Pooler Fire-Rescue Responds to Industrial Confined-Space Medical Emergency

Pooler, GA - C-Shift firefighters from Pooler Fire-Rescue responded Thursday to an industrial facility in Station 3’s district to provide emergency medical care and safely lower a worker who became incapacitated inside a storage tank.

Emergency communications dispatched Pooler Fire-Rescue companies on Thursday, November 5, 2026, following reports of an incapacitated worker inside an industrial tank. Due to the high-risk nature of confined-space and elevated industrial emergencies, multiple technical rescue and command resources were mobilized to the scene.

On-site personnel successfully extricated the worker from the tank interior prior to the arrival of fire apparatus. First-arriving Pooler crews confirmed the individual had been removed from the confined space and immediately ascended to the elevated walkway at the top of the tank to establish advanced patient care and stabilization.

Working together, firefighters safely packaged and lowered the patient from the elevated catwalk to ground level for further medical evaluation and transport.

Pooler Fire-Rescue units operating on scene included Engine 601, Rescue 601, Battalion 601, and Chiefs 601 and 603.