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ERT Call 072610
Two vehicle MVA
Units or Task Forces on scene:
Lightforce 1
ALS-1
BLS-1
Patrol Cars 6
DC-1
Call
arrived after DC Burke witnessed a head on collision at 10:42am on the Trulit Interpass. Vehicle with deaths pulled a U-turn and slid out in front of the other car, a pole found in the trunk, believe to be on car dash was the driver's killer. Police, EMS and LF-1 dispatched immediately as DC tended to scene.
One death caused by flying pole, one major injury, two minor. No personnel injuries. Major
injury transported code 3 in ALS-1. Minor treated in BLS-1 and refused further treatment. Death was removed from scene by coroner.
Fire were very immature. On a call you don't talk about taking the ERT response vehicle to McDonalds! All personnel caught acting this way will be spoken with by district commissioner, and notes will be made in any further promotion considerations. When on a call, you are not in the break room! All units caught posting in the break room while at a call will be demoted or put back to cadet status.
-DCBurke
District Commissioner Burke, COPA Main. First Responder.
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Sorry DC Burke we were just having some fun, It won't happen again.
Yeah. I'm sorry too. I've seen some firefighters actually saying something about going to restauraunts while going on a call. I thought it was alright. You have my word, it won't happen again.
It's not the matter of it happening in real life, it's professionalism, you guys are top notch firefighters, so act that way
YES SIR. (in all seriousness)DCBurke wrote:It's not the matter of it happening in real life, it's professionalism, you guys are top notch firefighters, so act that way
What about OOC in the break room, example someone posted something before the call and the call won't be cleared for a few dayss, also I haven't read it, but guys, be realistic, you take the fire department SEV to McDonalds, that way you can go throguht the drive through. Duh! (jk)
To me the call feels incomplete, there was little on scene treatment, and it feels that for a fatal crash there should be more investigation. It felt very incomplete and unrealistic.
Sorry DCBurke, it will never happen again. This crash was fatal, so we should've been very professional and serious. 
Yes, we were childish. As a Paramedic, I should've looked at the victim to see f I could find what happened.
I feel that during that call, I may have rushed it a little bit from the start with the treatment of the first two victims. Then after I treated them, I wasn't much help.
It was good while it lasted though (to keep it on a good note). 