Officer in stable condition after fall at Coral Springs Fire Academy

CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. (WSVN) - A Coral Springs Police officer is in stable condition after a fall at the Coral Springs Fire Academy.

Air rescue responded to the scene, located near Northwest 42nd Street and 120th Avenue just before 10 a.m., Wednesday.

According to Coral Springs Police officials, the officer was injured during an exercise from the academy’s SWAT training day.

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue transported the officer to Broward Health North with injuries that were not life-threatening.

The officer was said to be alert and conscious when he arrived at the hospital.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the officer has been listed in stable condition.

“When we train, usually we always try to reenact everything to what could happen if we ever need to do it,” said Coral Springs Officer Tyler Reik. “Any events that we do, we do train like it could happen with the real thing, so that goes with the dangers of training. You still try to experience everything and make it as real as possible during the scenarios.”

7News previously got a view from the top of the tower at the academy when tagging along as emergency crews practiced scaffolding rescue training.

“How to overcome the mechanics when there’s a failure,” said Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Capt. Jeremy Rifflard in an interview back in January.

That kind of training likely came in handy when the rescue crews saved one of their own, Wednesday.

“I believe he is going to be OK. He was alert and conscious when he was transported out of here,” said Reik.

The officer was said to have injured his lower body, potentially suffering a broken leg.

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