Confined Space Rescue in Farmington

The Farmington VolunteerFire Company was dispatched shortly after 0800 to Delilah Road on June 24, 2023, to assist EHTAmbulance with a rescue. Farmington Assistant Chief Dennis Sharpe, afterobtaining additional information from EHTDispatch, requested the towerfrom the Cardiff Fire Company. A/C Sharpe determined the call to be a confined space incident. Upon the arrival of Cardiff Chief Gil Zonge, the patient was found to be suffering from a fractured leg and needed to be packaged into a Stoke’s basket and lifted out with the Cardiff Tower. Once the patient was assessed by EMS, the plan of action was implemented with the patient lowered right onto a waiting stretcherand attended to by EMS. The success of this procedure was a good result of training by firefighters in confined space and high-angle rescue. Command was terminated at 0905.

- Fire News photos by Dennis C. Sharpe

Nice Stop in Toms River

On June 1, 2023, Toms RiverFire Stations 25, 26 and 28 were dispatched to a residence on RiverTerrace formultiple calls reporting a house fire. Police arrived and reported fire showing from the second floorand incoming units transmitted the second alarm. Fire was found on the second flooras Engines 2671 and 2501 initiated an aggressive interiorattack while Tower2525 simultaneously vented the roof. As fire began to run the roofline, interior crews quickly knocked down the fire preventing any furtherextension. Stations 29 and 30 also responded to the scene while Ocean Beach 27 covered the city.

- Fire News photos by Mark Rosetti