D-Shift gets another sleepless night here at the beach. Besides the minor medicals that were handled, at 0300hrs this date, Station 11 was alerted for a Dwelling Fire in the Brooklyn area of the county. Units were dispatched to the 300 block of West Meadow Rd, upon arrival E311 reported fire from side "A" of a brick rowhome. Crews got to work fast and got a good knock on the fire containing it to the first floor front room. Chief 11 (Fenwick) and the Lieutenant off of Squad 11 (Lorenzano) teamed up together to create a crew that was assigned to RIT for a short time. Crews managed to safely rescue a dog, a cat and the owner form the home. Click on this link for further info.
Just after clearing from that call, Squad 11 and Chief 11 were dispatched for a vehicle off the rdwy into a tree on Marley Neck Blvd. On arrival Squad 11 found a single patient that was somewhat disoriented and unable to easily remove himself from the vehicle. Squad 11 deployed the Holmatro Spreaders for an easy door pop allowing MU30's crew to remove the patient which was transported Pri 2E to Shock Trauma.
Units:
Dwelling Fire SQ11,C11,E311,E321,E341,TK31,TK33,PM31,BC1
MVC on Marley Neck
SQ11,C11,MU30,A139