MVA WITH ENTRAPMENT INTERSTATE 85 @ 7 MILE MARKER

4-15-05

TOWNVILLE FIRE AND FORK EMS UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO I-85 FOR A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH ROLLOVER AND ENTRAPMENT. ENGINE 17 AND ENGINE 17-1 RESPONDED WITH A TOTAL OF 21 PERSONNEL. UPON ARRIVAL, ASSISTANT CHIEF McADAMS SET UP THE COMMAND AND PERSONNEL FOUND 1 PATIENT THAT WAS EJECTED, ONE PATIENT TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE, AND TWO OTHERS THAT WERE NOT INJURED. TWO HELICOPTERS WERE DISPATCHED AND CREWS WENT TO WORK ASSISTING EMS WITH PATIENT CARE, STABILIZING THE VEHICLE,  EXTRICATING THE PATIENT, AND SETTING UP A LANDING ZONE FOR THE HELICOPTERS. THANKS TO ALL MUTUAL AID AGENCIES THAT RESPONDED TO THIS INCIDENT.

TOWNVILLE FIRE UNITS: E-17, E-17-1                                                                                          

FORK RESCUE: MEDIC 8-2, RESCUE 8                                                                                        

MUTUAL AID: MEDSHORE MEDIC 9-9, PENDLETON MEDIC 7-0, REGIONAL ONE, SKYCARE, SCHP

PHOTOS BY ADAM WILLIAMS, WALKER MCELMOYLE VOL.  FIRE DEPT

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