Engine Works Clay MVA
Aug 15, 2004 - 12:00 am
August 14-Moyers Corners Sta 2 firefighters were dispatched as automatic aid to a MVA at Morgan and Oak Orchard Rds in the Clay Fire District at 01:58. A second call indicated entrapment with a unresponsive driver. Engine 22's crew (Lt/ EMT Patkochis, FF B Quinn, FF/EMT Belczak and FF/EMT Rowland) arrived just after the ambulance crew at 2:08 to find a car that hit a pole with heavy driver's side intrusion off the road with one trapped. The Engine crew stablized the car and placed one of the EMTs in the car to assist in ventilating the critical patient. Due to the seriousness of the accident, additional resources were requested which included MC Squad 2 (Capt Naum).
The combined crew of Engine 22, Clay Engine 21 and Rescue 3, MC Car-1 (Chief Bressette), Clay C-2 (Chief Redhead) and NOVA Ambulance removed the patient within 14 minutes of arrival. The patient was transported to a tramua center with serious injuries.
Moyers Corners Units cleared by 02:45.