Yonkers- Fall Victim/Mutual Aid to NJ 08-01-08

[Truck4 48]

Date: 08-01-08

Time: 1920hrs

Location: Palisades Interstate Park X I/A/O State Line Lookout

Units Operating: Palisades Interstate Park Police; Closter (NJ) Volunteer Ambulance Corps; Yonkers Police ESU Marine #1, Truck 4, 852 (Sgt.); Westchester County Police Marine #4, Aviation.

Description Of Incident: 15-year old male fall victim on the cliffs.

Writer: Truck4

1920hrs- Cell phone call reporting a male down on the hiking trail with a leg stuck between rocks.

2000hrs- Units searching for victim's location. Staging is Alpine (NJ) Boat Basin.

2100hrs- Victim located by Palisade Interstate Park Police and Closter EMS. Req. Yonkers Marine Unit for removal and transport.

2115hrs- Closter EMS with (1) 15-year old male with ankle injury, making way toward the shoreline.

2120hrs- Yonkers ESU Marine #1 and zodiac responding with Truck #4. ESU req. WCPD Marine Unit and Aviation to assist (Aviation already operating a detail in Yonkers).

2140hrs- Yonkers Marine #1 deploying zodiac. WCPD establishing a security zone with Aviation overhead for lighting.

2220hrs- Victim transported from Alpine Boat Basin by Closter EMS.