Firefighters Rescue Injured Hikers

The Chattanooga Fire Department conducted a successful rope rescue in Hixson after two hikers fell off a cliff and were injured. Firefighters responded to Greenway Farms (4000 block of Gann Store Road) at 1:30 on Saturday to begin the operation. One of the hikers broke his leg and the other injured his back in the fall. Crews were about a half mile in the woods roping the patients out. Engine 11, Squad 19, Ladder 19, Squad 7, Ladder 7, USAR 1, Battalion 2, Battalion 3, Special Operations, Chattanooga Hamilton County Rescue’s Rehab Truck Response and HCEMS were on the scene.

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