Bartlett Tree Experts held their annual aerial training with their Kelowna team on Wednesday, Nov. 29.

This year Bartlett含羞草研究社檚 Kelowna manager Mike Parsons also invited the City of Kelowna arborist team to join them.

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This training is essential for arborists on the ground to know what to do if their co-worker in the tree has an emergency. The one-day training session on Wednesday featured demonstrations, practice opportunities, and lessons and prepares climbers and arborists for different emergency scenarios, rescues, and maneuvers.

含羞草研究社淭hese types of training sessions are extremely important, not just to prepare the crew in case of an emergency, but to remind them how important safety is,含羞草研究社� continued Parsons. 含羞草研究社淲e have safety meetings every week, and this past year we went the entire year without an incident, which I am incredibly proud of. This type of accomplishment can only happen if safety is front and centre in the minds of the team.含羞草研究社�

This year含羞草研究社檚 training sessions took place on the elk trees outside Elks Stadium. Bartlett含羞草研究社檚 regional manager Matt Beatty travelled up from Burnaby to join the training session.

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