OIFR simulates accident at skate park for training

Firefighters and Emergency Medical Technicians trained together on

April 21 to learn new technical rescue skills using the skate park bowl as a rescue site. Orcas High school student Di Wang Mowrey posed as a

skateboard grinder with a life-threatening trauma. Using a roof ladder and rescue stokes basket, responders were able to successfully lift their patient over the high concrete wall.