It seems in the last week that serious accidents have expoentially increased in Tioga County. People are dying or at least suffering serious injuries that require air transportation to a trauma facility. Good to keep our skills up, but bad for the population as a whole.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/08/21/2007-08-21_fdny_radio_transmissions_from_deutsche_b-1.html

"I want a roll call!" demands FDNY command. "I don't give a s--t about the building. I give a s--t about the guys!"…

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-firerecruit,0,2761146.storygallery?coll=bal_tab01_layout

This report from the Baltimore Sun gives more detail on the deadly training exercise and the report that has been completed about it. We can all read and learn from this one.

For the first time in recent memory we didn't turn a wheel today. The last call was EMS at 2350 on 8-13.

As I was leaving this morning, why is that always the case?

MVA two cars one injury Shumway Hill Road.

Bad day for accidents. We responded to a boy hit by a car later in the afternoon. Flew him out.

Don't forget the EMS folks. With the nursing homes, elderly warehouses, and normal stupidity at an all time high, they have several times the calls that require an engine or truck.…

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1030 Wellsboro station 1, Medic 1, and Galeton station 10 dispatched for a two vehicle MVA with multiple entrapped, six total injuries. Chief 1 Command requested second alarm of dept 11 and 16 for ambulances.

This is vehicle #1 after Hurst spreaders and Circle O Cutters. Rescue 1-8 was in charge of extrication and thanks to seatbelts and airbags all six people were… Continue

Another quiet night. One early call to land a medical helicopter. This is Guthrie Air out of Sayre, PA