Kinnucan Instructed an Arborist Rescue Clinic

On May 9th and 10th, Norm Hall, our Tree Care Operations Supervisor helped instruct fire & rescue personnel in arborist rescue.  When a fire/rescue team is dispatched to rescue an injured climber aloft, and the fire/rescue team can’t get to the injured climber using their ladder truck, it takes an average of 2.5 to 3 hours to get the climber to the ground.  The reason why is because they can’t access the arborist in the tree, using the equipment issued to them.  A very high percentage of their rescues are from the top, where they can tie off to an anchor and lower the rescuer to the patient.  This training familiarized the fire/rescue personnel with arborist throwline and a throw weight to set a rope into the tree, to facilitate a rescue.  A trained arborist can get the climber to the ground in 15-20 minutes.