Technical Rescue at Six Flags America At 1423 hours on August 10th, Rescue Squad 14, Technical Support 14, Chief 14, and Chief 14A responded to the Six Flags America Amusement Park for the high angle rescue. The roller coaster “Joker’s Jinx” had become disabled approximately 80 feet above the ground, stranding 24 passengers in the cars. Technical rescue personnel made access to the stranded cars by climbing the tracks in order to secure the cars and determine the condition of the passengers. Crews determined that no one was in distress and provided the passengers with water and umbrellas to keep them cool. The Rescue Group determined the best course of action was to place each passenger in a rescue harness and move them to Aerial Towers to be brought to the ground. Due to the location of cars and their distance off the ground, Aerial Towers were requested from Andrews Air Force Base and Fairfax County Virginia because of the length of their ladders. Once the Aerial Towers were in place, 3 teams of technical rescue personnel assisted the passengers into rescue harnesses, secured them to life lines, and assisted them to the waiting aerial towers. All 24 passengers were removed from the roller coaster without incident and refused treatment or transport to the hospital. Chief 14 [McCoy] had the Six Flags Command; Chief 14A [Fabrizio] was the Rescue Group Supervisor
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 17:06:12 +0000
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