Kimberton Fire Company - Recent Incidents

Recent Incidents

Photos on following pages from actual emergency calls.

PICK-UP OVERTURNS ON ROUTE 113 DRIVER TRAPPED INSIDE

Thursday October 19, 2006

At 0237 hours, East Pikeland Police came upon this accident with entrapment on Route 113 S/o Hares Hill Rd. Fire communications alerted Kimberton Fire (61 & 72) and West End EMS (67) to the call. At 0241 hrs, Chief 61 arrived and assumed command & placed a helicopter on stand-by. Engine 65 (Phoenix #1) was dispatched to go to Station 61 to establish a landing Zone. Fire/EMS crews found a pick-up truck overturned off the roadway with the driver trapped inside. Crews stabilized the truck and began extrication of the driver. Crews removed both doors and part of the drivers seat to access the patient. At 0320 hrs the extrication was completed & the driver was transported to Station 61 where Pennstar2 flew him to HUP in Philadelphia. Crews cleared the scene by 0400 Hrs.

Photos by Chief Fields

First In photo by Fire Chief - EPPD talks with patient	EMS makes initial contact with driver of truck	Prior to arrival of Rescue units
Prior to arrival of Rescue units	Firefighters begin to assess situation	Vehicle stabilization begins
	Vehicle stabilization begins	Vehicle stabilization begins
Vehicle stabilization begins		Crews talk with patient
Patient access done	Still waiting to total access to remove the driver	Removal of passenger side door
Removal of passenger side door	Getting air bags ready	Cutting drivers seat to aid in patient removal
Passenger side door removed	Patient removal	Patient on litter
Loading into the MICU	Aftermath	After uprighting the truck
	After uprighting the truck

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