East Kilbride is the only fire station in the west of Scotland with a specialist rope rescue team
A crew of 10 from Scottish Fire and Rescue’s rope rescue unit carried out jaw-dropping exercises which saw three trainees abseil off the top floor of Centre West car park carrying a horizontal stretcher.
The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.They are trained to carry out difficult and often grim rescues at a variety of risky spots including cliffs and quarries, high structures such as bridges, tower cranes, pylons and wind turbines, as well as rescues from sewers.
He said: “We get a certain amount of training reserve days where a standby fire engine is brought into East Kilbride which allows us to go out and concentrate on rope rescue. It’s a specialist skill so it means we have uninterrupted time to train. “As much as it’s about training this is about getting our guys up to a standard where they’re a full member of the team.
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