(Haipo) – A helicopter team from the Lehava unit, in cooperation with a police helicopter from the air force, rescued a 40-year-old woman who broke her leg in the Yatsfor Stream near Ma'ale Gilboa. The rescue was carried out in light of difficult terrain and vehicle access problems, which prevented a normal ground evacuation.
Extracting musk from the Yazpur River ► View
Rescue of a Musket in challenging terrain conditions
Fire and rescue teams from the Afula region arrived in the Nahal Yatspur area and joined the Emekim rescue unit and medical teams that were called to the scene. After assessing the situation on the ground, it became clear that the difficult terrain and very limited access to the victim did not allow for ground evacuation, and therefore it was decided to launch a helicopter with rescuers from the Lehba unit, the national special rescue unit. The firefighting teams on foot harnessed the victim to a stretcher while the helicopter hovered close to the ground under challenging terrain conditions, and then the Lehba rescuers evacuated the trapped woman, harnessed to a stretcher, to the evacuation point where a medical team was waiting to treat her.
Shift Commander: "A complex rescue with very limited access"
The commander of the Afula region's shift, Rabbi Reshef Golan Tamam, said that this was a complex rescue in difficult terrain, with very limited access to the victim. According to him, after assessing the situation on the ground, a decision was made to perform a rescue by helicopter, which allowed for a quick and safe evacuation to the treatment point. Rabbi Reshef Tamam added that the firefighting teams and Lehma rescuers acted professionally and in full coordination throughout all stages of the rescue, and the victim was transferred to medical care. This was a rescue operation that demonstrated the cooperation between the various agencies: fire and rescue, the police air force, the "Emakim" rescue unit and the medical teams, who worked together to save the woman from the difficult terrain.
