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| Firefighters bringing the bird and man safel |
In the early evening hours of Friday, April 27, 2012 Cherry Hill Fire Department's Squrt Company 1351 was dispatched for a public assist on the 1100 block of Chapel Avenue. Upon arriving at the Red Eagle Tavern, the company was flagged over by onlookers to the vacant lot at the corner of Woodland Avenue and Chapel Avenue. Civilians were pointing up into a group of trees claiming that a man was stuck up there with his pet bird.
Squrt 1351's officer and crew began to investigate. At first nothing could be seen but with a nice crisp breeze the trees began to sway revealing a man 80+ feet up in the air atop a tree. Firefighters quickly made verbal contact with the man and ensured he was okay, other than being stuck at the top of a tree. Squrt 1351 quickly requested the assistance of Tower Ladder 1324 and BLS 1396. Contact was made with Battalion 13 and Rescue 13 was added to the assignment.
Upon the arrival of Tower Ladder 1324 and Rescue 13, the crews began cutting away branches to allow the Tower Ladder Basket to be extended up to the man trapped in the tree. Two firefighters from Rescue 13 were rigged up and in the basket ready to remove the man from there tree. Once firefighters were able to get close enough to the man they attached a harness to him and moved him and his scarlet macaw, named Sinbad, safely into the basket of the Tower Ladder. No one was injured and another job, though an odd job, well done by the firefighters of the Cherry Hill Fire Department.
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| The bird and man were 80+ feet up in t |
Pictures of the Bird & the man being rescued can be seen here:
Courier Post Online
Video of the rescue:
Courier Post Online
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| Firefighters from Rescue 13 enter the bucket for the rescue |
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| Tower Ladder 24 at the start of the operation |
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| Rescue 13's High Angle Rescue equipment |
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Firefighters had to use chainsaws to clear
a path for the Tower Ladder Bucket |
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Tower Ladder 24 working its way to the bird
and man |
In the early evening hours of Friday, April 27, 2012 Cherry Hill Fire Department's Squrt Company 1351 was dispatched for a public assist on the 1100 block of Chapel Avenue. Upon arriving at the Red Eagle Tavern, the company was flagged over by onlookers to the vacant lot at the corner of Woodland Avenue and Chapel Avenue. Civilians were pointing up into a group of trees claiming that a man was stuck up there with his pet bird.
