Grabs 172 Rowley Fire, MA (June 22, 2024)

• Name and Rank: RJ Oleary Call Firefighter-EMT
• Department: Rowley Fire in Georgetown, MA
• Date: June 22nd 2024
• Came in as a outside fire-upgraded to house fire
• Type of building: Single family residential home 1.5 story wood frame
• Approx time to remove: 4-5 min
• Weight of victim: 150-160 LBS
• VES
• Method of removal: dirty drag to window (arms first) and lifted out with assistance (tall window sill) from second and third firefighter. Double Ladders.
• Takeaways:
  
  • Look for the AC unit-indicate a bedroom.
  • Have a plan once you arrive communicate that plan with your crew.
  • Be comfortable and confident performing VES know when to use it.
  • Familiarity with your crew know there levels of training, confidence and proficiency’s

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Grabs 171 Pinellas Park Fire, FL (April 14, 2025)

• Name and Rank- Lt Bill Weaver
• Pinellas Park Fire Department
• Type of building- 2 story wood frame townhome
• Met by neighbor-said an elderly person lives in house, no confirmation.
• Good viz on first floor, zero viz on second floor
• Dead battery on TIC
• Approx time from arrival to removal - 6 minutes
• Weight of victim- 130lbs
• Method of removal- dirty drag

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Grabs 170 Sac Metro Fire, CA (August 15, 2024)

• Capt Josh Leonard, Kyle DiBiase, Danny Kim (Engineer Matt Rust)
• Call came in right at shift change-house fire
• Duplex-Living room well involved-no extension to Bravo unit
• Neighbors saying baby trapped in back-all in for search (truck)
• Engine stretched between fire and victim location.
• Smoke halfway down, good visibility low until the room, in the room no viz.
• 2 callout heard mumbling noise-Hard to pinpoint location.
• Found dog before victim, dog was lying on victim covering victim.
• Officer met at window and gave reference where to find victim and where to get to window.
• Victim 130 lbs-very tough lift (trapped legs) required second rescuer. Couldn’t go the other way due to fire. Conditions in room got worse.
• Victim out in less than 2 minutes.

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