By BECKY THOMAS
Staff Reporter
It's not often in Cheney that someone falls down a manhole or gets stuck atop a grain elevator.
When it does happen, a rescue requires special equipment to do it right. Thanks to grants, the Cheney Fire Department has the equipment and the training to rescue someone trapped in a space that is small or hard to access.
Lt. Ken Johnson said there were three incidents over the last 15 years when rescuers could have used a rescue basket to lower someone from a height or a tripod and pulley system to pull a victim from a tunnel. Johnson said firefighters were lucky to...
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