A Bloomington FF is recovering from injuries after he fell down a ladder truck 30′ while helping during a training exercise at the city’s Public Safety Training Center. FF Johnson had been in the basket of an aerial ladder fire truck, next to a four-story tower, during rappelling and rope work training at the training center. On his way down from the basket and ladder, he slipped and injured his head and was not wearing a helmet. he is in critical but stable condition with a head injury, fractured vertebrae and an injured artery along his spine. His prognosis is good and is expected to eventually return to work.
