Training Minutes Revisited: Removing Victims via Aerial Ladder

In this Training Minutes video, John Riker demonstrates how to remove unconscious victims by packaging them on a Stokes basket and lowering them down the aerial ladder.

These videos are for training demonstration purposes only. When you perform these techniques at emergency scenes and evolutions, be sure to wear full PPE and adhere to your agency’s procedures and policies. This video originally ran on the Fire Engineering site in early 2009.

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