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Location: Halifax, Pennsylvania, United States

Monday, January 19, 2009

A Major Accident

I got up Sunday morning and got dressed and went to work. I got there and took my stuff in and clocked in, did my rig check and ate breakfast and then read the paper. Beef and Stutzman had a call around noon time and then around 12:29 hours I heard over the fire radio that 29 had a structure fire in the borough. Naturally the Engine was dispatched on the inital alarm. Naturally I was pissed that I was missing another call, when they upgraded to the first alarm for a working fire, which now brought the Tanker, along with apparatus from Millersburg, Dauphin, Linglestown, and Duncannon. They got a good knock on the fire and weren't out as long as I thought they would be. We then headed down to the Eville station around 14:20 hours. Once down there I kept listening to what was going on down in town. Beef and Stutzman came back while we were there. The 29 box got placed in service around 14:48 hours. Shortly before that, the tones went off for breathing problems I believe it was in Halifax Township. Beef and Stutzman took off on that call. Me and Tim then kind of sat around the station. Then around 14:30 hours the tones went off for an accident with entrapment in Mifflin Township. We got in 6-5 and off we went. We got behind Squad 26 in the square of Berrysburg and had Engine 26 coming behind us. We got there and I believe Rescue 28 was just pulling up. The passenger was already self extricated. The driver and back seat passenger were heavily entraped. It took about I would say 20 minutes to get both extricated. Tim went with Dalmatia to Geisinger with the front seat passenger. The driver and back seat passenger went on Life Lion to Hershey Medical Center. The car took a really good hit on the driver's side door, and pushed it about almost to the middle of the car. 13 brought Beef up to the scene as they weren't getting a whole lot of information about the call and Beef thought he was needed. I got the truck turned around and helped Beef move his gear over so I could take him back to Eville to restock. We didn't even leave the scene yet when the tones went off for a CVA in Halifax Borough. Me and Beef got in 6-5 and off we went. I dropped him off and headed back to Eville. I stopped at the station and restocked the backboards and c-collars and then went to Shell and got fuel and then headed up to Dalmatia's station to pick up Tim. We then went back to Eville so he could restock and then we went to Jo-Jo's and ate dinner and then headed back up to Lykens. Once there I watched a little TV and then went to bed around 00:45 hours as I was tired. The tones then went off around 04:00 hours for a Cardaic Arrest in Mifflin Township. I got up and got the stuff back on my belt and my boots on and then went out to 6-5 and woke Tim up and told him that Ron and Yeager were heading out on a code, if we wanted to go help them. Tim got up and then we got in 6-5 and off we went. It ended up being a signal 12 and we weren't there long and we went back to Lykens and I went back to bed. I then got up when Zach came in and got everything together and clocked out and then headed on down to Swab's. I got to Swab's around 08:45 hours and I parked and walked in the door, the fire pager went off for a smoke investigation in the 2 box, I turned around and got back in the car and headed to the scene since it was on Mountain House Road. While I was heading there I called home and asked my mother if my father was going on the call and she said yes and I told her to tell him to grab my gear and throw it on the truck. I didn't find anything in the area and called into county fire and told them. Bubba then came down Mountain House Road and pointed down further and we found a controlled burn. Once he cleared the scene and headed down to get an address, I headed back to the station. Once there Troy, my father and LeeAnn were all there. We talked for a little bit and then Bubba came in and we talked some more and then we all left and I headed on home. Once at home I changed into pj's and went back to bed to get some more sleep. I then got up this afternoon around 14:00 hours. I got up and ate lunch while I read the paper. I then got on the computer and did a few things. I then ate dinner while I watched MASH on TV. I then left the house around 18:00 hours and headed up to the fire house to get things ready for the meeting. The meeting went goof and then afterwards a bunch of us shot the shit and then I left and headed on home. Once at home I took a shower and am soon going to bed as I am tired.

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