MIDLEGO CITY FIRE RESCUE
RECENT INCIDENTS 4
11-07-09        WHILE OFF DUTY AS A MIDLEGO FIREMEDIC, MIDLEGO AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDIC, AND
MIDLEGO COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY RESERVE, AND ACTING AS OWNER OF OLE' BUDS LAWN CARE, R.
PARRISH WAS APPROACHED BY AN ESCAPED CRIMINAL FROM THE MIDLEGO CITY JAIL. AT THE TIME HE WAS
APPROACHED R. PARRISH WAS ABLE TO DRAW HIS PISTOL AND GET THE SUSPECT TO SURRENDER TO HIM,
WHILE HE NOTIFIED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL THEY HAD TO TASE THE SUSPECT AS
HE DID NOT WANT TO COOPERATE AND GO BACK TO JAIL. MIDLEGO ENGINE 11 WAS CALLED TO CHECK THE
PATIENT WHO THEY TURNED BACK OVER TO PD.
11-18-09        AT 1517 MIDLEGO AMBULANCE SERVICE RECEIVED A PRIVATE CALL FOR CHEST PAINS AT A
LOCAL CLINIC THEY REQUESTED LIGHTS AND SIREN. DUE TO MCFD POLICY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS
NOTIFIED AND THEY RESPONDED EMERGENCY AS WELL. AT 1528 WHILE EN ROUTE EMERGENCY TO THE
ABOVE CALL MIDLEGO AMBULANCE SERVICE UNIT 38-M-12 WAS INVOLVED IN AN MVC. THE UNIT WAS BEING
DRIVEN BY MIDLEGO FIRE CHIEF AS HE HAD THE DAY OFF FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND MEDIC J.
DAVIS ALSO A MIDLEGO SGT. MEDIC FROM ST. 8. THE AMBULANCE WAS IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT A SPEED
OF 14 MILES PER HOUR DUE TO CONGESTED TRAFFIC IN THE LANE OF TRAVEL. WHILE APPROACHING THE
INTERSECTION AND PASSING A TURN IN FOR A LOCAL FOOD MARKET A VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD IN THE
TURN LANE AND CROSSED PATHS WITH THE AMBULANCE, CAUSING A VERY MINOR WRECK BUT DISABLING
THE AMBULANCE FOR THE CALL IT WAS ON. DAVIS RADIOED FOR A SECOND UNIT RESPOND TO THE MEDICAL
CALL AND ADVISED ALL OCCUPANTS IN THE MVC WERE UNINJURED AND NEEDED PD ASSISTANCE FOR ROAD
BLOCKAGE. LUCAS THE FIRE CHIEF CHECKED THE PATIENT WHO WAS UNINJURED ON HER 18TH BIRTHDAY.
DEPUTY BLAIR WITH MCSO AND OFFICERS WITH MIDLEGO PD RESPONDED TO THE CALL FOR ASSISTANCE.
THE ROAD WAS CLEARED WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND THE ORIGINAL PATIENT AT THE CLINIC RECEIVED ALL
NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE AN EXPEDITED TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.
THE AMBULANCE RECEIVED AROUND $500.00 DAMAGE AND REQUIRED A NEW BUMPER, HEADLIGHT
ASSEMBLY, AND VERY MINOR BODY REPAIR TO STRAIGHTEN THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL.
11-01-10        WHILE OUT AND ABOUT INSPECTING FIRE HYDRANTS ENGINE 5 WAS DISPATCHED TO AN MVC
WITH ONE VEHICLE ON ITS SIDE AND ONE PATIENT ENTRAPPED. AN EXTRICATION UPGRADE WAS GIVEN AND
BATTALION 1 (PENN) AS WELL AS SQUAD 49 RESPONDED. UPON ARRIVAL ENGINE 5 AND BATTALION 1
DETERMINED THERE WAS ONLY ONE PATIENT AS THE DRIVER OF THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS BEING PLACED
UNDER ARREST BY MIDLEGO COUNTY SHERIFF'S FOR DUI. ENGINE 5 IMMEDIATELY BEGAN PATIENT CARE
AND STRETCHED THEIR BOOSTER LINE WITH CAFS WHILE AWAITING SQUAD 49. THE SQUAD ARRIVED AND
CUT THE PATIENT FREE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES AND THE PATIENT WAS PLACED ON A BACKBOARD FOR
SPINAL PRECAUTIONS DUE TO NECK AND BACK PAIN AND WAS GIVEN FENTANYL 0.05 MG IV. MAS 38-M-15
ARRIVED AND MEDIC 5 TRANSPORTED WITH THEM TO SOUTHEAST LEGO MEDICAL CENTER NON
EMERGENCY WHERE HE WAS TREATED FOR MINOR CUTS AND X-RAYS SHOWED NO SPINAL INJURIES.
LEFT: ENGINE 5
ARRIVING AND
SETTING UP
DRIVER OF SECOND
VEHICLE BEING TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY BY
MCSO

RIGHT: DRIVER OF
ENGINE 5 PLACING
WHEEL CHOCKS
LEFT: DRIVER OF
SQUAD 49
CONTROLLING
HYDRAULICS FOR
JAWS

RIGHT: EXTRICATION
IN PROGRESS BY
SQUAD 49
LEFT: PATIENT BEING
PACKAGED FOR
TRANSPORT

RIGHT: MAS MEDICS
AND MEDIC 5 HEADING
TO AMBULANCE
FIREFIGHTER OF
ENGINE 5 PUTTING
SCBA BACK ON
ENGINE WAITING ON
CAPTAIN AND DRIVER
TO PUT ENGINE BACK
IN SERVICE.