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SPOKANE VALLEY FIRE RESPONDS TO A CALL FOR A TECHNICAL RESCUE IN THE DISHMAN HILLS
For Immediate Release:
April 22, 2020
Contact:
Julie Happy
Community Affairs Manager
Spokane Valley Fire
509.892.4155
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SPOKANE VALLEY FIRE RESPONDS TO A CALL FOR A TECHNICAL RESCUE IN THE DISHMAN HILLS
9 YEAR OLD BOY FALLS WHILE HIKING WITH MOM
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Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) responded to the Dishman Hills this afternoon, for an elementary school aged child that fell approximately 40 feet down a cliff near the Pond Loop Trail. The 911 call was received from the patient’s mother who were both out on a daytime hike.
Firefighters on Engine 1 and Engine 6 hiked into the trail system carrying medical equipment to begin providing medical care to the child, while Rescue 8 firefighters followed with a stokes basket that attaches to a wheel for off-road wilderness rescues. Firefighters attached the child to a backboard while using a rope for support to carry them back up the cliff to the trail system. The patient was secured into the Stokes Basket, with Firefighter/Paramedics monitoring the child’s injuries as they hiked back out. The child was placed into an AMR ambulance and transported to an area hospital in stable condition. Command support was provided by Battalion Chief 21 and Safety Officer 31.
“While we encourage everyone to explore the outdoors near their neighborhoods,” said SVFD Battalion Chief, Jeff Bordwell, “please remember to be safe and use extreme caution while around any steep edges or cliff faces.”
About Spokane Valley Fire Department
Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) serves a population of 125,000, including the cities of Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake and Millwood, as well as surrounding unincorporated areas within the 75-square miles of Spokane County Fire District 1. In 2019, SVFD firefighter crews, including its paramedics and EMTs, responded to more than 18,326 emergency calls.
Established eighty years ago in 1940, SVFD is committed to pursuing excellence and is distinguished as an Accredited Agency by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International and by the fire district’s ISO Class 2 rating from the Washington Survey and Rating Bureau.
Connect with SVFD at: spokanevalleyfire.com. For department news, safety information, and timely updates, find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
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