Fire Companies Work Together to Extricate Crash Victim on Derrick Road
Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department
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On Wednesday Oct, 11 at 9:24 am Station 15 was dispatched to assist Station 11 with a motor vehicle crash with entrapment. A difficult extrication was a team effort of DCVFD, BTVFD, BCFD, and Donovans Towing. Rescue personnel were on scene for over 2.5 hours.
Derrick City Volunteer Fire Department
On Wednesday morning at 0913hrs DCVFD-11 was dispatched to Red Rock Hill for a single vehicle MVA w/ entrapment. Squad 11, Rescue 11 and Utility 11 responded along with BCFD Paramedic Ambulance.
Upon 1st Units arrival, personnel confirmed a single vehicle in a ditch with one patient heavily entrapped. Chief 1130 (Yohe) established “Red Rock “ Command and requested Rescue and Manpower from Station 15 (Bradford Township) along with Station 9 (Otto Twp) to assist with traffic control to close the road down.
Limestone NY VFD was also dispatched to set up a Landing zone at the Foster Township Community Park for air medical.
Chief 1120 (Scrivo) and Lieutenant 1140 (Moshier) held Rescue Operations and personnel from both departments were able to stabilize the vehicle and provide extrication.
Due to the complexity of the incident, multiple rescue tools and equipment were utilized by both Station 11 and Station 15 to complete the lengthy extrication of the injured driver.
The driver was taken to the LZ by Bradford City Ambulance and then transported to an out-of-area Trauma Center.
DCVFD-11 was also assisted by FTPD, PennDot, Donovan’s Towing and FT roadcrew. DCVFD would like to thank all those that assisted with the extrication, provided traffic control and those that held standby throughout the incident. 12 Members from DCVFD-11 responded and all units and equipment were back in quarters at 1157hrs.