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4 Injured in Ambulance Crumple

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Controled Intersection Collision

FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED TUESDAY morning in Wilmington, Delaware, when a St. Francis Hospital EMS ambulance collided with an auto at a controlled intersection around 9:15 am.

DelawareOnline

The ambulance was responding to an emergency call with two EMT's on board when it met the car which had two adult males in it.  All four people suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported for treatment.

DelawareOnline

The police have not yet disclosed the cause of the accident

Delaware Online has the STORY.

Delaware Online also filed this video report from the scene:

 

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Posted by on February 20, 2013 • Filed under: ambulances, EMS Topics, Vehicle Operation & Ambulances, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Rescue in Wilmington

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Two Young Children Unconscious

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, FIREFIGHTERS responded to a rowhouse fire Friday afternoon and found heavy smoke showing along with several neighbors and police officers attempting to reach two children known to be on the second floor.

Axeman ventilates while search crews enter 2nd floor  (News Journal)

The thick smoke was rebuffing the citizens' attempts to get inside the house, but Ladder Co. 2 members Lt. Eric Haley and FF Neil Skinner made it to the top floor and located the 3-yr.-old girl and 1-yr.-old boy who were both overcome by the smoke and unconscious.  They brought the children downstairs and passed them off to waiting policemen who transferred them to the paramedic units.  The girl was already in cardiac arrest when they brought her out.

This video report from DelawareOnline  captured the dramatic moment when the rescue was made:

 

The girl was revived in the ambulance and both children are in critical condition at the hospitals.  They were apparently not burned, however.

The house did not have any smoke detectors.

The News Journal has the full STORY HERE.
News Journal 12-image photo gallery HERE.
Wilmington Fire Department WEBPAGE.

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Posted by on December 10, 2011 • Filed under: fire, Fires, rescue, Rescues, Videos • Tagged: , ,

Cliff Rescue in Delaware

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THE ALAPOCAS RUN STATE PARK IN WILMINGTON, Delaware, has a designated rock climbing area, but on Saturday afternoon it became a high-angle rescue scene.  A man fell from the top of the cliff and landed on a rock ledge 40 feet below leaving him seriously injured.

The fall was unwitnessed so it’s not know how long he was laying there when two people heard his faint calls for help.  They were down below and could not see where the victim was.  When the Wilmington Fire Department arrived they had trouble locating him for several minutes, too.  They called for the New Castle County technical rescue task force for assistance and the rescue operation began.

photos via News Journal / Brtezger

The rescuers repelled from the top down to the victim where they gave him primary first aid care and packaged him up to be lowered the rest of the way down to a waiting paramedic team.  He was then taken to a helicopter for transport to the hospital where he was admitted with life-threatening injuries.

The Wilmington News Journal has the STORY HERE and an 11-image photo gallery of the rescue HERE.

Posted by on September 5, 2010 • Filed under: rescue, Rescues • Tagged: , , ,