Rescue at 2040 Store Street January 6, 2009

At just after 3:00pm on January 7, 2009, Victoria Fire dispatch received a call from Victoria Police regarding an industrial accident that had occurred at 2040 Store Street. The worker had been on a platform, approximately forty feet in the air, dismantling equipment when the piece being lifted by a crane shifted, knocking the worker down. Victoria responded, dispatching three engines, two ladders, one rescue, one command vehicle, and the technical high angle rescue trailer. Crews arrived on scene within four minutes and found the patient conscious and talking, but he had sustained some injuries. The high angle rescue team 'packaged' the patient, and removed him from the platform with the assistance of the ladder truck. Once down, the patient was transferred to the waiting BC Ambulance crew and transported to hospital to be treated for his injuries.

Fire Fighters assessing the scene and preparing the patient for removal.

Battalion Chief Hutchinson overseeing from the command vehicle.

Packaging the patient.

High angle rescue trailer on the scene.

Fire Fighters Sherman, Lund, Brown, Chunyk and Platoon Captian Stark unloading the patient from the ladder and transferring him to the ambulance crew.