Technical Rescue
01/23/25 • 48 min
This episode features Grant Light, Josh Blum and John Vance.
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This episode was recorded on January 16, 2025.
A technical rescue operation at a Duke Energy smokestack highlights the critical importance of communication, teamwork, and planning in emergency situations. The coordinated efforts of multiple teams allowed for the safe extraction of a worker trapped 150 feet in the air.
• Overview of the emergency call and initial fire department response
• Assessment of the worker's situation and elevator stability
• Communication with technical experts for real-time updates
• Formulation of a rescue strategy with a focus on safety
• Use of crane technology over alternative rope rescue methods
• Successful communication between rescue teams on-site
• Post-incident debriefing to assess response and identify lessons learned
• Importance of training and understanding equipment in rescue scenarios
This episode features Grant Light, Josh Blum and John Vance.
We want your helmet (for the AVB CTC)! Check this out to find out more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg5_ZwoCZo0
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This episode was recorded on January 16, 2025.
A technical rescue operation at a Duke Energy smokestack highlights the critical importance of communication, teamwork, and planning in emergency situations. The coordinated efforts of multiple teams allowed for the safe extraction of a worker trapped 150 feet in the air.
• Overview of the emergency call and initial fire department response
• Assessment of the worker's situation and elevator stability
• Communication with technical experts for real-time updates
• Formulation of a rescue strategy with a focus on safety
• Use of crane technology over alternative rope rescue methods
• Successful communication between rescue teams on-site
• Post-incident debriefing to assess response and identify lessons learned
• Importance of training and understanding equipment in rescue scenarios
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B Shifter - Technical Rescue
Transcript
Welcome everyone to the B-Shifter Podcast . You've got John Vance here , along with Josh Blum , and today Grant Light is with us . Good day , gentlemen . How are you doing ?
Speaker 2Doing wonderful .
Speaker 3All good , just still got a ton of white stuff on the ground here and I think record cold temperat
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