Yorkton Fire Protective Services has been training for the past couple weeks, keeping their skills up in case anyone in the city will need their help.
This past week they were rope rescue, confined space and high angle situations. They went to Rodney Ridge to practice on a low-angle situation, work on haul systems, and get familiarity with new equipment that they purchased, explained Fire Chief Trevor Morrissey.
鈥淭ime is the key here. It鈥檚 never in and out like other things can be, but efficiency is where you need to be to get them out of the situation they鈥檙e in, and into an ambulance and into a hospital.鈥�
The goal of going around the city is to get the fire fighters better able to respond to emergencies that could happen in Yorkton. A bad spill at Rodney Ridge, for example, could require a rope rescue because the hill can get very slick.
鈥淚f we get an ice storm, people still come out sliding, and you can鈥檛 walk up and down these hills.鈥�
They will continue training around the city for the next few weeks.
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