Fork Rescue Squad, Inc. 2006

MVA ON HWY 187 & I-85

AUGUST 31 - AT 1700 HRS SQUAD 8 AND ZION VFD WERE ONCE AGAIN DISPATCHED TO A MVA. THIS TIME THE ACCIDENT WAS IN FRONT OF THE HUDDLE HOUSE AT EXIT 14. UNITS ARRIVED TO FIND A TWO VEHICLE T- BONE ACCIDENT WITH MAJOR INTRUSION TO THE DRIVERS SIDE OF ONE VEHICLE. THE PATIENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

UNITS RESPONDING: MEDIC 8-2, RESCUE 8, ZION VFD E-14, SALVAGE 14

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MVA WITH CAR INTO TREE

AUGUST 29 - AROUND 8 IN THE EVENING THE MVA WAS DISPATCHED TO WILLIAMS RD IN THE ZION COMMUNITY BRINGING ZION VFD, FORK RESCUE, AND PENDLETON RESCUE. ENGINE 14 ARRIVED FIRST AND REPORTED ONE INTO A TREE WITH HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE FRONT RIGHT OF THE VEHICLE. MEDIC 7-3, MEDIC 8-2, AND RESCUE 8 ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER WITH R-8'S CREW AND ZION FIREFIGHTERS STABILIZING THE VEHICLE WITH THE KODIAK SYSTEM AND CRIBBING. THE PATIENT WAS THEN REMOVED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

RESPONDING UNITS- FORK MEDIC 8-2 & RESCUE 8, PENDLETON MEDIC 7-3, ZION VFD E-14 AND SALVAGE 14

BACK TO THE INTERSTATE FOR ONE OVERTURNED

AUGUST 25 - SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT FORK RESCUE AND ZION VFD STATION #14 WERE DISPATCHED TO I-85 EXIT 11 SOUTH BOUND EXIT RAMP FOR AN MVA WITH ROLLOVER AND POSSIBLE ENTRAPMENT. MEDIC 8-2, RESCUE 8, AND E-14 ARRIVED TO FIND ONE OVERTURNED, WITH THE SINGLE OCCUPANT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND UNINJURED. CREWS CLEARED THE SCENE WITHIN SEVERAL MINUTES AFTER NO OTHER HAZARDS WERE FOUND.

ANOTHER INTERESTING DAY FOR SQUAD 8

AUGUST 22ND - AT 2119 HRS, THE MVA INVOLVING A TRACTOR TRAILER RIG ON THE INTERSTATE WAS DISPATCHED BRINING MEDIC 8-2 AND RESCUE 8. FURTHER INFORMATION REVEALED THAT THE ACCIDENT WAS THE RESULT OF A CHASE THAT BEGAN A FEW MILES SOUTH AROUND THE 4 MILE MARKER. ONE PATIENT WAS TRANSPORTED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.

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SQUAD PERSONNEL RECEIVE MUTUAL AID FROM A FELLOW TOWNVILLE RESIDENT

AUGUST 21ST - AT APPROXIMATELY 1909 HRS FORK PERSONNEL WERE ALERTED TO THE 6600 BLOCK OF HWY 24. UPON ARRIVAL OF MEDIC 8-2, MEDIC 8-0, AND SEVERAL VOLUNTEERS, THE PATIENT WAS WITNESSED GOING INTO THE WOODS. AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH, THE PATIENT WAS LOCATED SWIMMING WELL OUT IN LAKE HARTWELL. AT THIS TIME ONE OF OUR VOLUNTEER LIEUTENANTS WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN A PONTOON FROM A NEARBY DOCK. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE BOAT AND A THROW ROPE BAG, SEVERAL PERSONNEL BOARDED THE VESSEL AND APPROACHED THE PATIENT. A ROPE WAS THROWN TO THE PATIENT AND THE PATIENT WAS PULLED TO THE PONTOON AND REMOVED FROM THE LAKE.

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A SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR GOOD SAMARITAN NEIGHBOR WHO ASSISTED US WITH THIS INCIDENT. IRONICALLY, HE ALSO ASSISTED US APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AGO ON ANOTHER CALL. UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO I-85 AT THE SENECA RIVER BRIDGE FOR A REPORT OF AN OVERTURNED BOAT. EMS CHIEF 800 WENT ON SCENE WITH NOTHING EVIDENT. HE WAS ABLE TO FLAG DOWN THE SAME PONTOON CRUISING NORTH UP THE SENECA RIVER TO AID IN THE SEARCH OF THE AREA TO VERIFY NO BOAT HAD OVERTURNED. (WE ARE GOING TO GIVE HIM AN APPLICATION)

SQUAD TO HOST YARD SALE SEPTEMBER 22ND

THE RESCUE SQUAD WILL BE HAVING A YARD SALE SEPTEMBER 22ND FROM 8:00AM To 2:00 PM AT THE SQUAD BUILDING AT 8513 HWY 24 IN TOWNVILLE. PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE VOLUNTEER DIVISION OF FORK RESCUE SQUAD. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RENTING A SPOT PLEASE SEND E-MAIL TO chief@forkrescue.com.

COUNTY DIVE AND WATER RESCUE TRAINING

JULY 28 - SQUAD MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN A LARGE SCALE WATER RESCUE AND DIVE TRAINING EXERCISE HELD AT THE HARTWELL DAM. THIS DRILL BROUGHT MANY VARIOUS ANDERSON COUNTY AGENCIES TOGETHER, SIMULATING A BOATING ACCIDENT WITH BOAT FIRE, AND INJURED BOATERS ABOVE AND BELOW THE SURFACE. CLICK BELOW FOR THE ARTICLE AND PICTURES FROM THE INDEPENDENT MAIL.

PARTICIPATING AGENCIES: ANDERSON COUNTY DIVE TEAM, ANDERSON TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM, WILLIFORD VFD, ANDERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES, DNR, AND U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

Photos: Ken Ruinard, Anderson Independent Mail

ANDERSON COUNTY DIVE / WATER RESCUE DRILL ARTICLE

ANDERSON COUNTY DIVE / WATER RESCUE DRILL PICTURES

WATER RESCUE TRAINING AND COOKOUT

JULY 7th- MEMBERS OF THE RESCUE SQUAD WERE JOINED BY TOWNVILLE VFD AT BROYLES RECREATION AREA FOR WATER RESCUE TRAINING. SOME TOPICS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WERE THE USE OF PROPER PERSONAL FLOATATION (LIFEJACKETS) OF EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL, USE OF THROW BAGS, AND SAFELY PACKAGING A PATIENT WHILE IN THE WATER AND REMOVING THEM TO SHORE. AFTER A FEW HOURS OF TRAINING, PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES ENJOYED A MEAL FROM BAR-B-QUE ON THE RUN, AS WELL AS GAMES OF HORSE SHOES.

FORK RESCUE MEDIC 8-2,MEDIC 8-0, RESCUE 8

TOWNVILLE VFD ENGINE 17

Photos by squad members Mark Fuller and Katie Loy

MULTIPLE VEHICLE MVA WITH ENTRAPMENT ON THE "I"

JUNE 16TH - AT 1640 HOURS, FORK RESCUE AND TOWNVILLE VFD WERE DISPATCHED TO A MVA WITH MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND POSSIBLE ENTRAPMENT ON I-85 AROUND THE 10 MILE MARKER. AFTER DETERMINING THE VEHICLES CAME TO REST IN THE NORTHBOUND LANES, STATION 5 WAS ADDED TO THE CALL, AS WELL AS MEDSHORE MEDIC 9-9 DUE TO SEVERAL PATIENTS. MEDIC 8-2 ARRIVED FIRST AND REPORTED 3 VEHICLES INVOLVED WITH 1 ENTRAPED AND 4 POSSIBLE PATIENTS. RESCUE 8 , ENGINES 17 AND 17-1, AND E-5 ARRIVED SHORTLY AFTER AND BEGAN TO EXTRICATE. THE VEHICLE WAS STABILIZED WITH CRIBBING AND REAR DOOR "POPPED" TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE PATIENT. THE PATIENT WAS EXTRICATED IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES. A TOTAL OF FOUR PATIENTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. TRAFFIC ALONG THE NORTHBOUND LANES WERE BACKED UP FOR 5 MILES DUE TO THE ACCIDENT. CREWS WORKED ON THE SCENE FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES BEFORE RETURNING TO SERVICE.

RESPONDING UNITS:

FORK MEDIC 8-2 & R-8, TVFD E-17 & E-17-1

DOUBLE SPRINGS E-5 & SALVAGE 5, MEDSHORE MEDIC 9-9

May 15 - It is with great regret that we report the passing away of Double Springs firefighter Joe Loy. Joe was father to Squad EMT Katie Loy, Husband to Squad Board Member Ginny Loy, and friend to all of us. Joe was tragically involved in a motor vehicle accident while filming an earlier accident for Fox Carolina news on I-85 yesterday in Spartanburg County. Joe was a devoted member of the Double Springs VFD, serving along side his daughter. Joe was also an active member of The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clemson. Joe was a dedicated firefighter, who was always ready and willing to help out in any way. A memorial service was held May 18th at the Madren Center on the campus of Clemson University. Please click in the link below for more information.

www.foxcarolina.com

TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE ON 85

MAY 3RD - DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS, FORK UNITS WERE ALERTED TO SOUTHBOUND 85 FOR AN OVERTURNED TRACTOR TRAILER. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS INJURED, AND THERE WERE NO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, OR FUEL SPILL. UNFORTUNATELY FOR DRIVERS, THE WRECK BLOCKED BOTH LANES OF 85, AND TRAFFIC WAS AT A STAND STILL FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR HOURS.

UNITS RESPONDING: FORK EMS MEDIC 8-2

TVFD E-17, E-17-1, DOUBLE SPRINGS E-5, FAIR PLAY E-8

PICS BY FF /1ST RESP. ED MORIARTY JR

SQUAD 8 RECEIVES DONATED EQUIPMENT FROM HUGHESVILLE VFD-EMS IN MARYLAND

MAY 3RD - WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE HUGHESVILLE VFD AND EMS OF HUGHESVILLE, MD FOR THEIR RECENT DONATION OF EQUIPMENT TO OUR RESCUE SQUAD. AMONG THE ITEMS DONATED WERE TWO AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS, ONE LIFE PAK 10, AND 24 JUMPSUITS. THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AFTER SOME MAINTENANCE CHECKS, AND SOME RELETTERING OF THE JUMPSUITS. THANKS TO HUGHESVILLE CAPTAIN MIKE CARROLL (FORMER FORK RESCUE MEMBER), AND ASST. EMS CHIEF CHRIS COLE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.

MVA IN DOUBLE SPRINGS

APRIL 24TH - SHORTLY AFTER 8-2,TRANSPORTED THE EARLIER FOUR WHEELER ACCIDENT PATIENT, THE SQUAD WAS DISPATCHED TO A MVA AT ANDERSONVILLE RD AT OLD DOBBINS BRIDGE RD. AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE (MEDIC 8-0) RESPONDED TO THE SCENE. THE OCCUPANTS OF BOTH VEHICLES DENIED INJURIES AND MEDIC 8-0 CLEARED SCENE.

UNITS RESPONDING: MEDIC 8-0, DOUBLE SPRINGS VFD P.O.V'S

FOUR WHEELER ACCIDENT

APRIL 24TH - FORK EMS RESPONDED TO DOUBLE SPRINGS RD FOR A FOUR WHEELER ACCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL, ONE PATIENT WAS FOUND AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

UNITS RESPONDING: MEDIC 8-2, RESCUE 8

MVA WITH VEHICLE FIRE

APRIL 12TH - AT 0532 HRS FORK EMS AND TOWNVILLE FIRE WERE DISPATCHED TO CONEROSS RD FOR AN UNKNOWN SITUATION. AS UNITS WERE ENROUTE, AN ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH A FULLY INVOLVED VEHICLE FIRE. MEDIC 8-2 ARRIVED AND TRANSPORTED THE PATIENT EMERGENT TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE CREW FROM E-17.

RESPONDING UNITS: ENGINE 17, ENGINE 17-1, AND TANKER 17

FORK EMS: MEDIC 8-2 AND MEDIC 8-0

FIRST "WATER RELATED" CALL OF THE YEAR

April 2 - Medic 8-2, Rescue 8, and an additional 7 volunteers responded to the apple island boat ramp for a fall. crews arrived to find a subject who had fallen while out on his boat. a very alert grandson safely guided the boat back to shore where the patient was treated and transported to a local hospital.

SQUAD HOSTS EASTER EGG HUNT

March 31 - Squad volunteers and personnel hosted our first annual easter egg hunt for the community. Approximately 60 children participated. we would like to thank all the families who came out and supported this event. stay tuned as we plan more events in the future.

OUR EXPLORERS BEING EVER "COOL" AS THE EGG HUNT COMES TO A CLOSE.