Possible Three-Vehicle Crash
Kraft Avenue and 60th Street SE, Caledonia
Timeline
- Possible three-vehicle crash at Kraft Avenue and 60th Street SE
- Reports of someone possibly trapped in a vehicle; up to three people unconscious but breathing
- Caledonia Engine 71 in service and requesting AeroMed air ambulance placed on standby
- Caledonia Engine 71 requesting Cascade Engine 2 to assist at the crash
- Cascade Engine 2 in service and responding
- Cascade Engine 2 en route to assist Caledonia; three vehicles involved, possible entrapment, multiple people unconscious
- Cascade requesting additional paid on-call firefighters report to station for mutual aid response
- Caledonia Engine 71 on scene; two vehicles off the road, police and ALS on scene, Engine 71 establishing command
- Medic 10 on scene
- 60th Street Command established
- 3 patients all at urgent (Med 1) priority level; 2 are unresponsive; AeroMed air ambulance cancelled
- Dispatch confirms 3 Med 1 patients, 2 unresponsive; AeroMed cancelled at 20:31
- Command coordinating incident response routes; asking unit on Broadmoor whether to approach via Kraft Avenue or Broadmoor to 6th Street east
- Command directing incoming unit to approach via Broadmoor heading east on 60th, block the intersection past the scene
- Incoming unit approaching from Broadmoor heading east on 60th Street, will block at the intersection for scene safety
- Cascade Engine 2 approaching scene, about 30 seconds out, will take position at intersection block as directed by command
- Command clarifies: ALS unit responding can reduce speed to mid-priority (priority 2 response mode)
- Command assigns Engine 73 to patient care east of the intersection; requests personnel count.
- Engine 73 confirms all personnel on board are EMT certified for patient care assignment east of intersection
- Engine 73 assigned to help with extrication and patient care
- Caledonia Engine 73 on scene at 22:36
- 60th Street Command (incident commander at the crash scene) on the radio
- Third ALS ambulance unit on scene to assist with patient care and extrication
- Command requesting a fourth ALS ambulance for an elderly patient with chest pain
- Cascade Medic 10 clear and in service
- Med 1 call with YVMS assisting; additional unit dispatched as fourth unit on scene
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