Huntingtown Auto Accident With Fully-Involved Vehicle |
| By Fire Captain & Public Information Officer (PIO) Jonathan Riffe | |
| October 23, 2014 | |
| At 0401 hours on Thursday October 23, 2014, the Huntingtown VFD & North Beach VFD Ambulance 18 were alerted for the Auto Accident in the 4900 block of Hardesty Road. As units began marking up, Communications advised that a vehicle was also on fire. This supplemental information added units from the Dunkirk VFD to the call. Huntingtown VFD Fire Chief (Spriggs), Rescue Engine 62 (Farrell) & Brush 6 (Sgt Miller) responded on the call and found a single-vehicle fully involved with fire that had struck a tree. The crew from Rescue Engine 62 deployed the front bumper line extinguishing the fire with assistance from Dunkirk VFD Squad 5. The single patient was transported by Ambulance 18 to Calvert Memorial Hospital. Units from the Huntingtown VFD returned to service at 0450 hours. Pictures courtesy of Huntingtown VFD member, Dennis Hook: www.DennisHook.smugmug.com. |
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| Units: | Fire Chief, Rescue Engine 62, Brush 6 |
| Mutual Aid: | North Beach VFD Ambulance 18, Dunkirk VFD Squad 5 & Ambulance 58 |