The Grenfell Tower catastrophe is bringing some shortcomings
into focus as far as the availability of rescue equipment that might have been
able to assist the emergency services.
There are some pieces of equipment around London that might have been
able to reach to the upper stories to provide an avenue of escape.
People familiar with powered access equipment may be aware
of the broad population of access equipment from scissor lifts to very tall
truck mounted machines, but there has not been a connection between the
emergency services and the owners of those machines.
What if the equipment rental companies and the local fire
service administrators could begin to learn from each other with the intent of
saving lives? The emergency services
could have contact information and lists of the available equipment, and the
equipment companies could have employees that have undergone some basic training
to safely assist fire personnel in rescues.
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