VIDEO: KLTVโs Jamey Boyum talks with Longview Fire Department Training Section Chief Steve Dankers about the importance of rope training. โRope rescue is one of our foundational skills, and so we use rope for many of the different technical rescue disciplines, whether itโs actually rescuing somebody high above the ground or in our swiftwater rescue, confined space rescue, trench rescue,โ Dankers said. The department had 16 new members to train on Tuesday, plus instructors involved. They do their own in-house training, and choose unique locations specifically for the challenge.
