Digital issues are now free to all for the first 6 months or so and any readers that make a purchase or simply request via email will get the digital version sent automatically each issue until you ask us to desist or your email changes! All readers will receive the active links to the annual BUYERS GUIDES which are updated every week on the same link.

TECHNICAL&WILDERNESSRESCUE  is the oldest international rescue magazine in the world having been published for over 35 years and is for emergency services (fire-rescue, police, mountain & cave rescue, heli-ops, tactical/military, trauma doctors/ambulance, coastguard, medevac helicopters, swiftwater, beach and offshore rescue, disaster response, industrial and mines rescue teams). It covers Rope and Water Rescue, Extrication, USAR, ParaRescue, Tactical intervention and EMS. 

ARBCLIMBER is for professional arborists and forestry workers but also recreational tree climbers. Editorial concentrates on climbing, rigging and rescue plus climbing competitions form around the world. We look in details at all equipment from ropes, hardware, harnesses and helmets to chainsaws, power tools, battery tools, boots, clothing and first-aid/rescue eqpt. Issues 1,2 &4 no longer available in print except for a handful of 'collector's' copies of 1 & 4 recently found & just added. 

WILDERNESSSAR originally called  PARKRANGER pre-issue 5 and now merged with TECHNICALRESCUE to become a larger, perfect bound magazine. The title was originally changed to better reflect the coverage which, while including National Parks was thought by many to be exclusively for National Park rangers. It was the same magazine covering Wilderness Search & Rescue, Mountain and Cave Rescue, SAR Helicopters, Search Dog handlers, offshore marine rescue and National Parks personnel. Rope, search and water rescue techniques/equipment form the core of every issue. Also search techniques, heli-ops, trauma, offshore (lifeboats) rescue and surviving in the great outdoors inc. modern clothing, packs, tents, boots and electronics.

ACCESS&RESCUE is our FREE  Emag but is currently on-hold through 2026 while we compile the BUYERS GUIDES. The Emags provide background to all the print magazines as well as rope and difficult access. Now presented in the same Page-turning format that digital subscribers to the print magazines get. If viewing on a Mobile it is best to click the cloud/download icon to sharpen the image and present as single page view. This larger file can take a short while to sharpen.

ACCESS&RESCUE emag  previews what's been in and is coming up in the magazines. It has unique and archive articles and product information. ACCESS&RESCUE will return later in 2026 (allegedly) once the BUYERS GUIDEs are all out.

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The FRONT COVERS to ALL OF OUR PUBLICATIONS for the past 35 years are being added below but the oldest were print-only so we don't have digital files and will be taking old-fashioned photos to add in the coming days!

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