Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade

Line Rescue Team

Training at Salisbury Crags  -  1998

Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade Fire Rescue Team, Training on Salisbury Crags, 1998

©  Reproduced with acknowledgement to Scott Wright

 

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Thank you to Scott Wright for allowing me to reproduce this photo.

Scott wrote:

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"As a young boy, I was in love with the idea of becoming a firefighter - so much that I started cycling to fires etc and taking pics.

I got to know a lot about Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade,  and a lot of the firefighters.  But I grew up and discovered the world kind of pushing my  interest to one side, along with the hundreds of photos I had taken,

Line Rescue Team

"This photo is of the Tollcross firefighters who were part of the special 'Line Rescue' team.  The team was relatively new, and was on exercise at Salisbury Crags, when this photo was taken in 1998.  The teams have since gone on to save many people.

Tollcross and Newcraighall were the only two stations that had these teams.  The purpose of these teams was to rescue folk trapped on Arthur's Seat, Salisbury Crags, Castle Rock, etc.

Scott Wright:  May 13, 2010

More Photos

Here are two more photos of the team training at Salisbury Crags in 1998:

Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade Fire Rescue Team, Training on Salisbury Crags, 1998 ©        Lothian & Borders Fire Brigade Fire Rescue Team, Training on Salisbury Crags, 1998 ©

 

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