Firefighters used a new piece of equipment to rescue a construction ... fire officials said. A “metal stokes” basket was employed to pull the hurt worker to the surface following the 11: ...

Rescue crews scaled the rock to reach both victims, using a rope system, a Stokes basket, and a rescue harness to bring the two people down the cliff for treatment. One person was airlifted to a ...

Duluth firefighter Chris Orman and a training dummy secured in a Stokes basket are lifted into the air by Tower 1 during high-angle rescue training at the downtown fire station Wednesday morning.