A rescue access wedge having a base portion, a rear portion and a front portion with a pair of opposed generally triangular sidewalls upwardly extended from the base portion wherein the sidewalls taper from the rear portion to a tip connecting the pair of opposed side surfaces and wherein a pair of aligned slots disposed on opposed sidewalls are adjoined for coupling with paired prongs a fork end of a rescue tool and a concavity or notch disposed in a top and/or bottom surface configured to seat this rescue access wedge upon an abutting surface and a method of use thereof.