Liberty Hose Co. No. 2 - Incident Detail #2844

At the request of Chief 19-1 Company 22 dispatched class one to the area near Minnich Hit picnic area in Jefferson Township to assist with helping a hunter out of the woods that had fallen down an embankment. Truck 22 responded with 6, Engine 22 with 4, 5 members POV, and Utility 22 with 4 after the cleared from the earlier mountain fire in Middle Paxton Township. Initial the Company staged at the parking lot at Powells Valley Road and Lykens Road, and then were re directed to the Minnich Hit picnic area to stage. On arrival at staging the crew took the rope haul system and stokes basket from the truck kand went out White Oak Road until they reached the approximate area where the hunter was down. Using a haul system the crew was able to remove the hunter from his predicament and out to a pickup on a stokes basket that took him back to the staging area for transfer to an awaiting 24 EMS ambulance.After transfer the Company was placed available by command.