Rombout - MVA Entrapment - 4/23/09

[TAPSJ 30]

Date: 4/23/09

Time: 1708 Hrs.

Location: I-84 East Bound Mile Marker 45.7

Frequency: 453.900 (Dispatch); 453.925 (Response); 453.800 (Command); Dispatcher 14-28

Units Operating: Rombout 62-1, -3, -14, -55, -98; Mobile Life 260, 258; Helicopter; Numerous Police Departments

Weather Conditions: Sunny And Cloudy And 52 Degrees

Description Of Incident: Serious MVA Multiple Tractor Trailers And Cars

Reporters: DC 911 And Me

Writer: TAPSJ

1708 Hrs. - Rombout And Mobile Life Dispatched For A Priority One MVA Involving Tractor Trailers

1709 Hrs. - Rombout Updated Possible Entrapment

1710 Hrs. - Rombout 62-14, -55, -98 Responding

1710 Hrs. - Someone On Scene Advising Confirmed Entrapment With Multiple Vehicles And Serious Injuries

1711 Hrs. - Mobile Life 2nd ALS Unit Dispatched

1712 Hrs. - Mobile Life 258 Responding

1714 Hrs. - Rombout Command Requesting Helicopter

1715 Hrs. - DC 911 Advising Helicopter Available. Rombout Requesting The Launch. Landing Zone Will Be On I-84 East Bound

1715 Hrs. - Rombout Command Advising That I-84 East Bound And West Bound Are Shut Down Both Ways At Rt. 9 Exits. Please Notify Thruway

1717 Hrs. - Rombout Command Advising The 2 Mobile Life Ambulances Are Sufficient For Now

1719 Hrs. - Rombout 62-1 Requesting The Cancellation Of The Helicopter

1721 Hrs. - Rombout Command Advising No More Entrapment Possible 3 Patients

1804 Hrs - Rombout Command Advising Scene Is Turned Over To Police Department, All Rombout Equipment In Service And Returning