Training
Rescue Training
24/04/09 14:11
Press Release
Orcas Island Fire & Rescue
Emergency Rescue Training

Firefighters and EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians) trained together on April 21st to learn new technical rescue skills using the skate park bowl as the rescue site. Orcas High school student Di Wang Mowrey posed as a skateboard grinder with life threatening trauma. Using a roof ladder and rescue stokes basket, responders were able to successfully lift their patient over the high concrete wall.
Orcas Island Fire & Rescue
Emergency Rescue Training

Firefighters and EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians) trained together on April 21st to learn new technical rescue skills using the skate park bowl as the rescue site. Orcas High school student Di Wang Mowrey posed as a skateboard grinder with life threatening trauma. Using a roof ladder and rescue stokes basket, responders were able to successfully lift their patient over the high concrete wall.