| Monday March 5, 2012 at 1538 hours, The Fire Chief (Riffe), DFC (Morris), Safety 6 (McKenny), Squad 6 (Smith, D), Engine 62 (Cox, D), Ambulance 69 (Morgal, H) and Ambulance 69 (Ward) were alerted for the school-bus accident at Route 2 and Pushaw Station Road. The Huntingtown Volunteers arrived on location to find a tractor-trailer that had slammed into the rear of a school-bus with children still on board. EMS crews immediately went to work triaging and treating the 6 patients. Squad 6 went to work stabilizing both vehicles and tending to a reported ruptured diesel fuel tank. Engine 62 arrived on location and stood-by with a charged hose-line.
In addition to both Huntingtown VFD Ambulances, Dunkirk VFD Ambulance 58 and North Beach VFD Ambulance 19 were requested to the scene. Due to the injuries of the tractor trailer driver, a Medic Unit was requested and the patient was flown to a local trauma center. The Landing Zone was handled by Dunkirk VFD Engine 51.
Command: Chief 6; Operations: Deputy Chief 6
Units operated on the scene for approximately 45 minutes before being alerted to a Residential Haz-Mat Box in the 613 Box.
All pictures courtesy of Member, Dennis Hook: www.DennisHook.smugmug.com |
