Rescue Team Works in Tight Spaces [PHOTOS]
Firefighters train for rescues that require climbing ladders or crawling through openings.
The Madison Fire Department's Confined Space Rescue Team trains regularly to stay proficient at its craft, which involves entering places with limited access to rescue workers who run into trouble. Being overcome by fumes and vapors, falls and machinery malfunctions all can cause employees to find themselves in need of assistance, and the only way to get to them requires climbing a ladder or crawling through a small hole. On April 16 and 17, Madison firefighters conducted confined space rescue training at the fire station and at the Candlewood Sewer Pump Station. Part of the training involved crawling through tubes installed by firefighters in the fire station to simulate a confined space rescue. Madison Fire Chief Lou DeRosa said the …
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cisnehasahu
5:54 am on Monday, May 14, 2012
I really liked the post and the labour that you used to rescue people from this danger even in places where there is not enough space. This confined space rescue is really a good job as it saves lives of many people. more ›