![]() ![]() provides first responders with critical, technical knowledge and skills to be able to successfully respond to a variety of incidents. This training, conducted by Tech Rescue Trainers, Inc. He pointed up and sure enough, there were several smudges along the turbine where firefighters had pushed themselves off of the turbine as the wind tried to push them into the sides of it. “You can actually see the hand prints on the side of the turbine up there! That’s from us trying to steady ourselves as the wind blew us around.” “We were being blown around up there like ragdolls,” said Jason Shipe, firefighter. For those who had conducted the training two days prior, the wind was brutal. “Once I was out of the hatch, I just looked out and realized what a nice view I had!” Jaramillo could be heard telling his fellow firefighters.įortunately for firefighters doing their training on April 15, the weather was cooperating and it was a clear, sunny day with little wind. Once he reached the bottom, other firefighters assisted him with regaining his footing, removing the carabiners from his harness and the main line and you could hear the excitement in their voices and they discussed the descent. As Jaramillo descended down the main line, he used a self-tracking boule device as he maintained his steady balance in the harness attached around his torso and limbs. ![]() Ropes were attached to the interior of the turbine’s anchor points, and then 300 feet of half inch life safety rope was extended to the bottom, where it was attached to the base. įirefighters and paramedics with Fire and Emergency Services conduct Technical Rope Rescue training aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California, the week of April 12.ĭangling 230 feet in the air, from the side of a massive wind turbine, Grant Jaramillo, firefighter-paramedic, let out a “whoop!” and down he came, slow and steady. MARINE CORPS LOGISTICS BASE BARSTOW, Calif. Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program. ![]()
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