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Saint
Clair Veterans Memorial Ambulance Fund
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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