Early Morning Accident with Entrapment

At 0811 hours on May 31st, Richmond Fire units were dispatched to the intersection of Maury Street and East 17th Street for a two car accident. Rescue 3 arrived on scene to find a truck on its side and a car that had damage on the driver’s side of the vehicle. Rescue 3 reported that they had one person trapped and quickly stabilized the vehicle and began extricating the person. Quint 17 stretched a handline as Quint 6 assessed the patient. The person was extricated in about 10 minutes and was checked by Richmond Ambulance Authority. Units remained on scene until 1000 hours.

Richmond Fire Handles School Bus Accident

On May 31st at 1350 hours, Richmond Fire units were dispatched to the 1800 block of Commerce Road for a school bus accident. Rescue 3 arrived on scene to find a school bus had hit a power pole and then struck a truck parked in the parking lot. Rescue 3 requested Virginia Power and advised that they had two people on a school bus that were injured. Members of Rescue 3, Quint 21 and Quint 17 worked together to remove the patients from the bus. Only one person required transport to the hospital. The bus driver swerved to avoid hitting a man on a moped. The street remained closed until 6 p.m.

Vehicle Into A Building

On February 14th at 1110 hours Rescue 1 was dispatched to 1602 Jennie Scher Road for a vehicle into an apartment building. A contractor that was cutting down trees indicated that they parked the truck and set the brake and was loading the truck when it rolled into the building. No one was injured. The building official did condemn the building. Rescue 1 cleared at 1340 hours.

Female Trapped Under Vehicle

On October 21st, at 1222 hours Quint 25, Rescue 2, and BC 2 were dispatched to the Martin’s Grocery store at 3000 Stony Point Road for the female trapped under a vehicle. Q-25 arrived on scene and confirmed that an elderly female was trapped under a 4 door SUV. Units used cribbing to stabilize the car as airbags were used to lift the car off the elderly female. Within 25 minutes of the call the female was removed and placed in the back of a waiting Richmond Ambulance Authority unit. The female was alert and oriented during the entire operation. The female was transported to a level one trauma center. Units cleared around 1330 hours.

Early Morning Accident Sends Two to the Hospital

At 0851 hours this morning Richmond Fire was dispatched to the intersection of 41st and Forest Hill Ave for a two car accident. E-20 arrived on location to find a two car accident with two patients complaining of injuries. Both patients were transported to an area hospital by Richmond Ambulance Authority. Units remained on scene until 0930.

Early Morning Accident Sends One to The Hospital

At 0816 hours, a citizen walked up to station 5 alerting them of an accident one block from the station with a woman trapped. Quint 5 responded to Leigh St @ Belviedere St and found a 2-car accident with one person still in the car. Quint 5 quickly “popped” the driver’s door and placed all other units back in service. Richmond Ambulance and Quint 5 packaged the patient. Units cleared shortly after 0900 hours.

Richmond Fire Responds to MVA with Partial Building Collaspe

On June 5, the Richmond Fire Department was dispatched to the intersection of Adams and Marshall Street for a motor vehicle accident with one vehicle inside a building. Richmond Fire units arrived on scene to find a SUV into a building with a partial collapse of a 2-story building with apartments upstairs. The occupants of the vehicle were able to escape the incident. A total of six people were transported to an area hospital. A building official was on scene and condemned the building involved in the incident.

Richmond Fire Handles Head On Accident

At 8:03 on 05/06/2010 units were dispatched to the intersection of Forest Hill Avenue and Chippenham Parkway for the accident with entrapment. Q-20 arrived on scene with a two car head on accident with one of the vehicles on its side. Q-20 quickly determined that no one was trapped and returned all units to service. Q-20 remained on scene assisting Richmond Ambulance Authority with patient care and also handled hazards associated with the accident. Q-20 remained on scene until 9:30 a.m.

Accident with 2 People Trapped

On Sunday April18 at 1657 hours E-6, Q-5, R-3, Q-12, Safety 2 and B-1 were dispatched to the intersection of 5th and Byrd Street for a motor vehicle accident with persons trapped. Q-6 arrived on scene within minutes and reported a two car accident with two people trapped inside. Members of E-6 established patient care as Q-5 worked to stabilize the vehicle and deployed a 1 ¾ handline. Rescue 3 extricated two patients from one vehicle as Q-12 handle patients in the second vehicle. Units remained on scene until 1830 hours.

Richmond Handles MVA with Entrapment

On March 30, 2010, Richmond Fire units were dispatched to the intersection of Westwood and Moss Side for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment. E-14 arrived on scene with a two car accident confirming one person trapped. E-14 personnel worked to stabilize the vehicles as Rescue 2 began to extricate the patient. Q-6 established patient care while Q-16 personnel placed one hand line in service. The patient was extricated within 15 minutes and was transported by Richmond Ambulance Authority to an area hospital.

Vehicle Crashes into McDonald's in Richmond

At 12:54 on March 30th, 2010 Richmond fire units were dispatched to the McDonald’s at Forest Hill and Huguenot Road for a vehicle into the building with one person trapped. Qunit 24 arrived on scene and immediately entered the structure to discovered one elderly female trapped. Q-24 personnel broke the table and removed the debris around the female patient that was trapped and assisted Richmond Ambulance Authority with packaging her for transport. Richmond police are investigating the accident. The building official was on location and a contractor was called in by the owner.