| On Wednesday September 7, 2005, at 1719 hours, Company 6 (Huntingtown) and Ambulance 59 (Dunkirk) were alerted for the auto accident at 5005 Solomons Island Road. Chief 6, Squad 6 (Lt Cox, D), Engine 62 (Chief 6A, Riffe) and Ambulance 68 (Nasti) arrived to find a two-vehicle T-bone collision. Upon further evaluation, eight patients were found, three of them serious. Due to this, Squad 5 (Dunkirk), Ambulance 48 (Prince Frederick RS),and Ambulance 18 (North Beach) were alerted to the call. Squad 6 and Squad 5 stabilized and secured both vehicles along with assisting the EMS crews. Engine 62 established the Landing Zone at Kyler Rd and Route 4 for Trooper 2 and Trooper 7. Three patients were flown to Med Star, Children's Hospital and PG Shock Trauma. The remaining five patients were ground-transported to Calvert Memorial Hospital. Many thanks to the mutual aid EMS units that assisted. Units cleared at 1840 hours.
(2) Landing Zone pics courtesy of F/F P. Lenharr |
