Fire Critic An Unadulterated View of the Fire Service
Firefighters communicated with the patient throughout the rescue. Courtesy of The Fire Line
Apparently the Seattle Fire Department has created a blog to show off themselves. I always enjoy seeing departments who are progressive with technology in publicizing what they are about and who they are. The Seattle Fire Department has a blog titled The Fire Line.
The blog showcases incidents, news, and prevention.
Their latest post is on a trench rescue they ran which took 45 minutes and ended with a life saved. Every firefighter knows how time consuming trench rescue is and how hard it is to keep from just jumping in and start helping. However, we have learned through trial and error that we can become part of the incident, cause secondary collapse, and maybe even decrease the chances of survival for our victims if we do this.
The Fire Line states:
Seattle Firefighters worked for forty-five minutes to rescue a construction worker trapped in a trench after the wall he was working on in the front yard of a Magnolia home collapsed and buried him waist deep.
