Highland Park Volunteer Fire Department & Highland Park First Aid Squad came together Sunday, June 23, 2013 for a joint training exercise & information sharing session.
The goal of the exercise was to better assist one another at emergency incidents.
For the training exercise members were given a scenario of an injured person on the roof of a building – we used the old Hamilton School / Center School (thank you to the new owners). Upon arrival members were told there was no way onto the roof other than ladders.
HPVFD put up a ground ladder & two members of HP First Aid Squad accessed the roof, located the injured person, assessed the situation and called for transport assistance. HPVFD Truck 3 operated its Bucket with attachments to hoist additional EMS personnel & supplies to the roof. After the injured person was placed on a backboard & stabilized, Truck 3 was used again to lower the injured person to ground level.
The scenario was repeated several times with seniors members instructing often.
For more photos from the training please visit our Facebook Page at:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.186780911485149.1073741837.162883673874873&type=1
Video from the event is below and on our YouTube Channel.
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