Salvadoran Press @ Majahual
Comandos de Salvamento rescuing Journalist Marcela Sánchez of channel 67, after the boat she was riding in to cover the event capsized. Credit: Ricardo Segura and CoLatino Credit: Esmitv TCS Credit: LPG
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Western El Salvador Comandos Prepare for Holy Week
EMS crews from our western delegate bases took part in a simulated Motor Vehicle Accident drill in order to sharpen their skills for when Holy Week vacations start. Delegate bases that participated were Juayua, Santa…
Prepared for Holy Week 2011
Some 80 residents of the Peña Partida community, most of them manual laborers and fishermen will be working as volunteers of Comandos de Salvamento at the main Salvadoran Beaches for Holy Week vacations to attend…
Lifeguard Training @ La Libertad
Comando de Salvamento Lifeguard squads participated in trainings and drowning simulations this past weekend at La Libertad. CDS is currently preparing its staff for the upcoming Holy Week Vacations where thousands of Salvadorans flock to…
Electrocuted While Painting
EMS crews from Comandos rescued 25yo Jaime Gustavo Gutierrez who presented with electrical burns that resulted from live wires and cables when he was painting the Banco Agrigola located on the corner of 5a. Ave.…
Extrication Collaboration
Rescue and EMS crews from Comandos de Salvamento, Green Cross, Red Cross and the National Firefighters worked together in rescuing Jaime Arnulfo Jimenez who was trapped inside a MIDES semi. The vehilce had gone over…
Extrication: Comandos and the Fire Department
Comandos de Salvamento and the National Fire Department collaborated together in extricating 32 yo Blanca Lorena Campos from her car after it was in a head on collision with a truck along the Venezueal Blvd near…
Las Colinas: The First Ground Zero of 2001
By Mark Hoffman: CDS International Rep Ten years ago on January 13th 2001, an earthquake in El Salvador caused a mudslide in the neighborhood of Las Colinas on the outskirts of San Salvador. The 7.6…
Tomayate River Rescue
fotografia/el diario de hoy This morning, 29 yo Ever Antonio Perez Martinez was rescued after falling from a height of 30 meters to the banks of the Tomayate river. CDS rescuer Ricardo Leiva reports that…
Recovery at Tomayate River
At 1230pm, the Comandos SAR team was dispatched to recover a cadaver that was found near the Colonia Ismania Km 9.5 Troncal del Norte Highway in the Tomayate river. The public prosecutors office at the…
SAR: Volcano Llamatepeq, Santa Ana
At 1025pm, dispatch recieved a call requesting the Comandos Search and Rescue team in order to help find 23 people who had gotten lost while hiking the Santa Ana Volcano. The Central Base SAR group and…
Airforce Day Rescue Demonstration
Comandos de Salvamento paticipated in a rescue simulation this last Friday, 10th of December to celebrate National Aviation Day of the Salvadoran Air Force. Present at the celebration was president Mauricio Funes and other government officials. Other…
![Puerto-del-Diablo](https://comandosdesalvamento.org/wp-content/gallery/andres_marin/el-sal-5.jpg "Johny and Andres practicing rescue techniques at \\"la Puerta del Diablo\\" Practicando tacticas de Rescate")
