| Friday May 1, 2009, at 1009 hours, a medical emergency was dispatched at 4015 Robison Road for the broken leg. Supplemental information received reported the lady was on the 2nd floor of a garage under construction with no means of egress. This brought Chief 6 (Riffe), Chief 6B (Thrasher), Chief 6C (Morris), Engine 61 (Miller), Squad 6 (Williams), and Ambulance 69 (Gadway). Units arrived to find the same with the lady suffering from a compound fracture. With the use of the stokes basket, rigging equipment, and three ladders, the lady was safely lowered to safety and transported to Calvert Memorial Hospital.
With the above three crews on the street, a 4th crew responded with Ambulance 68 (Colliflower) to a seperate medical local. In addition, a 5th crew remained in quarters the entire time. |
