FD Rant News - October 2016
DIX HILLS
MVA with Overturn
Story and Photo by Devin Malloy
On August 22nd, in the late evening hours, the Dix
Hills Fire Department was activated for an accident
with a reported overturned vehicle on Buttonwood
Drive. When department units arrived on scene they
found one overturned vehicle with all occupants out
of the car. Two heavy rescue engines responded to the
scene and secured the vehicle while ambulance personnel treated and transported a patient to an area
hospital. All operations were under the command of
Chief Robert Fling [2-8-30].
MEDFORD
SUV
Flips
After
Hitting
Pole
Story and Photo by Chris Sabella
On Wednesday, August 24th, just after midnight, a single-car accident
sent one driver to a local hospital, after her SUV hit a utility pole and
flipped over. Medford Firefighters responded and found the vehicle on
its roof after it had collided with the pole, snapping it into pieces. The
trapped driver needed extrication and transport. North Patchogue Ambulance took the victim to Brookhaven Hospital for treatment.
HAUPPAUGE
Another Pole
Taken
Out
Story and Photo by Devin Malloy
On Wednesday, August 24th, the Hauppauge Fire Department was
alerted to an auto accident with overturn on Wheeler Road. When
units arrived on the scene there was a car flipped on its side that had
collided with a telephone pole. The pole, leaning over the roadway
from the impact, forced firefighters to work carefully and quickly to
secure the vehicle and make sure the patient got to the ambulance
safely. The road was closed for an extended period of time until the
pole could be removed and replaced. The patient was transported to
an area hospital and units took up shortly after.
FARMINGVILLE
Mother and Children
Hurt
in
MVA
Story and Photo by Chris Sabella
On Saturday morning, August 27th, a mother was ejected from her
vehicle and her two children were injured after a collision on southbound Nicholls Road. Units from both Farmingville and Holtsville Fire
Departments responded to secure the scene. Suffolk County Police
Aviation landed on Nicholls Road and airlifted the mother to Stony
Brook University Hospital. Both children [one an infant] were taken by
ground transport [Farmingville Ambulance]