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This is where Explorers give a short description
of some of the more
memorable calls they have been on. They will
give the type of call, some interesting information about the call, and
what there job was on the call.
This page will constantly be under construction.
Call number: 1
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Call number: 1
Explorer Name: B. Dunckel
Type of Call: Fire
When this call came in, I was on Eng.
2 and we were working a car accident on I-95. We were not one of
the original engines to respond, but our Lt. was able to clear us from
the accident and respond to the fire. When we started to get close
to the scene we could see smoke coming from a strip mall. The fire
originated in a restaurant in the mall. We were instructed to lay
a supply line from a hydrant at the street to an Eng. who was in front
of the restaurant.
After helping my Eng. crew with the
supply line, the Lt. instructed me to report to incident command to get
my assignment. He then took the crew and went in to the building
to help with salvage and overhaul. I went to command and was told
to go to the air van and help swap air tanks for the firefighters.
I also helped get the rehab firefighters cold drinks. Once the fire
was declared our, I help reload hose on the engines.
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Call number: 2
Explorer Name: B. Dunckel
Type of Call: Trauma Alert
I was riding on Eng. 29. The
call came in at about 8:45p.m. on a Friday night. It came in as a
car vs. pedestrian. When we got to the scene, there were about 6
police cars around the scene and traffic was cut from three lanes to one
lane. We went past the accident and parked in front of it.
When we walked up to the guy, he was laying in front of a car. (We thought
the car he was in front of was the one that hit him, but it was not.
The car that hit him took off after hitting him.) He was laying face
up. There was a large pool of blood around his head and he was still
bleeding badly from the head. His legs were in such a position that
one would not believe it unless they saw it. His legs were broken
in many different places below his knees.
We thought, by looking at him, that
he was dead, but he was still breathing. I helped backboard him,
the medics were starting I.V.'s, and we were also bagging him. As
soon as we had him back boarded, we put him in the rescue truck and immediately
took him the the hospital under a trauma alert.
Once at the hospital, the doctors
worked on getting his legs in casts so the broken bones would not cut any
arteries. They then were x-raying him to see if he had any spinal
injuries. They did not find any injuries to his spine though.
From what we hear, he did survive
the accident. We don't know if the person who hit him was ever found.
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