The Seattle Fire Department joined regional partners from the Sheriff’s Offices in King and Snohomish County, Seattle Police Department, Airlift NW, Lifeflight, U.S. Navy and other fire agencies at the Arlington Airport for an aviation exercise. While not an everyday practice in the fire service, there may be times where patients need to be transported from one location to another via helicopter. This could include from the roof of a high rise building if the floors beneath are on fire, helping

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Emergencies don’t always occur at ground-level, and Seattle firefighters sometimes must conduct a rope rescue or ladder slide to bring patients down from difficult to access areas for further treatment and transport to the hospital. The crews of Ladder 5, Engine 24 and Engine 31 visited the light rail station under construction in the north end to simulate a ladder slide operation (supported by a rope as a safety line) if someone were to be injured on the platform, which is approximately 50-feet

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