Denver High Angle Rescue

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At 11:00 on February 15th, 2016 Denver Fire Department was dispatched to a high angle rescue near 18th St. and Lincoln St. A construction worker fell while working in a hole at a construction site in the 1700 block of Lincoln and injured his back. Firefighters used ropes, a stokes basket and the aerial on Truck 8 to lift the injured worker out of the construction site up to a waiting ambulance.

Units on Scene: Chief 2, Engine 1, Tower 1, Engine 6, Tower 8 & Rescue 1

Denver Paramedics: Ambulance 31

Denver Police Department