Ladder Truck Performs Rescue - 200 Block of 19th Street East
For immediate release: July 27, 2022 - 3:19 pm
22-11935
At 10:59 a.m., on July 27, 2022, the Saskatoon Fire Department received a call to help a person that was suspended 40 feet in the air in the 200 Block of 19th Street East. Dispatched to the scene were one fire engine, one ladder truck and the Battalion Chief. On arrival, it was identified that the ladder truck could set up and assist the person down to the ground. At 11:10 a.m. the ladder truck set up its hydraulic ladder. With two firefighters in the bucket, they were able to secure the person into the bucket and bring them safely to the ground at 11:22 a.m. The person was not injured.
At 11: 29 a.m., the ladder truck returned to its respective station.