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Saint Clair Veterans Memorial Ambulance Fund
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT IN NEW CASTLE TOWNSHIP:
1/10/2011
09:30hrs units from Cass and Foster Township Fire Departments, Pottsville Yorkville Rescue 63, Minersville Ambulance, and West Schuylkill ALS were dispatched to the Reading Anthracite Co. strip mining operations site in Foster Township for an industrial accident. Within minutes chief 8 (East Norwegian Township Emergency Services) advised Schuylkill County Communications Center that he ws on location of the industrial accident at the stripping pit in New Castle Township on the Dark Water Road side and requested that St. Clair Fire/EMS and New Castle Fire be dispatched to his location. Pottsville ALS and Saint Clair BLS were then dispatched to the new incident. Rescue 707 and Rescue 63 were then redirected to assist at the new location.
St. clair Chief 700 arrived on location and requested Tower-Ladder 701 be dispatched to help with extrication from the bucket truck. Both Rescue 63 and 707 worked on freeing the trapped worker and EMS then requested Medivac to the scene to fly the patient out once he was extricated. Once the worker was freed he was then pplaced into the back of 6201 and transported to the landing zone.
Units Responding:
EMS Chief 62
Ambulance 6201
Ambulance 5202
Medic 6701
Medic 6801
Medivac 7
Chief 700
Chief 700A
Chief 8
Rescue 707
Tower-Ladder 701
Rescue 63
Engine 263
   
CRASH ON BURMA ROAD WITH HEAVY ENTRAPMENT:
3/14/2004
04:56hrs units from St. Clair EMS and Fire where dispatched to the area of 822 Burma Road for a report of a motor vehicle accident with unknown injury. Schuylkill County Communications Center almost immediately upgraded the call, reporting that there is now possibly two people trapped in the vehicle. Pottsville Paramedics where then dispatched.
Ambulance 6202 was first on scene reporting one vehicle on it's side with heavy entrapment. A second BLS from Saint Clair was requested and a second ALS from Pottsville was requested. Medic 6802 arrived on scene just minutes after 6202 and assumed incident command and requested a helicopter for two patients. Schuylkill County advised that Medevac 4 and Life Flight 1 are enroute.
Saint Clair Fire Department engine and rescue crews began to work on extricating the patient's however due to heavy brush and the trees the car was leaning against rescue efforts where prolonged leaving St. Clair Fire Chief to request a second rescue from Ryan Twp.
The two rescue's worked for over an hour to extricate the two patients. During the rescue effort flight crews were brought from the landing zone to the crash site to assist with patient care. Unit's operated the scene for over two hours.
Responding Unit's:
EMS Chief 62-B
Ambulance 6201
Ambulance 6202
Medic 6802
Medic 6803
Chief 700
Chief 700-A
Chief 700-B
Engine 701
Engine 702
Rescue 707
Rescue 26-50
Engine 704
Engine 705
took care of setting up the landing zone's for two helicopters.
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| Vehicle after patient's are extricated |
Rescuer's work to extricate patient's |
Rescuer's work to extricate patient's |
Rescuer's work to extricate patient's |
Rescuer's work to extricate patient's |
DOUBLE MURDER IN ST. CLAIR RATTLES NEIGHBORHOOD:
08/27/2002
04:15hrs in the morning units from SCVMA, Pottsville ALS and St. Clair Police were dispatched to the area of the 300 block of Cherry Street in the Arnot's Addition section of St. Clair for a reported shooting.
Since the case is under investigation we really can't mention much about it here, however what we do know is that two people are dead, another was wounded and flown to a trauma center by SCVMA units.
What happen next turned St. Clair upside down. After about an hour of sitting on scene the gunman returned and was spotted by Police. The gunman started shooting at both Police and Ambulance units on scene. Police started a foot chase which went through borough streets and yards until the suspect was finally shot down by Police. Care was given by SCVMA units and Pottsville ALS units and suspect was flown to Lehigh Valley Medical Center.
Police Departments from all over Schuylkill County aided in the search of the suspect and also with the investigation along with State Troopers from all over the region. SCVMA was on scene with (2) BLS units, (1) Rehab/MCI unit and Pottsville ALS responded. Arnot's Addition was closed to traffic as Police went through the 19 different crime scenes.
No Police Officers, EMT's or Paramedics were injured in the gun battle.
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| State Trooper takes cover with gun drawn at gun fire continues on Cherry Street |
SCVMA members attend to suspect after being shot by Police. |
Police and Ambulance converge on scene where suspect was shot. |
Suspect seen running down street firing at Ambulance and Police. |
Police give chase as the suspect runs loose on St. Clair streets. |
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| Police with weapons drawn converge on suspect |
Police Officer and Schuylkill County D.A. taking |
SCVMA personel attending to suspect |
SCVMA personel and St. Clair Police ready to load suspect into ambulance. |
SCVMA personel and St. Clair Police ready to load suspect into ambulance |
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ASSIST ON INTERSTATE WITH MVA: (BUTLER TWP)
SCVMA was dispatched to assist Pottsville EMS and Frackville EMS on Interstate 81 with a motor vehicle accident with multiple injuries. Additional information reporting one patient ejected, one entraped and multiple walking wounded. The crash resulted in one fatality and one patient being flown to a trauma center. Three other injuries were reported, however they were all minor.
Responding Units:
Frackville Fire Department and Rescue
Chief 43
Amb. 4301
Amb. 4302
Medic 6801
Northumberland MICU 11
Medic 6709
Amb. 6201
Chief 62-B
Life Flight 1
    
Box Alarm for Vehicle Fire: (Saint Clair Borough)
A box alarm was activated for a vehicle fire at a borough gas station. All Saint Clair Emergency Units responded to the scene. Engine companies quickly knocked down the fire down containing to the vehicle. No damage was done to the gas station and no one was injured.
Responding Units:
All Saint Clair Emergency Services
   
ATV Accident (E. Norwegian Twp)
A man suffered serious facial injuries after he crashed his ATV in East Norwegian Twp.
Responding Units:
Amb. 6202
Chief 62, Chief 62-B
Medic 6801
Medevac 4
   
MVA W/Entrapment (Route 209 E. Norwegian Twp)
An early morning crash killed one man when he drove his pick-up truck head on into a school bus. The bus was filled with 22 students traveling to school. All the children on the bus were transported to the Good Sam Hosp. for evaluation. All injuries on the bus were minor.
Responding Units:
Amb. 6201
Chief 62, Chief 62-B
East Norwegian Twp Fire Department (Fire Dist. 8)
Engine 8-17
Chief 8
Chief 8-02
Saint Clair Fire Department
Engine 701
Chief 700
Blythe Twp Fire Department (Fire Dist. 2)
Engine 2-16
Port Carbon Fire Department (Fire Dist. 59)
Engine 59-11
Pottsville City Fire Department
Rescue 63
Pottsville Area EMS
Medic 6801
Medic 6802
   
   
Structure Fire (Route 61 South)
A late night structure fire broke out during a thunderstorm along Route 61 just north of the borough making a traffic nightmare along the highway.
Responding Units:
Amb. 6201
Chief 62
Engine 701
Tower 701
Ladder 703
Engine 702
Rescue 707
Chief 700
Pottsville Fire Dept. for Engine 41
Pottsville Fire Chief P-3
   
Motor Vehicle Accident (Route 61 North Bound)
Single vehicle roll over during a freak snow storm that only lasted about 20 minutes. There were no injuries related to this incident.
Responding Unit's:
Amb. 6201
Chief 62
Engine 701
Rescue 707
  
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