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07/09/08
Motor Vehicle
Accident with Entrapment
Just prior to
16:00 hrs, Station 20 and EMS were alerted to the area
of Claire Road and Chestnut Street for an MVA with
entrapment. Ambulance 20 responded upon dispatch while
(Loaner) Engine 1-20 responded within three minutes with
a full crew. Tanker 20 and Ambulance 1-20 also responded
to assist. Chief 2-20 arrived on the scene to confirm a
Ford explorer on its side in the middle of the street
with one entrapped. Engine 1-20, and Tanker 20 arrived
and made quick work of flapping the roof down and having
the patient packaged and onto the litter within eight
minutes of arriving on the scene. While Ambulance 20 and
MICU 18 assessed the entrapped patient, Ambulance 1-20
assessed another patient and obtained a refusal. All
units were available within twenty five minutes of
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06/08/08
Tactical
Alarm
Just after
Lunch at 12:35 hrs, Station 20 was alerted to a vehicle
fire on I-180 East just West of the Fairfield Road Exit.
Captain Hutchins was just returning from the CAFCA
training grounds on I-180 east with Engine 1-20. Captain
Hutchins Responded driver only and arrived to flake his
own 1 ¾” line off the engine. Tanker 20 arrived on scene
to find the engine's line flaked out and ready for use.
While Captain Hutchins charged the line Tanker 20's crew
began the attack. Tanker 20 was ready to make water to
the Engine if needed. The fire was placed under control
within a minute, and a special thanks to Captain
Hutchins for making our job that much easier!!!!!!!!!! |
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06/04/08
Box
20-5 Garage Fire
As
the rain fell, Station 20 was advised by the 911
Center of a possible attached garage fire on
Colonial Drive (Box 20-5). Tanker 20 responded
within two minutes of dispatch. The 20 House
live-in members piggybacked the tanker along
with a response from Ambulance 20. An officer
from a neighboring department arrived to find
the fire was out with no extension noted and was
due to a garden tractor on fire. Chief 20
notified county to hold with Tanker and
Ambulance 20. Chief 20 arrived to find nothing
showing. A tractor was extinguished and removed
from the structure prior to our arrival. Chief
20 placed the box in service once a thermal
imaging camera was ran through the structure.
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06/02/08
Working Box 20-1
This
afternoon brought a working fire to the Borough
of Montoursville. At 13:10 the 20 House was
dispatched for a kitchen fire at The Mill Race
Commons complex (Box 20-1). Mill Race Commons is
a retirement apartment building and also one of
several commercial box assignments in our first
due. All three Chiefs responded on the box, and
the working fire box was placed in service
bringing three engines, two rescues and a Mobile
Intensive Care unit. Chief 2-20 arrived on scene
and assisted the sprinkler system with an
extinguisher until Ladder 20 could arrive.
Ladder 20 went to work with a full crew of six
personnel and assisted chief 2-20 with an
additional extinguisher while also venting and
overhauling the apartment. A primary search was
completed with no victims found. Tanker 20, and
Engine 1-20 arrived to assist Ladder 20 with
Resident evacuation of the structure. All
residents were accounted for, and fire was held
to the fire room. Along with Ambulance 20,
several additional BLS units with two additional
ALS units were requested due to outside
temperatures. This marks two dwelling fires
within 24 hours for Station 20.
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06/01/08
Working Box
45-3
At 16:31 hrs.
Ladder 20 was placed on a second alarm assignment to 216
Staver Street in Jersey Shore Borough (Box 45-3).
Reports from the scene advised house well involved with
possible exposures. Ladder 20 responded in two minutes
with a full crew. Ladder 20 arrived on scene and went to
work assisting with overhaul. Once operations were
complete, Ladder 20 returned to service. |
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06/01/08.
Motor
Vehicle Accident at Wal-Mart
During lunch at just a minute after noon
Station 20 was alerted to a vehicle accident
with unknown injuries in the parking lot of
Wal-Mart. The Rescue Engine and Ambulance
responded on the accident within three minutes,
and arrived on scene to find several vehicles
involved. After the officer of Engine 1-20 did a
scene size up it was determined that eight
vehicles were involved with two possible
injuries. While EMS assessed a patient in one of
the vehicles, the Rescue Engine crew stabilized
the vehicle and contained fluid hazards. The
Ambulance obtained two refusals, and all units
were placed in service within a half hour of
dispatch.
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