Crews Respond to Towering Medical Emergency in Seaford

Crews operated Laurel’s Tower 81 apparatus to lower the patient approximately 80 feet to ground level. 

SEAFORD, DE– The Seaford and Laurel Fire Departments responded to a towering medical emergency today.

Laurel Fire says a man experienced a medical issue while working on top of a grain storage tank. Crews operated Laurel’s Tower 81 apparatus to lower the patient approximately 80 feet to ground level. 

The patient was reportedly examined by emergency medical services personnel before being transported to Tidal Health Nanticoke for further evaluation.

 

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