Rope Rescue Team Pulls Person to Safety After 40-Foot Drop Into Discovery Park Embankment

Crews from Rescue Company 1 took the lead, methodically cutting through the heavy brush to carve a path down to where the patient was waiting. Firefighters were then lowered down the embankment on ropes to make direct contact, assess the patient’s condition, and prepare them for extraction.

Rather than hauling the patient back up the way they came, crews chose to lower them further down to the beach below using a Stokes basket, a metal frame stretcher used in technical rescues that keeps patients secure and protected during difficult extractions. Additional firefighters and medics were staged on the beach and ready to receive them when they arrived.

Medics evaluated the patient at the scene and found no serious injuries requiring hospital care. The patient declined transport and was released at the scene.