It’s inefficient and generally a poor use of resources, especially in a metropolitan area, for every community to staff its emergency services for every eventuality. We found that out again just yesterday when our Fire Department worked with our neighbors in Edina and Hennepin County to rescue an employee working at a construction site here in Eden Prairie fell into a 30 foot deep manhole. The photo above is a picture of the man immediately following his rescue.
See the Firehouse.com article titled Emergency Crews Rescue Worker After 30 Foot Fall Into a Concrete-Floored Utility Vault by freelance journalist, Mike Coen of Hopkins who reported the account of the incident from the scene. There’s a slideshow of 23 photos accompanying the piece.
Good save everybody.
Here’s a clip from the article:
“Fire Chief George Esbensen, while enroute, requested the Edina Fire Department on auto-aid, for their Special Operations Team. The team made up of on- and off-duty members of the combination department, is one of four state sponsored teams outfitted and trained to handle a variety of special rescue situations.
Edina was dispatched and responded with Fire Chief Marty Scheerer, Assistant Chief Darrell Todd and six on-duty firefighter/paramedics.”
Sept 2 update: Eden Prairie News article: Firefighters help rescue worker from 30-foot hole
