Earlier this week, after a small elevator on a 662-foot self-supporting broadcast tower owned by NBC4 in Washington, DC malfunctioned and two employees were unable to return to the ground in Tenleytown where they were stuck at about the 350-foot level, a DC Fire and EMS team provided a rope rescue to bring the men to safety. The rescuers’ professionalism …
Heat-exhausted Texas tech is rescued from monopole by firefighters
UPDATE: September 9, 2019 – According to individuals knowledgeable of Friday’s incident in Katy, Texas where a tower tech was rescued by firefighters, the technician at first thought that he was having a heart attack and firefighters immediately arrived at the scene following a 911 call. The tech was checked out at the local hospital for heat exhaustion and …
Firefighters provide a successful heat-related rescue of tower tech
A tower tech was rescued by the Berwick, Louisiana Fire Department Wednesday afternoon after they received a report that he was suffering from heat exhaustion on top of a 100-foot self support tower at the Jesse Fontenot Boat Landing. Authorities said Gary Leger, 39, of Patterson, was overcome by the high temperatures and when he was unable to descent the tower …
Successful 300-foot heat exhaustion rescue performed by tower tech’s co-worker
Update: July 27, 2016 – According to crew leader Harold Finley, the tower tech that was rescued this afternoon, about 2:30 p.m., was 24-year-old tower climber Terry Thompson who had a number of years of experience in the industry. His rescuer was Bernard Holly. In a news report, Finley said, “All the Glory goes to God.” According to the FCC’s database, the …
