Rope Rescue in Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Oakville firefighters performed a rope rescue early Tuesday evening to reach a 15-year-old boy who was on a side of a cliff in Wildwoods Park.

Fire crews and paramedics were called to the scene, near Dorval Drive and North Service Road West, just before 6 p.m.

“The individual was down about 20 feet (7 metres) on a very, very steep incline,” said Deputy Fire Chief Andy Glynn. “Fire crews had to set up a rope rescue system to go down and remove him from the side of the bank.”

The rescue last approximately 1.5 hours, and the teen was transported by paramedics to Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital for a possible case of hypothermia.

Glynn said the Oakville Fire Department encourages residents to “stay away from those steep inclines on the river bank especially this time of year.”

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Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.

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