Airplane Crash - Fire and Triage

18112010 Tango
Training

LFA requested
EMS requested.

Unknown victims, fire spraeding from wreckage to brush and trees.

*i pull up on the scene and put the ladder in park*
"ladder 1 on the scene with one plane fully envolved, fire starting to move up the hill. imediate danger of explostion due to fuel leaking"
*i get on a SCBA and get the out riggers set down in case we need to use the ladder*

"Be advised, ARFF is workin gon containing the fire to plane, you guys should work on pushing it back."

"10-4"
*i switch the cross lays to CAFS pull the line off and charge it then mask up, and advance tward the fire spraying it with foam strugling to knock it back*

"Ladder 1 reposition and raise your ladder, start a class b mixture of foam." I say and grab an attack line from the truck. "Start me up a class b foam mixture so we can get on the plane."

"yes sir"
*i shut down my line and disconect it and drop it. jump in the ladder and move it closer to the crash. jump out pull out my steel plates put all of the out riggers down. i raise the ladder ubove the crash. starting foam to the cannon. climb up the ladder aim the smooth bore cannon at the crash and start spraying the plane with foam*

"BLS-1 to Raven, we are about a minute out. Do you mind if we use the Squad to deploy our tents and get are equipment for triage?"

*I keep one hand on the radio, another on the steering wheel, as I turn onto the access road*

"BLS-1 to Central, we are on scene, establishing triage at taxiway Bravo, paralleling the runway. EMS units please come to Taxiway Bravo for triage."

*I pull up to the taxiway, put the ambulance in park, shut off the lightbar, leave on the side flashers, and turn on the flood lights illuminating the area will I will set up triage*

*I get out the jumpbag, burn kit, and triage kit, and start laynig down tarps and getting out tags*

"BLS-1 to all units operating at the airport, you can start sending walkers over here."

"Pumper 11 on scene."
*I jump out of the truck, start up the pump and get my wildfire fighting gear on with my SCBA. I pull off a crosslay and run towards the tree fire and start spraying down the burning trees.*
'I got the trees here sir...I'll make sure it doesn't spread.'

*i get out of the truck with my scba on* "bruce what do you want me to do?"

'were going to need a suply line, so who ever has water suply we need a 4" line from them'
*i move the nozzle over the fire, slowly spreading a blanket of foam*

( is the squad near us, or should we look for a hydrant?)

((i think the squad is near us))

'Shall I help with triage?'

"ladder 1 to squad 1, do you have enough water for us to lay a line from you?"

"Engine on scene, we're gonna start laying some line here, we'll run a supply to the ladder." (engines usually have more powerful pumps because it's their main job.)

( yea i know but i thought you guys were fighting the fire in the woods)

(Ewan's not in charge, that's not a good use of resources. Not only that, but an engine can't get into the woods. We're going to hit it, but we can also do supply lays)

(I don't think anyone has there supply connected)
*I look over and see a distant hydrant on the side about 500 feet away*
'Lt, there's a hydrant back over there.I can't connect it now. '

"Alright Hannahan, go ahead. 4" to that hydrant. We're gonna use monitor onto the trees."

'Yes sir.'
*I drag my line back and get up on the backstep then grab the supply line. I drag it all the way to the hydrant and put it down next to the hydrant. I remove the cap and flush the hydrant with the hydrant wrench.I then turn off the hydrant then sprak into the raddio.*
"Lt, can you hook up the supply to the intake?"

"Got it"
**I disconnect the hose and hook it up.**
*over the radio*
"Go ahead and turn it on slowly"

I'll set up the monitor.

'Lt. where do ya need me?'

"Copy."
*I slowly turn the hydrant wrench until it's on 18 revolutions.*
'Alright Lt., you should have full water.'
*I run back to the Pumper then another supply line on the side of the Pump panel and hook it up to the Pump then the Ladder. I then turn on the pump and make sure Ladder 1 is getting some water.*
'Alright Ladder 1, you should be getting more pressure now.'
*I run back to my crosslay then bend down and shoot the closest burning tree.*
'Casey, your up. Can you make sure it doesn't get too close to me (the spraying water)? Shoot it towards the back.'

"Squad, go ahead and assist us, truck, if you need a supply, pull it to us. There's already ARFF working on suppression, so just assist, all paramedics will assist with injured passengers. Everyone else, fire suppression is your job.
Engine, get monitors going, and maybe some exposure loops and just spray it down out there.
Squad, same with the exposure loops.
Truck, probably pull lines and use the ladder to bring down passengers who can't walk. Call for medics for anything more than minor."

Copy that.

*I open the bale and narrow the stream so it doesent hit hannahan.*
Copy Lt.

"WATER'S COMIN!"

((Only PM's or also EMT's?))

'OK, copy Lt. I'll grab a line. If the fire grows, I'll start cutting some surrounding trees.'

*I pull and charge a line off the squad and start hitting one of the trees with water.*

I pull up where BLS 1 is, get out and set up a triage area with McGuire.

*I get closer to the next tree after I finish up the first one.*
' Lt., We have two trees left on the front lines. After these two, my line won't be able to reach the other trees.'
*I extinguish one tree then it falls to the side.*
'Woah.'
*I back up then get focused on the last tree.*

'Here, let me help you. We'll put down a Y when are lines get too short.'

*I entinguish my tree and go over to help Hannahan extinguish his.*

'Thanks, This is the biggest tree here.' Don't set it down yet though. This tree is burning mostly at the trunk so it could fall over.'
*I aim at the trunk after getting the top but it keeps burning.*
'I sweep my hose from side to side to get more area and keep the ground wet.*

'I'll take the top of the trunk!'

*I spray the top of the trunk and try to extinguish the fire.*

*The tree fire goes out and I stop spraying.*
'Thanks Davis. Lt., is there anything else I could do? Casey has the monitor and the frontline trees are out. Would you like me to go farther back or would you like me to help Ladder 1 with their fire?'

((sorry ive been gone all day we keep gitting hit out for MVA's))
*i keep spraying a thick blanket of foam on the fire.*
"thanks for the water Lt."
*as the fire dies down a bit i see a person waving out of the plane window.*
"ladder 1 to comand i see a victem atemping rescue"
*i lower the ladder and extend it out to where i can reach him*
'sir my name is Bruce and im with the fire department. are you hurt any where? can you walk?'

'yeah i think i can'

'ok sir what i want you to do is step over on to the ladder with me dont worry i wolnt let you fall'

*he climbs over*
"ladder one to command ive got one vic and am bringing him down to send to triage."

'sir when we get down i want you to walk over to that ambulance. ok?'

'ok i will'

*I grab the speedydry can off the pumper compartment and shake some on some fuel that leaked near the trucks. I then grab a broom and sweep it up into the grassland parts*
'Lieutenant, the area is now clear of fuel.'
* I start up a class B foam mixture and backup Ladder 1.*
'Ladder 1, be aware that the fire is creeping up on you. I'm suppressing it for you while your ladder is down.'
* I spray down the fire ignited by the fuel that ladder 1 is fighting. I sweep my hose from side to side and continue putting out the flames*

* i assist bruce with helping the person down the ladder and lead them to the way of the ambulance triage* "bruce did you see anyone else in the plane?" ( feel free to god mod me..ill be gone for the majority of this weekend)

'OK Lt, what should I do? Should I help bring down the victims or start triage?'

'Should I also help with triage?'

'Hey Ridgdeback. Fire advised me they are starting to send walkers over. Now that we have 2 EMS units here, we'll start to get some of the immobile victims. I also see if Fire has anybody to assist with that'

*Matthews and a vic walks over. The victim doesn't looks bad, shaken up more than anything. The man advises that his chief complaint is chest pain. He tells me he made contact with the seat in front of him, so he may just be bruised. I give him a yellow tag and send him over to the appropriate area.*

'Ridgeback!"

*I nod to the man I just talked to*

'Chest Pains. Made contact with the seat in front of him. Which means he may not have been wearing his seatbelt.'

*I press the button on the extension mic.*

((FIRE))
"Triage command to Fire Command. Do you have one or two extra guys that could help us? and keep sending the walkers over, we have a second EMS crew on scene."

((COPA))
"Triage command to COPA, I need you to check with airline and tell me how many souls checked into and boarded that flight, both passengers and crew. If you can, forward a roster for the flight to the EAT terminal."

*I walk over to BLS-1, take the EAT laptop off of it's base, carry it into triage, and place it on a table. THan, I lead more victims to triage*

"Triage to COPA, we now have five in EMS care at triage."

"Rodger that BLS-1"

**I log onto the airline database and look up the flight list for the crashed airplane, with my ERT COPA privileges**

"COPA to BLS-1, accordingly to the fight list there was 129 passengers and 9 crew"

'OK, I'll help with triage if able. I'll ask the Lt.'

"Garcia, this is Davis, all fires are contained in the trees and I was wondering if you wanted me to start triage."

"10-4, 129 passengers, 9 crew. Thanks."

*I get a whiteboard out of the triage box, quickly make 4 columns: Red, Yellow, Green, and Black. While the rest of BLS-1 and ALS-1 are treating victims, I count the tags from each color, and put a tally mark in the correct column, then write 138 at the bottom to remind me of the total. Then return to the rest of the crew to assist with treatment*

|___BLACK___|___RED___|___YELLOW___|___GREEN___|
|____________|___/______|___/////______|____/////___|
TOTAL: 50

((is 138 what you have accounted for?))
*i possition the ladder to where i can get on the plane. i get on it and start walking down the isles to check for victims.*
((sorry i was gone all day. i got a chance to ride the fire truck so i took it lol))

((No, 138 50 is the number of people that checked into the flight. The tally marks I put under the colors add up to the number of victims. As of the last post we have 11 at triage.))

((okay thanks))
*as i step on the plane i say*
'all those who can walk i need you to make your way to the ladder and my partner will help you down and then show you to the ambulance.'
*i see a large number of people making there way to the front*
'single file people! please keep order!'
*i walk to the back of the plane and start taging people with triage tags for EMS*
"ladder to BLS 1 im sending a large quantity of people out to you they are all taged as green, i am starting to tag the others now"

((Be advised, I just read the original dispatch again it said there as an estimate of 50 people onboard, I changed my above post to that.))

"10-4 ladder, I have them in sight."

*A group of 20+ people are walking over. A few of them file into the triage area, I count them in my head as a treat some of them. When I go back to the whiteboard, I see one of them collapse about 25 feet away.*

'C'mon Putter, let's get him.'

*I quickly throw the jumpbag over my shoulder, and pull the stretcher down the taxiway to the collapsed person.*

'Everybody keep going. Somebody will take care of you at triage. Keep moving.' I say as a walk past the group.

*I lower the stretcher next to the man, and put the jumpbag down.*

'What happened, man?' I ask him

'I don't know if I hit my leg or something, but I was just limping over here, and my left leg gave out.' He tells me

'Alright, any injuries from the fall? Particularly to the neck, back, or head?'

'No, no, nothing. I tried to catch and slow down my fall with my hands.'

'Okay, well we'll put you on the stretcher and bring you over to triage, alright?'

*On teh count of three, me and Putter put the man on the stretcher, we strap him in, then raise the stretcher. I put the jumpbag around my shoulder, then roll the stretcher over to triage.*

"Jansen to Triage Command, i'm gonna ask the Fire OSC if I can help you with triage"

'Lt, can I go over to triage and help them out?'

I grab a portable and shove it into my pocket before I get out of the pumper. I mask up and grab a line. I can go where ever Lou wants me.

"ladder 1 to BLS 1 ive sent 30 out ive got 19 red and 1 black."
*i move to the most critical one and start treating them*
"can i get a bag in here please!"