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Stony HIll, CT
June 11, 2010
Stony Hill Fire Department
Story Originally Posted on 1st Responder Network


STONY HILL, CT - On Friday June 11, 2010, at about 2:00 p.m., Stony Hill Fire Department was dispatched to an MVA with extrication on I84 eastbound between exits eight and nine. EMS units arrived and confirmed the extrication assignment with a single vehicle on the guardrail head on into a bridge abutment with two critical patients. Stony Hill Rescue 2 took command and went to work.

Rescue 2 used Res-Q-Jacks to shore the vehicle and began extrication as units from Danbury Fire Department and Bethel Fire Department responded and provided additional manpower and tools to perform the extrication. Patients were removed in short order and transported to Danbury Hospital.

Units included Stony Hill A3, R2, E3, Bethel R1, A2, Bethel Medics, Danbury Squad, E24, Car 30, Danbury EMS.
Car Collides With Guardrail - Res-Q-Jacks used for Stabilization
Car Collides With Guardrail - Res-Q-Jacks used for Stabilization Car Collides With Guardrail - Res-Q-Jacks used for Stabilization
 
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