I have been a volunteer fireman for almost 30 years. We are in a rural area adjacent to a city of about 200,000. We go on around 120 calls a year. Rescue (and sometimes recovery) is always different, no two are the same. Humans can get themselves into some of the strangest situations. We have our local group of armchair quarterbacks who always know better. That is, until one of them needs a little help. In looking at the news reports and photos I am thankful we don't have anything like that in our area. There is no correct choice here. It's true that the gung ho all or nothing attitude has changed. But think about it: The hero goes in and gets hurt and now there are two (or more) people to rescue. Almost without exception, safety measures are developed because someone somewhere got hurt.
Our department is made up of 20 members, about half are farmers or work in the farming industry. The rest have varying talents ranging from electrical to plumbing to office type jobs. In the mix we usually have someone there who has knowledge about the situation and what to do.
From the description of the incident, it's pretty certain the victim could not have survived. There is no mention of what efforts have been made to locate him, so suggestions as to what "ought to be done" are worthless without all the information needed.
This post was edited by js305 at 07:14:26 12/07/13.
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