Post by Ladder09 on Sept 3, 2009 10:49:17 GMT -5
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At 3:41 AM the Twin Valley Fire Department along with Station 89 Ambulance (Elverson EMS) and Medic 93 (Brandywine), were alerted to a motor vehicle accident with possible entrapment in the 2000 block of Ridge Road in Warwick Township.
Chief 69 (C.Witkowski) made the response, and was advised by the Chester County Fireboard that they received reports of one vehicle into a pole with the operator believed to still be inside. Ambulance 89-1 arrived and confirmed one vehicle through a telephone pole, into the woods, with the occupant heavily trapped.
Engine 69-1 and Rescue 69 arrived with a crew of ten firefighters. Engine 69-1's crew led off with chainsaws, and began to clear a path to access the vehicle. Rescue 69's crew provided some much needed lighting and began planning an extrication. The patient was heavily trapped inside the passenger car, hanging upside down in thick brush and vines.
An air medical helicopter was requested to the scene to quickly transport the patient to a trauma center. With the TVFD crew tied up on the extrication, Engine 62-1 (Ridge Fire Co.) was requested to establish a landing zone at the Warwick Elementary School.
TVFD apparatus cleared at 5:19 AM, while the TVFD fire police remained on scene until 8:14 AM providing traffic control for the state police investigation and telephone company repairs.
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At 3:41 AM the Twin Valley Fire Department along with Station 89 Ambulance (Elverson EMS) and Medic 93 (Brandywine), were alerted to a motor vehicle accident with possible entrapment in the 2000 block of Ridge Road in Warwick Township.
Chief 69 (C.Witkowski) made the response, and was advised by the Chester County Fireboard that they received reports of one vehicle into a pole with the operator believed to still be inside. Ambulance 89-1 arrived and confirmed one vehicle through a telephone pole, into the woods, with the occupant heavily trapped.
Engine 69-1 and Rescue 69 arrived with a crew of ten firefighters. Engine 69-1's crew led off with chainsaws, and began to clear a path to access the vehicle. Rescue 69's crew provided some much needed lighting and began planning an extrication. The patient was heavily trapped inside the passenger car, hanging upside down in thick brush and vines.
An air medical helicopter was requested to the scene to quickly transport the patient to a trauma center. With the TVFD crew tied up on the extrication, Engine 62-1 (Ridge Fire Co.) was requested to establish a landing zone at the Warwick Elementary School.
TVFD apparatus cleared at 5:19 AM, while the TVFD fire police remained on scene until 8:14 AM providing traffic control for the state police investigation and telephone company repairs.
More pics:
www.tvfd69.com/index.cfm?fs=news.newsView&News_ID=367