Two siblings from Milton were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries after falling upwards of 20 to 25 metres at Burlington’s Mount Nemo Conservation Area early Wednesday afternoon.
A bystander called police at approximately 2:40 p.m. after finding the two people conscious and breathing in a crevice at the park, near Guelph Line and Britannia Road.
Halton police said the victims were a 20-year-old male, who had suffered apparent head injuries, and his 16-year-old sister.
The extent of the girl’s injuries is not known.
Police said the two were taking a photo when they got too close to the edge of a drop-off and tumbled into a crevice below.
Acting Burlington Fire Platoon Chief Phil Barry said emergency crews performed a high angle rope rescue to lift both parties up to safety using a bucket-style backboard.
Halton’s Paramedics Services said both were rushed to a local hospital with minor injuries.
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.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
