Training Series Continues w/Vehicle Rescue Scenerio
 
By Assistant Chief Robert Klinger, Jr.
July 26, 2010
 

On Monday evening crews met at the fire house for the weekly training night. After completing the weekly house chores members were alerted by Chester County Fire Board for an accident at Stacey's Towing with a vehicle overturned that was part of a planned drill by the officers.

Crews responded and arrived to find a single vehicle accident scenerio with 3 subjects trapped, in a vehicle on an embankment after rolling several times. Assistant 33 (Klinger) set up Command while Captain 33 (L. Stoltzfus) took the roll of Rescue Operations and began working with the EMS crews to triage, extricate and package the patients.

Rescue crews stabilized the vehicle, and then removed the doors and roof of the vehicle while dealing with the difficult angle of the embankment. Engine 33-1's crews established a Z-Rig system and prepped the Stokes basket to remove a victim from the vehicle up the hill.

After the last patient had been extricated, the Department was notified by the CCFB for a field fire in the area of Route 10 and Resevior Rd. Crews quickly gathered equipment up and responded to the field fire to find it was a controlled burn that had been called in by a passerby. Members then loaded up, went back to the Station and held a quick talk through of things that went well and need improvemnt during the drill.
 
Units: Rescue 33, Engine 33-1, Squad 33, Amb. 33-2, Brush 33, Traffic 33
 
Members begin to stabilize the vehicle utilizing cribbing and junkyard dogs.
Members begin to stabilize the vehicle utilizing cribbing and junkyard dogs.
Second team of members begins to deploy chains to the vehicle to secure it to an uphill anchor point.
Second team of members begins to deploy chains to the vehicle to secure it to an uphill anchor point.
 
Members deploying equipment to the stagging area.
Members deploying equipment to the stagging area.
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Amb 33-2 and Eng. 33-1 in staging while crews assis.t in the rescue.
Amb 33-2 and Eng. 33-1 in staging while crews assis.t in the rescue.
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EMS crews awaiting for the vehicle is stabilized before approaching vehicle.
EMS crews awaiting for the vehicle is stabilized before approaching vehicle.
Members stabilizing the vehicle.
Members stabilizing the vehicle.
 
Equipment staging area - Crews identified later the staging area needed some work.
Equipment staging area - Crews identified later the staging area needed some work.
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Junkyard Dog Struts deployed to stabilize the vehicle.
Junkyard Dog Struts deployed to stabilize the vehicle.
Anchor point for the vehicle.
Anchor point for the vehicle.
 
View from the anchor points uphill over looking the scenerio.
View from the anchor points uphill over looking the scenerio.
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Anchor point for the Z-Rig system.
Anchor point for the Z-Rig system.
Z-Rig stretched out waiting to be deployed.
Z-Rig stretched out waiting to be deployed.
 
Crews removing doors to reach patients #2 & #3.
Crews removing doors to reach patients #2 & #3.
Extricating patient in back seat.
Extricating patient in back seat.
 
FF Hertzler operating Rescue 33 during the scenerio.
FF Hertzler operating Rescue 33 during the scenerio.
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FF R. Smith over looking the scene.
FF R. Smith over looking the scene.
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Patients #1 & #2 overlook the extrication of the third patient from the vehicle.
Patients #1 & #2 overlook the extrication of the third patient from the vehicle.