|
Thursday, June 17, 2010 -
At 20:55 hrs 62, 70, 12, and RIT 8 were dispatched to 1295 Haverford Road for a gas leak inside the building. Engine 70 was in the area training and was first on location within two minutes reporting a moderate smell of gas inside the building.
Pipeline 62 (Greeman, Dewease, Byrne 12, Burk 9B) arrived on location along with E12. Initially it appeared to be coming from the area of the kitchen stove but metering inside the house did not produce any solid hits. The crew from E12 checked the D side exposure and the resident denied any odor inside the home. E12 opened windows for natural ventilation that cleaed the smell. The assignment was held to PL 62, E70 and E12 for further investigation. Shortly after, E70 responded to a second call in their local for another gas leak.
PECO arrived, at first they also believed the source to be the stove. Further investigation with their instrumentation tracked down several leaks on the main line running into the home. PECO initiated lock out/ tag out on the gas meter and pipes inside the home. The resident at 1293 requested PECO checked their home, while inside several leaks were also found on pipes in the basement. An exhaust fan was put in service to vent the basement and PECO proceeded with lock out/tag out of their home as well.
As Haverford Road was finishing up a second call in 70’s local came in. 70 62 and 8 was dispatched to I 95NB in the area of Sellers Ave for an accident. Additional calls to 911 reported car over the embankment. E70 arrived in the area, Deputy 70 assumed 95 command, and reported car well over the embankment with people still inside. Rescue 43 was also added to the assignment . The crew from the pipeline switched out trucks and proceeded to the call with R62. On arrival I95 Command requested R62 to attempt to make access from Sellers Ave. Engine 70 and 8’s crew made access from I 95 through the trees to the patients and vehicle. Thanks to a well-placed gate opening R62 was able to pull within 100ft of the car.
The car went down a steep embankment approx 75-100ft and was found on its roof. Rescue 62 was able to illuminate most of the scene with the light tower and a tripod light. R62 then assisted E70 and E8 crew moving 6 patients from the woods with one in a stokes basket to waiting EMS units. A hand line was pulled from R62 as a precaution until the vehicle was removed from the woods. A crew from 79 had made access through a chain link fence which made extricating the patient from the woods easier. The Stihl rotary saw from R62 was used to cut off an old metal fence post allowing the tow truck to get access to the car.
|
