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Hello everyone. The specifics about this rescue operation and scenario are now posted below. I am not able to change the title of this Topic to reflect it as the scenario, sorry bout that.

Although this looks like a straight forward vehicle extrication, you see the ground is unstable, the location of the wreck is precarious and many other factors that make this a technical rescue.

We are in need of scene pictures of an incident involving fire apparatus for our next scenario. Please forward your pictures of the scene, copy right permission from the owner of the photos and a brief write up about the incident. You may E-Mail them to my gmail account res502cue@gmail.com thank you for the help.

Hope all reading this are in good health and good spirits.

Best Regards,

John W. Moore

Group Moderator

THE FOLLOWING DISPATCH IS AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY GIVEN

DISPATCH:

RESCUE BOX 35-8, ATTN. RESCUE 35, RESCUE 3, ENGINE 35, ENGINE 95, AND RESCUE 3,  IN THE 800 BLOCKS OF SWAMP RD, IN THE QUARRY, AN AUTO EXTRICATION.

SUPPLEMANTAL INFO:

DISPATCH TO CHIEF 35, NUMEROUS CALLS OF A TRUCK THAT HAS ROLLED OVER IN THE QUARRY.  1 PT. TRAPPED IN THE CAB.

CHIEF 35 TO DISPATCH:  ON SCENE CONFIRMING A ROLLED OVER TRUCK WITH 1 PT. PARTIALLY EJECTED AND ENTRAPPED BETWEEN THE CAB AND  THE REAR WINDOW.  START ME AND ADDITIONAL RESCUE AND AN ADDTIONAL ENGINE.

Jesse, will you be handing running Command (Chief 35)?

Rescue 35 Officer to Command: We need one Engine company to pull and man a charged attack line.  We are evaluating the connection at the 5th wheel and also the the fuel tanks for integrity. We will be running chains from the trailer and also the tractor to the rear hooks of Rescue 35 to add further stability.

Rescue 35 Officer Portable to Chief 35 Portable: when you say the patient is trapped between the cab and the rear window. Are you stating his upper torso was ejected then pinned by the roof when it collapsed down? We will be passing Rescue Operations to Rescue 9.

 Sorry but I'm far from command material. In this roll I'm out of my element.   Tell me what to do and I'll follow the lead. Now in the real world I'm concerned with being ready to respond on command if not anticipating what is needed and being ready to put that into action.  My other primary concern is after the wreck is secure , is getting the victim out safely , stop bleeding get breathing and heart beating , if possible and getting them in medical hands as quickly as possible.  My suggestions are getting what's got him pinned cut away now things are stabilized and soakinwet has a hose with purple k foam at the ready. Med flight has hopefully been called and on the way as quickly as he's out considering  injuries will be sever. Constant reinforcing the truck as you cut away. The bottom is extremely heavy, at an angle so it could shift and over the cab where the victim is trapped.  Other wrecks of this nature have resulted in death. 

You are correct, Murphy has passed command. We could use a member that is a Chief Officer to handle running command for this scenario. Thank you.
John

 Checking the Sheriffs Deputy , vital seem fine., Thinking it's a bad case of indigestion but were going to do an E.K.G and send him in just in case on the medivac .  He just got done wolfing down a bacon double cheese burger with jalapeno's. 

Cant see it in the picture, but there is a small hydraulic tank on the opposite side of the fuel tank. Any hydraulic or fuel spills?

I was just wondering about the placement of the hydraulic tank. I noticed the wheels were daytons which as you said would make it an older model.

This is IC to all Personel on scene just a quick update to the progress underway:  EMS personel have loaded the Deputy Sheriff on the local Ambulance and he is headed to the hospital with complaints of sever chest pain!

We have a Helicopter Air Lift Team enroute to our location I need an LZ setup ASAP our location may make it a difficult  to safely land a helicopter if a firefighter from Engine 35 or 95 can get me an LZ it will be much appreciated and get me coordinates to relay to the lift team use local law enforcement if needed for traffic control in the LZ!

We currently have Rescue 35 Crew working on the Dumptruck and our EMS Personel is back in the staging area ready to assess the PT.

IC to all Personel this concludes your Scene Update!

RGFrye says ...

Lee, I think you're right about it being a mack. Correct me if I'm wrong I thought the Brockways center hubs are a bit more rounded off and not so pronounced, but still cone shaped.

You may be correct thats been a long time ago.

soakinwet says ...

This is out of my training scope, but, I'll give it a shot. Soakinwet to command, an Lz approx. two miles up the road has been cleared. The LZ is in a flat spot in the middle of the road, there is a brush truck parked approx, 100 ft away, there are four large orange cones placed in the shape of a sqaure with vertically illuminated flashlights taped into them. Cones are staked to the ground. There is approx. 75 feet of clearance in all directions from LZ. The road has been closed in both directions, awaiting further instructions.             SOMEONE FEEL FREE TO CHANGE THIS IF I'M WRONG!

My only suggestion would be to have a Class A Pumper for the LZ. Would use a handline to wet down the LZ area and also the surrounding area to help reduces the dust caused by rotor wash.

Rescue 35 portable to command. We have rechecked all cribbing, chains and strutts, everything is solid. We are proceeding with trying to raise the vehicle off the patient with our High Pressure Bags. Our goal is to work with the memory of the sheet metal, as we inflate the bags, the metal should begin to straighten. if we are not able to gain access and extricate the patient in this manner, our back up plan is to start cutting the cab away from the patient using the cutters.

I am Out Of Service for 3-4 days. Was in a wreck this evening "wensday night". Nothing cut or broken, just going to be doped up and iced up because of the banging around so to speak. I have contacted Johnny "John" our member from the U.K.. Requested he cover my position and work with Shaun to keep the group going and help with this topic.

Think it would be a dis-service to the group for me to try and post with only half my witts about me. Plus, the docs said to just lay in bed and let the meds and nature take it course lol yeah, like that will happen lol

Thanks again to everyone for keeping this group alive.

Catch you all in about 3-4 days.

Respectfully yours,

John Moore

Can we confirm if the 50litres of Hydraulic fluid is actually leaking? If so have we put in place a means of securing the leak? not just FF media

The rescue scene around the extrication is looking cluttered, with many trip hazards, suggest remove all gear not immediatly in use. A lot of hydraulic hose getting tangled up, lets keep the scene in order and in a clinical state.

Is this a winding road, so will there be a risk from Loose rocks etc falling from above, possible cause vibration from traffic further up the hill? OR has the upper road been closed?

If the lift with Airbags is not successful do we have a team ready to go nearby with relevant equipment to extricate. And have they been pre-briefed

Do we have a release time factor from the medics yet?

Does anyone have any objections to the fire crew lightly foaming the area around the truck to prevent any possibility of ignition of fluids? We won't put it directly in the extrication work area. Soakinwet to Rescue command, have the battery cables of the vehicle been cut?