Volunteers Serving Springfield Township
On the morning of December 18th, at 06:56 AM, Flourtown Fire Company responded to a ‘Vehicle Accident Rescue’ in Whitemarsh Township located on Skippack Pike in the vicinity of Joshua Road, to assist Barren Hill Fire Company (Station 29).
Units arriving on-scene found a box truck on its side. Fortunately, the driver only suffered minor injuries, and rescue services were not required.
On Wednesday 4/30 two vehicles collided at the intersection of Stenton and Evergreen Avenue, the resulting crash resulted in one of the vehicles coming to rest on top of a pile of broken concrete from a roadside sidewalk improvement project. Rescue crews needed to stabilize the vehicle and then use hydralic rescue tools to extricate the victim. There were two injuries. Stations 6 and 82 along with EMS units, as well as Springfield and Cheltenham police also responded to the accident.
Springfield Police investigated the accident.
Springfield Twp. Highway cleared the street of accident debris. Photos by Bob Wilmot, Jr.
Photos from the rescue training class on Sunday 3/2/2014. Members took part in a Montgomery County Fire Academy Class that took place at Station 6. In the photos the crew learns the ins and outs of vehicle stabilization and cribbing, an important first step in any vehicle-rescue scenario. Once the vehicle is stabilized the extrication of the patient can be successfully carried out. Crews learn how to position cribbing on vehicles that aren’t always on solidly on their wheels. Firefighters who successfully complete the course are certified in vehicle rescue on a national standard. Photos by Robert Wilmot, Jr.
At approximately 11PM on October 10, 2013, Flourtown Fire Company and Barren Hill Fire Company were dispatched for a two vehicle accident in the area of 9400 Ridge Pike. The head-on collision of two sedans required multiple rescue tool crews, cribbing, and multiple hose lines for the protection of the rescue crews from Rescue 29 and Squad 6. The entire roof of one of the vehicles needed to be removed to extricate the driver, the other required the door to be popped open. A helicopter was put on standby to transport a victim. Multiple ambulances were called to the scene, including Medic 5 from Philadelphia Fire Department because of the proximity to the city border. Traffic was shut down by Spring Mill, Barren Hill and Flourtown Fire Police units while the rescues and clean-up took place.
On August 13, the area was once again struck with sudden and large thunderstorms and flooding rains. The Wissahickon Creek, a major tributary that carries run off from all the surrounding communities, often rises quickly and area roads are often soon under water. Flourtown Fire Company, Squad 6, responded to a call of a motorist trapped in their vehicle on Morris Road in Fort Washington where the creek soon flooded over the roadway near Germantown Academy. The fire company reminds residents to not try to take their vehicle through any flooding are hidden currents and as little as 6 inches of moving water on a roadway can carry your car off the road and take you off your feet. TURN AROUND DON’T DROWN (The flooding taking place in Colorado, can happen anywhere.)
Below, Flourtown firefighters, trained and equipped in swift water rescue execute a rescue on Morris Road on August 13, 2013. Photos by Bob Wilmot, Jr.
