Vernon firefighters are ready to tackle the most difficult terrain.
Crews recently completed over-the-bank training, which includes rope rescues, patient packaging, anchoring and rigging systems. This allows firefighters go over steep inclines to remove patients from vehicles or other types of embankment rescues.
“There are about a dozen incidents a year where having over-the-bank skill sets, both steep angle and low angle, will help increase scene safety to not only the firefighters and ambulance personnel but also any patients that may be injured at the accident scene,” said Jack Blair, deputy chief.
“The use of various ropes, knots and appliances gives the firefighters mechanical advantages to ease the removal of the patients and greater ease in lifting them up the steep slopes for transport via the B.C. Ambulance Service.”
