34917

SSC Urgent

The Wrekin Wellington

Station ground: Wellington

Monday, 31 August, 2015 23:32

At 23:32 on Monday, 31 August, 2015, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting an incident classified as SSC Urgent in Wellington.

4 fire appliances including the Incident Support Unit and the Rescue Tender were mobilised from Tweedale and Wellington. An Operations officer was in attendance.

Attending crews used the following equipment:

• Line rescue

Also at the scene of the incident were: the Land Ambulance Service .

Crews were called to assist Ambulance with the rescue and recovery of a male who was injured on the Wrekin. The casualty had been thrown from his vehicle and both he and the vehicle were in a precarious position. Crews used dragon lighting from the Rescue Tender along with line safety and other specialist rescue equipment to rescue the man who was treated by ambulance personnel. Hazardous Area Rescue Team (HART) were also in attendance.

The stop message was received at Tue, 09/01/2015 - 02:47

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