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SERIOUSLY TRAPPED ON FITZWATER DRIVE |
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June 12
2006
- At 1212 hrs, just as they were sitting down to
lunch, the Tower was dispatched to 14010 Fitzwater
Drive on mutual box 05-08 for an auto accident with
the report of a trapped victim. While responding,
Engine and Tanker 505 along with Medic 555 arrived
and advised the Battalion Chief that one victim was
trapped after a single vehicle accident with a tree.
On arrival, the Tower's men found the car seriously
wrapped around a tree. The crew from Engine 505 was
able to pop the passenger door and remove part of
the windshield before the Tower's arrival but the
extrication would take a lot more than that. Tower
501, along with Rescue 501 and Engine 505 first went
to work stabilizing the car and removing the roof.
After peeling away all of the plastic on the
dash, it was realized the patient's feet and legs
were extremely pinned. At first crews tried to push
the dash, but due to the way the crash HAD mangled
the vehicle, pushing the dash was not effective.
Instead, the Tower and Rescue used two spreaders at
the same time to free the patient. The first
spreader was used to push from the floor up against
the dash, while the second pushed from the tree
against the dash sideways, away from the patient.
Still, the patients shoes had to be cut off to
remove him from the car. With injuries to the
patient's legs and the possibility of more serious
internal injures, Battalion Chief 501 requested a
helicopter. Engine 525 handled the LZ. The patient
was removed in under 20 minutes and transported to
the LZ by Ambulance 508. The Tower went ready at
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photos courtesy of Jason Brown and Al Kellert. |
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