Firefighters responded to assist paramedics with a patient who had fallen approximately six meters from a height at 125 Copenhagan Rd. The fire crew assessed the situation and extracted the patient safely through the existing paths. The patient was then transported to the hospital by EMS. Firefighters reminded the public of the dangers of climbing rocks and trails at night without lighting due to this incident.
Firefighters responded to assist paramedics with a patient who had fallen approximately six meters from a height at 125 Copenhagan Rd. The fire crew assessed the situation and extracted the patient safely through the existing paths. The patient was then transported to the hospital by EMS. Firefighters reminded the public of the dangers of climbing rocks and trails at night without lighting due to this incident.
Firefighters responded to assist paramedics with a patient who had fallen approximately six meters from a height at 125 Copenhagan Rd. The fire crew assessed the situation and extracted the patient safely through the existing paths. The patient was then transported to the hospital by EMS. Firefighters reminded the public of the dangers of climbing rocks and trails at night without lighting due to this incident.
At 23:20 Thunder Bay Fire Rescue responded to 125 Copenhagan
Rd. to assist EMS with a patient who had fallen from a six meter height . Paramedics were on scene prior to Pumper 5. Pumper 5 crew arrived at the patient and assessed the safest and best way to remove patient from the area of the fall. The Fire crew extracted the patient through existing paths . The patient was then transported by EMS to Thunder Bay Regional Hospital.
Two pumpers and a FWD 2 with a Kubota and Platoon chief
responded to this call for technical and equipment support.
TBFR would like remind people of danger in climbing rocks and unlit trails at night .
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