This from Colton Latham:
Frankfort had a technical rescue last night (1/11/24) for a utility contractor trapped on the roof of the 125-foot Frankfort Grainery building, a local landmark. The contractor, not yet identified, was working on the large antenna on top of the building, when he fell about 15 feet, breaking his arm. He called 9-1-1 on his own cellphone, which eventually initiated a response from the MABAS 19 and CART technical rescue teams. Tinley Park FD deployed their tower ladder and was able to take the man down to the ground from a window about 80 feet up before being loaded into Frankfort Ambulance 73. The initial call went out at around 5:30 with units clear at around 7-8:00
A wide shot of the units on the south side of the building
Tinley Park Tower Ladder 48 reaching up to an 80′ high window
A scene view
“New” Tinley Park Squad 46
The contractor being brought to the ground on a stokes basket in Tower Ladder 48
Tower Ladder 48 going back up to bring down more personnel and equipment
Tower Ladder 48 packing up
Manhattan Squad 81 outing light in the scene
Frankfort CART Squad 76 repositioning
Excerpts from wgntv.com:
A man was rescued Thursday afternoon at the Frankfort Grainery after he fell while working on an antenna. The man fell around 2:30 p.m. while he was working on a cell phone tower and severely fractured his arm.
Around 4:45 p.m, the Frankfort Fire Department and other agencies started to bring the worker down.
“He was on top of the roof, had about a 15-foot fall with a severe arm injury,” Frankfort Fire Protection District Deputy Chief Paul Kinsella said. “We quickly made contact with him via cell phone, deployed a drone up to get a visual on him right away, realized he wouldn’t be able to walk down.”
Firefighters from multiple agencies and technical rescue teams were called in to help.
Once firefighters made it to the roof, they warmed the man with blankets and hot packs.
thanks Martin
#1 by Matt on January 19, 2024 - 9:22 PM
The Freightliner box truck is the MABAS Division 24 CART vehicle
#2 by Colton Latham on January 19, 2024 - 3:10 PM
The box truck (Frankfort FPD/CART Squad 74) is just a support unit, I would assume it just has extra lumber, shoring materials, ropes, etc
#3 by Bill on January 14, 2024 - 10:00 PM
What does the box truck hold
#4 by MABAS 21 on January 13, 2024 - 9:27 AM
Smart decision on their end.
#5 by Matt on January 12, 2024 - 9:21 PM
Manhattan kept the squad but they have turned it into more of a special operations type vehicle and moved away from pulling trailers
#6 by MABAS 21 on January 12, 2024 - 12:12 PM
Wasn’t the Manhattan Squad for sale a few years ago? Or am I thinking of Cherry Valley’s?