Rescue of a casualty injured in a fall at a building site in Preston

Date: 26/03/2018

Time: 09:07:00

Address: Garstang Road, Preston

Incident Number: 1803008399

‪Fire engines and crews from Preston (2 plus Aerial Ladder Platform), Chorley/USAR (2) and Fulwood responded to a call from the Ambulance Service to assist in rescuing a casualty who had fallen from a ladder at the 3rd floor level of a building under construction on Garstang Rd, Preston. With HART team in attendance, firefighters brought the casualty safely down on a stretcher in the Aerial Ladder Platform’s rescue cage and he was taken to hospital by ambulance.