Firefighter ladder rescue

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Daniel Pinna

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10/15/2011

Firefighter ladder rescue

Practice drill demonstrating the proper procedure for firefighters rescuing survivors. It takes some skill for those firefighters wearing so much protective gear to hold a survivor over his should while walking downward on a ladder from the second story building.

This drill was orchestrated by the National First Aid Association in Boston Massachusetts in 1906.

Date & Place: 1906 at National First Aid Association in Boston, Massachusetts USA

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