ME10 arrived on scene of this TCEX to find a vehicle that had struck a pole. The incident was dispatched at 0136 on 11/23. The 3 high voltage lines and the pole were still intact, however, in the dark picture below you can see that all 3 lines were displaced from their … [Read more...]
DIVE INCIDENT LEADS TO SICK FIREFIGHTER
My son just got out of the hospital after a 3 day stay and being sick for a week before that due to a water rescue call. He responded to a drowning in Lake Michigan of Pleasant Prairie Wisconsin. About 72 hour later he started having vomiting, diarrhea and severe stomach pain. … [Read more...]
BSI NEEDED FOR COMBATIVE PATIENT
This past Sunday, My small local volunteer Department from LI New York responded to a call for an unresponsive male. The first arriving chief found a male about 30 years old laying on his bedroom floor. His family stated he had been drinking the night before and taken some … [Read more...]
SHOOTING CALL TURNS INTO POLICE STAND OFF
On Memorial Day of this past year I was working an overtime shift during the day at a station not far from my normal station. At about 730am we were alerted with the engine and EMS supervisor for a person shot at a nearby golf course. The comments advised that the caller had … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTERS ATTACKED BY SON OF DOA PATIENT
Earlier this morning at 10:25, Medic Engine 75 responded to a medical call in Muscoy. Upon their arrival, CPR was being performed by family members and a deputy sheriff on a 54 year-old female hospice patient. Firefighters assumed CPR to no avail, and the victim was pronounced … [Read more...]
DON’T COUNT ON THE COPS TO DO THEIR JOB
Early morning our Engine and a paramedic were dispatched for the "unknown in a car" police on scene. it was 2.5 blocks from the firehouse and the driver mentioned he drove by there 20 minutes prior and the police were there then. We pulled up and got out, my side of the engine … [Read more...]
DON'T COUNT ON THE COPS TO DO THEIR JOB
Early morning our Engine and a paramedic were dispatched for the "unknown in a car" police on scene. it was 2.5 blocks from the firehouse and the driver mentioned he drove by there 20 minutes prior and the police were there then. We pulled up and got out, my side of the engine … [Read more...]