Biloxi (MS) firefighters trained at the Coast Coliseum for a rescue high up in the air, reports wlox.com
A mock 911 call comes in: someone had a stroke on a platform 85 feet in the air atop the Coast Coliseum. Biloxi firefighters rush to the scene.
“It’s one of those skills you train for, but hope you never have to use,” Deputy Chief John Jennings said. “But if you do have to use it, you definitely have to get it right the first time.”
Firefighters race up dozens of flights of stairs. They decide the patient must be brought down and rushed to the hospital.
“They determine the best way to get him down is by a horizontal lowering system,” Jennings said.
Firefighters on the ground send up the equipment by rope. For safety, the patient is strapped in with at least three straps and a harness. Firefighters radio below, the patient is about to be lowered.
“We really practice communicating together and making sure everything flows smoothly as a team so it can go fast,” Firefighter Sam Groue said. “Everything is safe and the patient can be lowered in a safe manner, quickly.”
It takes about 40 minutes to an hour for the crews to lower the patient to the ground.
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