Training Minutes: Aerial Ladder for Lowering a Victim

Firefighters use an aerial ladder to lower a victim with ropes
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In this Training Minutes video on technical rescue, David Rhodes, Scott Brantley, and company discuss using an aerial ladder to construct a simple system for lowering a victim to the ground. They discuss victim packaging, setting up the rope rescue system (a high-point advantage with bar rack and tandem prusik belay) and much more.


 

David Rhodes

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