Cd'A Fire Department trains for crane rescue in Downtown
The Coeur d'Alene Fire Department Technical Rescue Team lowers down an empty rescue basket during their training on Thursday.
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The Coeur d'Alene Fire Department's Technical Rescue Team attaches a rescue basket to their sets of ropes and pulleys to lower it down during training on Thursday.
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Firefighters Zach Brawley and Evan Brinkmeyer return to the ground after training.
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Sitting atop a bright red construction crane, eight stories in the sky, were three firefighters lowering an empty rescue basket down to the ground Thursday as the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department conducted crane rescue training.
Fire Marshall Craig Etherton called crane rescues “low frequency, high risk” operations.
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