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HIGHLINE IN THE TREES
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 | No comments posted.
As the Charleston Rural Fire Protection District conducted a rope rescue exercise Saturday, members of the
department work to attach a basket (stoke) to a high-tension rescue line, which extends into the canyon, where a “victim” is awaiting help. This kind of training is repeated by the firefighters every other month throughout the year. Saturday morning, the volunteers spent hours inside a classroom preparing for the rope rescue, using math to figure tension and weight capacity of the highline that was strung over the canyon next to the fire department in Charleston. Working on the stoke, from left, are volunteer firefighters Ryan Frizzel, Kyle deRonden, Tom King and Dewayne Forrest. Standing over the men observing is Charleston RFPD Fire Chief Mick Sneddon. Standing left, in the background, is Capt. Rusty Shields. This first rope rescue training took about two hours for the volunteers to prepare to send the stoke. The volunteers' goal is to have the stoke to the victim in less than 30 minutes. Funds for the training were provided by the Randy Carpenter Memorial Fund in the amount of $2,000.
department work to attach a basket (stoke) to a high-tension rescue line, which extends into the canyon, where a “victim” is awaiting help. This kind of training is repeated by the firefighters every other month throughout the year. Saturday morning, the volunteers spent hours inside a classroom preparing for the rope rescue, using math to figure tension and weight capacity of the highline that was strung over the canyon next to the fire department in Charleston. Working on the stoke, from left, are volunteer firefighters Ryan Frizzel, Kyle deRonden, Tom King and Dewayne Forrest. Standing over the men observing is Charleston RFPD Fire Chief Mick Sneddon. Standing left, in the background, is Capt. Rusty Shields. This first rope rescue training took about two hours for the volunteers to prepare to send the stoke. The volunteers' goal is to have the stoke to the victim in less than 30 minutes. Funds for the training were provided by the Randy Carpenter Memorial Fund in the amount of $2,000.
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