Vails Gate (Orange) - MVA w/Pin & Medevac - 11/15/13

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Date: 11/15/13

Time: 1450hrs

Incident Type: MVA w/Pin

Location: Orrs Mills Rd. and Beakes Rd.

District: Vails Gate Fire District/Town of Cornwall

Units: VGFD Car-2 (IC), R480, E478, E479 (LZ), Cornwall EMS (numerous), New Windsor EMS, Stat-Flight, T/Cornwall PD, New Windsor PD

Description: Head-on MVA w/entrapment

1450hrs-Base-5 (NWPD) alerting Vails Gate for the reported MVA w/entrapment and serious injuries.

VGFD Car-2 arrived, established command and advised of a head-on MVA w/(1) person pinned.

Units were advised that a Medevac had been placed on stand-by.

VGFD R480 arrived and placed the hydraulic tools into service. Members performed a door and roof removal and then a dash-roll to free the front seat passenger.

The Chief of Cornwall EMS requested a launch of the Medevac. VGFD Car-2 directed E479 to secure te LZ at the Solid Rock Church, route 32 and Holloran Rd.

Once extrication was complete, the patient was packaged and transported to the LZ. Other patients were transported by ground.

Units then began to pick-up and return to service.

Edited November 15, 2013 by BFD1054