Two workers were stranded on a gondola handing outside the window of a 40th storey building in Tanjong Pagar, and had to be rescued by the Singapore Civil Defence Force yesterday (20 March).
SCDF’s statements
[Final update: Height Rescue Operation @ No. 168, Robinson Rd]
Earlier this afternoon, at about 1:40 p.m., SCDF was activated for a height rescue incident involving two workers who were stranded on a gondola which was stuck at the 40th floor of the abovementioned location.
SCDF firefighters from Marina Bay Fire Station were the first to arrive and proceeded to the 41st floor to assess the gondola’s stability and the condition of the two workers.
SCDF’s elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) was also activated and set up their height rescue system on the rooftop. Rescue ropes were lowered to a platform on the 41st floor where DART mounted the rescue operation from.
A DART specialist descended onto the gondola and secured the first worker before hoisting him up to safety on the 41st floor. The second worker who had difficulty moving, was secured onto a rescue stretcher and brought up safely to the 41st floor.
Both workers were assessed by an SCDF paramedic and conveyed to the Singapore General Hospital.
SCDF’s earlier statements
[Update 1: Height Rescue Operation @ No. 168, Robinson Rd]
At about 1:40 p.m. today (20 Mar), SCDF was activated for a height rescue incident involving two workers who were stranded on a gondola stuck at the 40th floor of the abovementioned location.
Both workers have been rescued and brought to safety inside the building by rescuers from the SCDF’s elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team.
[Height Rescue Operation @ No. 168, Robinson Road]
SCDF was alerted to an incident involving two workers on a gondola stuck on the 40th floor of the above location.
SCDF is currently at scene conducting a height rescue operation.