If you’re working in a confined space and the unthinkable happens, your team can just call 911, right? According to Gary Toothe, F.S. Solutions customer training manager, dead wrong.
“Calling 911 is not going to work, because most fire departments, especially volunteer fire departments, are not trained in confined-space rescue.”
Take Atlanta, Toothe’s closest city center. He says the metropolis has three departments that are trained for confined-space rescue — out of 34 total stations.
“If they happen to be out at a fire, they’re not going to let the building burn down,” Toothe says. “You may not have (a large)
