Longview Fire Department holds rope training exercise

VIDEO: KLTVโ€™s Jamey Boyum talks with Longview Fire Department Training Section Chief Steve Dankers about the importance of rope training. โ€œRope rescue is one of our foundational skills, and so we use rope for many of the different technical rescue disciplines, whether itโ€™s 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.

KLTV ABC 7 Tyler

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