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A technical rescue team trained for high-angle and rope rescue rappelled down a ravine to help a hiker who fell at Hoover's Moss Rock Preserve. The rescue took about an hour and a half. (Submitted photo)

HOOVER, Alabama - A hiker who fell into a ravine Saturday afternoon at Hoover's Moss Rock Preserve was rescued by a team of responders who rappelled down to where she landed.

At 2:15 p.m. Hoover officials were notified that someone had fallen while hiking, Hoover Fire Department Executive Officer Rusty Lowe said.

First responders found the woman but had a difficult time helping her back to the trail from where she had landed near a waterfall about 20 feet below, Lowe said.

They called in the technical rescue team, which is trained for high-angle and rope rescue. Members of the team rappelled down, stabilized the woman into a basket stretcher and got her out of the ravine using ropes. The rescue took about an hour and a half.

"It's a pretty steep ravine so it was a difficult rescue," Lowe said. "That's what these guys are trained in, and they did a great job getting her out."

The woman was taken to UAB Hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening. She is in stable condition.

Hoover's technical rescue team responds to certain emergencies, such as trench rescue, structural collapse, high-angle rope rescue, confined space incidents, vehicle extrication and surface water rescues.