AUSTIN, TEXAS TV STATION KXAN reports today:

Firefighters rappelled down the IMAX Theatre in Downtown Austin for the opening of a movie about wildfires.

It’s something you don’t see every day, but firefighters actually use this technique more than you think.

“The most frequent use of the rappelling team with special operations is in the Barton Creek Greenbelt and in the area greenbelts around Austin in the Wildland,” said Austin Fire Department Battalion Chief Harry Evans, “is where we typically use when we have a patient that’s fallen down a cliff face, and we try to access that patient with rescuers.”

Smokey the Bear was also on hand to kick off the movie called “Wildfires, Feel the Heat.” It’s the newest film to hit the IMAX inside the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.

Austin Fire Dept. WEBSITE.

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