"Corners" Work Multiple MVA's Simultaneously

On Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 1717 hours, The Moyers Corners Volunteers were dispatched for the Motor Vehicle Accident with injuries in the area of the intersection of Bear Rd. and Liffey Lane (Station 3 First-Due).  Reports from the EOC stated possibly 3 vehicles involved with injury.  Assigned to the box and responding within 2 minutes were E22 (Lt. Patkochis) and Rescue 3 (Capt. Lyons).  While responding, the Corners received another Motor Vehicle Accident with possible injuries on Buckley Road between Morgan and Henry Clay Blvd.  E22 responding from station 2 took the Buckley assignment (as they would have had to pass the incident).

Buckley MVA:  Car 1 (Bressette) and Battalion Chief 2 (Fritz) had the Buckley assignment with E22 providing for hazards, patient refusals, and await the wreckers.  Per fire police on scene, a motorcycle operator was reportedly ticketed for attempting to by-pass, police and fire police lines and trying to proceed through the accident scene during the incident (as the road was shut-down due to the MVA).

Bear MVA:  Car 3 (Wisnowski) and Battalion 1 (Stevens) had the Bear assignment along with Rescues 3 (Capt. Lyons) and 4 (Lt. Zepettello) along with E21 (J. Wisnowski) as the specialed engine company.  The Bear Rd. Command requested a total of 3 Ambulances which brought two NAVAC rigs and NOVA.  Three patients were transported to area hospitals for evaluation.

During the incident, all Moyers Corners Stations manned several additional pieces of apparatus.  All assignments were cleared within 45 minutes.  Assisting the operations as fire police included B. Swahn, N. Erard, and S. Rubacky (Buckley Job).  We would also like to thank the Onondaga County Sheriffs Dept. and Liverpool PD for their assistance with both incidents.