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Man suffers serious injuries on Turnpike
LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – Around 4:00 PM on Monday, August 22, Lehigh County 9-1-1 dispatched Stations 9 (Friedens), 29 (Walnutport) and 67 (NOVA EMS) to Interstate 476 (Northeast Extension of PA Turnpike) in the area of mile marker 64 South bound for a motor vehicle accident with rescue. Medic 6791 responded and was advised of multiple calls being received for a vehicle rollover that traveled off the Turnpike and into a yard on Tannery Road. The callers were reporting one male trapped in the vehicle, unconscious. Medic 6791 and Ambulance 6793 arrived on scene and accessed the scene from … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, entrapment, friedens, injuries, neffs, north whitehall, northeast extension, nova, rollover, schnecksville, turnpike
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One injured as car strikes light and pole
LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – Just after noon on Monday, August 22, Lehigh County 9-1-1 dispatched Station 22 (Schnecksville) and Station 67 (NOVA EMS) to the intersection of PA Route 309 and Clauss Road in North Whitehall Township for a motor vehicle accident with injuries. Chief 2201 responded and was advised of a single vehicle accident versus a pole with one female patient injured. Chief 2202 arrived on scene moments later and confirmed a single vehicle into a pole on 309. Route 309 Command was established. Assistant EMS Chief 6702 arrived on scene and initiated patient care. He found one … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, crash, mva, north whitehall, pole, schnecksville
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Hazle Twp. finds car ripped in half, one trapped
Story and photos contributed to Fire & Film by Adam Burke LUZERNE COUNTY, PA – At 19:46 hours on the 17th of August 2011, Luzerne County Communications Center dispatched Hazle Twp. Fire/Rescue and APTS Medic 11 to 457 Susquehanna Blvd. (State Rt. 93) in front of the Radio Shack for a vehicle into a pole with reported injuries. Rescue 101 and Chief 102 signed on immediately after first dispatch and were given additional that numerous calls were received and they may have a vehicle split in half. APTS also signed on with 2 ALS and 1 BLS Unit responding to … Continue reading
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Tagged aeromedical, APTS, car, demolished, entrapment, half, hazle, hazleton, radio shack, rescue, ripped, station 10, township, twp.
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Lynn Twp. MVA
LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – Around 4:30 PM on Wednesday, August 17 Lehigh County 9-1-1 dispatched units to the intersection of Golden Key Road and Schochary Road in Lynn Township for a motor vehicle accident with injuries. Stations 17 (New Tripoli) and 71 (Northwestern EMS) were dispatched. Chief 1701 signed on with Lehigh County 9-1-1 and was advised of a two vehicle accident with one female complaining of a leg injury. The chief arrived on scene shortly after reporting a two vehicle collision with both vehicles still in the roadway. Golden Key Command was established. Command then advised he would … Continue reading
Tri-Clover handles SWT auto fire
LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – Around 7:30 PM on Friday, August 12, Lehigh County 9-1-1 dispatched Station 26 (Tri-Clover, Orefield) to the area of PA 309 and Village Road in South Whitehall Township for an automobile fire. Chief 2601 went responding and was advised that multiple calls were received for a passenger car pulled off to the side of the road that was on fire. South Whitehall Police arrived on scene shortly after and advised of a working fire. Upon approach, smoke could be scene creeping throughout the valley. The chief arrived on scene and stated he had a working … Continue reading
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Tagged automobile, car, fd, fire, firefighter, orefield, south whitehall, tri-clover, vehicle, working
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Allentown investigates suspicious powder
LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – Hazmat crews from Allentown were dispatched late in the morning on August 9 to investigate a suspicious powder found in an envelope. The Allentown Fire Department was dispatched around 11:00 AM for a report of an unknown white powder found in an envelope received at a local business. The business, Dorward Wholesale, was located at 1130 Hanover Avenue in the City. Engine 5 responded and staged in a nearby parking lot while the Hazardous Materials Unit was requested. Medic 4 also responded and staged in the area. Utility 55 arrived on scene and four … Continue reading
Three injured on Cedar Crest Blvd
LEHIGH COUNTY, PA – After 3:00 PM on Sunday, August 7, Lehigh County 9-1-1 dispatched Stations 11 (Greenwalds) and 62 (Cetronia) to Orefield Road and Cedar Crest Boulevard for a motor vehicle accident with injuries. Engine 1112 and Medic 6290 responded to the scene and arrived to find a two vehicle accident with one vehicle in the roadway and one vehicle into the nearby woods. The vehicle remaining in the roadway sustained heavy front end damage. Fire crews began to control traffic and contain a spill from the vehicles while EMS personnel initiated patient care. After assessing the patients, … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, cedar crest, cetronia, ems, fire, greenwalds, mva, orefield, rescue, road, south whitehall township, twp.
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