Eastchester-Van Accident-8/6/05

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Date:8/6/05

Time:

Time out> 15:05

Responding> 15:05 (Eastchester Units)

On scene> 15:07 (First Eastchester Units)

Transporting> 15:38 (First EVAC txp unit)

Out at hospital> 15:38 (units to sound shore)

In-service> 17:00 (all units cleared from all hospitals and scene)

Location: Intersection of White Plains Rd and Prospect Ave. in Eastchester

Frequencies:

EVAC, EFD (Incident Command--Operations): 453.675 (fireground is talk-around)

EVAC, EFD (Dispatch): 154.340

ScarVAC (Operations/Dispatch): 155.490

Transcare (White Plains Units Operations/Dispatch): 460.400

Units operating (according to the CAD):

2102 (EFD), 31A1 (Transcare White Plains), 31B1, 5711 (EVAC Chief), 57B1 (Eastchester VAC), 57B2, 57B4, 57M1, 79A1 (ScarVac), CONED-E, DPT3100(Trans-WP), DPT5700(EVAC), DPT7900(ScarVAC), E27(EFD), WCNOTIF(Squad 5, MCI Notification)

Description Of Incident: Van carrying 9 people crashed into utitily pole. Driver and one passenger in rear of van transported ALS, one to Sound Shore, one to White Plains. All passengers were adults with mental disabilities making triage very difficult, most were walking wounded with abrasions and small lacerations. Four patients total transported to White Plains, Five patients to Sound Shore. 57 B2 used as support, did not transport and Squad 5 returning from drill used as triage area to get seperate Patients from bystanders. No Children in this Van.

Writer: roeems87 and Pudge3311