Billings Fire Dept Assists Stranded Hiker at Zimmerman Park

A hiker had a scary incident on Tuesday (6/21) in a Yellowstone County park, according to a social media post from the Billings Fire Department.

At 5:38 pm Tuesday evening, firefighters from the BFD were dispatched to Zimmerman Park to "assist a stranded hiker," but at the time of the post on Twitter, there was no other information about the rescue.

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Darrek Mitchell was the Billings Fire Battalion Chief on the scene and said they provided "steep angle assist for a teenager" who was in Zimmerman Park.

The teen was in "no danger of falling," according to Mitchell, but they did help the individual up a "steep slope."

Billings Firefighters took less than two minutes to assist the teen once on scene at Zimmerman Park, according to BFD Battalion Chief Mitchell.

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