The foot of a mountain climber in Guanshanling was sprained, and rescuers from the Taitung Fire Station rescued him.

(Reported by Huang Mingtang)

[Reporter Huang Mingtang / Taitung Report] Taitung Fire Department search and rescue personnel carried out 3 rescue missions for accidents in the Nanheng Mountains today. To make matters worse, the passage of rocks on Xiangyang Road on the 20th line of Taitung continued, the road was blocked, and it coincided with a large number of mountaineers during the National Day holiday. When going up the mountain, the lanes of Taiwan Line 20 were blocked, and the search and rescue personnel at the foot of the mountain could not go up the mountain, and the search and rescue personnel on the mountain could not go down the mountain.

On the 7th of this month, there was a trauma case involving a climber between Guanshan and Hainuonan in the southern section. The ground search and rescue personnel of the Taitung Fire Station cooperated with the air crew to complete the hanging rescue this morning. A total of 9 search and rescue personnel from the first and second stages returned from the southern section of the mountain. On the way, the Fire Department's Disaster Rescue and Rescue Command Center received successive cases of mountain sickness and sprained feet of a mountaineer from Xiaoguanshan Mountain from 11:00 a.m.

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After receiving the report, the Taitung Fire Department took into account the current fire fighting capabilities. The first and second search and rescue personnel went down the mountain one after another to deal with the sprained foot of a mountain climber in Guanshanling Mountain. In addition, Xiaoguanshan cooperated with the mountain sickness case. Lin Dao went there, coordinated the Kaohsiung City Fire Department to dispatch personnel to deal with it, and simultaneously applied for the fire department and the Air Service Corps helicopter to carry the fire department Special Search and Rescue Team Eastern Division personnel for rescue. However, due to the thick clouds and poor visibility, the helicopter was unable to return to the rescue.

After the rescuers from Taitung Fire Station supported the sprained patient in Guanshanlingshan, the personnel kept on gathering the first and second echelon search and rescue personnel, considering the physical strength and physical condition of the personnel, and reorganized the manpower. The Luye team leader Fang Qijun led the team members Hu Junxiong, Zhang Junjing, Zhang Yiwei and a total of 4 firefighters tomorrow to continue the Xiaoguanshan cooperation altitude sickness case, and at the same time apply for tomorrow's air crew helicopter rescue. The patient can go down the mountain early to receive appropriate medical treatment.

Taitung Fire Bureau calls on the Nanheng Highway to be opened in May, and a large number of tourists and people will be flooded to climb the mountain. So far, many mountain accidents have occurred, and the burden of fire rescue and rescue efforts has greatly increased. It reminds the climbers to strictly evaluate themselves when engaging in mountaineering activities. Mountaineering ability, and prepare relevant equipment and equipment to maintain their own safety in response to the changing environment in the mountains.

The foot of a mountain climber in Guanshanling was sprained, and rescuers from the Taitung Fire Station rescued him.

(Reported by Huang Mingtang)