May Call Log
May 1, 2009
Station 75 and Waymart EMS were dispatched for a
smoke investigation on Carbondale Road. 75 Brush investigated to
find a controlled burn. All units were put back in service.
May 2, 2009
Brush and Tanker 75 were put on standby in
station for Station 61 while they were on a brush fire.
May 3, 2009
Station 75 was dispatched along with Waymart EMS
Company 1 for an automatic fire alarm at the Saint Tikhons Monastery
building in South Canaan. All units were canceled shortly after
dispatch
May 9, 2009
Station 75 was dispatched for a tree down on Keen
Lake Road.
May 12, 2009
Rescue 75 was dispatched to assist Company 1 on a
one car MVA on Cortez Road. Rescue 75 was asked to standby in
station and then was cnaceled.
May 13, 2009
Fire Police 75 was dispatched to assist Waymart
PD with traffic control at Route 6 & 296 while crews were line
painting.
May 25, 2009
Station 75 was dispatched to set up a landing
zone in South Canaan assisting Waymart EMS. Rescue 75 was on the
road within minutes with a full crew! While enroute, Rescue 75 was
canceled but continued on to assist Waymart EMS with a second
medical call in their area at St. Tihkons bookstore in South Canaan.
75 Crews arrived on scene and assessed patient until EMS crews were
on scene.
May 30, 2009
At 02:22 hours Rescue 75,
Engine 94, Engine 43, Car 43, Waymart EMS, Mobile 9 and Forest
City EMS were dispatched to a crash on Route 296 North past Elk
Lake Drive. The vehicle flipped, slid on its roof and slammed
into a tree. Rescue 75 handled the extrication while Engine 43
took care of hazard control with help from Engine 94. Both
patients were transported to CMC trauma center in Scranton. This
accident started as a traffic stop in Lackawanna County and
turned into a police chase that crossed two county lines. Police
say the driver of the SUV refused to stop for officers in
Carbondale around 2 a.m. Saturday. The driver and a passenger
had police chasing them from Carbondale into the Waymart area
where the SUV flipped on Route 296. State police say alcohol was
a factor but no charges have been filed.
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- Company 43
