Woman Jumps to Safety in Tower Ladder . . . Berlin Germany 8/15/26

Lebby said:
Would've been an excellent opportunity for the LSR.
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Who would have had the rope, Phil? The woman? The FF below her? I don't understand your saying it would be a perfect opportunity for the LSR (most likely because of my feeble brain's lack of knowledge about LSR techniques).
 
raybrag said:
Who would have had the rope, Phil? The woman? The FF below her? I don't understand your saying it would be a perfect opportunity for the LSR (most likely because of my feeble brain's lack of knowledge about LSR techniques).
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Not knocking the members involved, they certainly got the job done. But, ideally, the members on the floor above would've performed the evolution with the pickup being on the floor below. Four years ago, a similar situation occured where they executed a rope rescue.

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Gotcha, Phil. I was having a senior moment when I asked the question. I was thinking that the LSR was the rope members can use when in an untenable situation rather than dive out a window. My bad. Thanks for your reply.

Ray
 
In the FDNY we are able to place a portable ladder into the Tower Ladder basket to extend the ladder to people trapped above the height of the tower ladder. Years ago, this was actually done in I think Brooklyn. Also, years ago a FDNY Evolution was on the books for this operation using both portable ladders and back then scaling ladders from a Tower Ladder bucket. It is always a best practice to have a rope, preferably a "Life Saving Rated Rope" in the Tower Ladder basket, to be used to raise ladders or tools up to the deployed Tower Ladder basket or in an emergency to use for escape from the TL Basket or to pass up to the roof or other area for use in a Lifesaving rope rescue = "Up and over", for someone trapped in the rear of the building. Captain Bob Rainey FDNY Engine 26 retired
 
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