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Firefighter Rescue- The Denver Drill

Posted On 22 Nov 2013
By : David J Soler
Comment: 1
Tag: Denver Drill, firefighter safety and su, RIT/RIC/FAST, truck company

On September 28, 1992, a 3 alarm fire broke out in Denver, CO on the 1600 Block of South Broadway.

During the fire operations, 39-year-old Mark Langvardt (16 Year Veteran), of Truck Co 16, became separated from his crew.

Due to collapse, intense heat and heavy smoke trapped Mark inside a storage room.

Inside this storage room there were heavy cabinets and equipment leaving an aisle way of only 28 inches wide. A flashlight was seen and recognized as a distressed signal from outside of the structure.

Firefighters responded by throwing ladders to the window and removing the bars on the windows. The firefighters then attempted to rescue Mark.

What seemed like an easy rescue of pulling him out of the window and climbing down the ladder, was shockingly hard and virtually impossible.

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This brother firefighter was right there, yet they were unable to pick him up and get him out of the window.

It sounds simple. Have you had the experience of doing the Denver drill live?

When I did it and others have too, it’s simply unbelievable to feel how hard it is to do. The reality is that most of us if not all of us would have failed to remove Mark from the structure that night.

Unfortunately, Mark perished that night serving others. He paid the ultimate price. May we always remember his service and sacrifice. Let us learn from this so it never happens again.

The great thing about this incident is that they went back and learned from the situation. Found out ways that if this was to happen again, they would be able to get that firefighter out and have a successful rescue.

Then it was shared throughout the country and was taught in the firefighter safety and survival classes. Have you taken them? I highly recommend it.

Here is the actual footage from that night back in 1992 and ways to solve for that type of rescue.

Although we watch these videos, it does not replace the need for doing it physically. It does look a lot easier to do than in reality. I promise you.

Here are the videos by DFDFire

 

Tell us your experience with the the Denver Drill.

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One Comment

  1. Brooke Ames October 1, 2014 at 9:11 am

    I recently attended a RIT class in which we performed this drill. I was so shocked by how difficult this was to complete. Even with coordination and good communication, the general concensus was, “He’s right here! We have this much manpower….why the hell is this so hard?” Our instructors were great and let us go at it without instruction the first attempt. We made all the mistakes; got jacked up with our air packs getting caught and not being able to complete even after we could get underneath the downed firefighter. After sweating and cursing for a good stint, our instructors stepped in and showed us the mechanics of doing the drill and executing the rescue properly. The instructors of RICCO Rescue are really competant and fantastic educators-I took a lot away from that drill…that helpless, hopeless feeling of “why can’t we get him out of here?!” Is something that sticks with you and makes you want to keep training even harder so that you never have to experience that again. -Brooke

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