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Pa. firefighter finds son dead at accident scene
Arriving at 788-C Strasburg Road after the 8 a.m. accident, the chief and Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Anderson tried to help a boy who had been struck by a car while riding to school on a scooter.
But the 11-year-old had already died.
Brubaker realized it was Fisher's son.
"I looked at (Fisher) and he nodded his head, yeah," Brubaker said.
The boy was John S., one of six children of David and Mary Fisher of 829-A Strasburg Road.
The Kinzer firefighters quickly took Fisher away from the tragic scene and let the Paradise and Gap fire companies take over.
Read the full article at: http://tinyurl.com/a84tev
What are your department protocols for this type of event?
I've responded to an incident where it was a neighbouring departments member who was killed in a roll over while responding- not a good situation for anyone. He was dressed in full turnouts, his pager was still beeping in the car (on his hip), which the police wouldn't allow anyone to enter the scene to silence as it was a crime scene.
I've been fortunate enough not to respond to any family members, or department member families....
But the 11-year-old had already died.
Brubaker realized it was Fisher's son.
"I looked at (Fisher) and he nodded his head, yeah," Brubaker said.
The boy was John S., one of six children of David and Mary Fisher of 829-A Strasburg Road.
The Kinzer firefighters quickly took Fisher away from the tragic scene and let the Paradise and Gap fire companies take over.
Read the full article at: http://tinyurl.com/a84tev
What are your department protocols for this type of event?
I've responded to an incident where it was a neighbouring departments member who was killed in a roll over while responding- not a good situation for anyone. He was dressed in full turnouts, his pager was still beeping in the car (on his hip), which the police wouldn't allow anyone to enter the scene to silence as it was a crime scene.
I've been fortunate enough not to respond to any family members, or department member families....
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Permalink Reply by united 289..{Dave} on
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WOW!! Is all I can say. I have never delt with this myself nor has our Department.
We have no languish in our S.O.P.'s to cover this. I think it would be good to add.
My Prayer and thoughts our with the family and Department in there time of comfort.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Harris on
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We have no protocol for this that I know of, my guess is though we would work the scene of the accident, and have a member of our department stay with the affected member or ask someone from the squad stay with the member, we work very closely with our squad!
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Permalink Reply by Oldman on
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I am sure any of us who have or had younger children have often thought about this. I know I have had many nightmares as my children were growing up. Even today, if I know one of my children are out and about in an area where we are called for a crash, I silently think "I hope it's not one of mine. I have been blessed that I have never had to experience this. I have made crashes with old girlfriends or classmates being deceased, and while not the same, I know how bad I felt afterward. I cannot even begin to imagine how it would be if it were my child.
We have made incidents where a teen or child was killed which was the same or near the same age as one of our members children, and could tell that it was affecting them. They were relieved from duty, escorted back to the station and offered the opportunity to defuse. If it were several of us, we would all stand down, and call in a CISM team. While we do not have a formal policy, (we probably should) being a small group, we know each other pretty well.
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Permalink Reply by Tony P on
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This is always a possibility where the staff for a fire brigade (or department) live locally. For volunteers it's even more likely. Perhaps one of the worst parts of our chosen way of life? I've had occasion to feel that fear, luckily it was unfounded.
How would we handle it? Probably by having a couple of our people leave the immediate area with the person - maybe even by calling for another Brigade to respond and take over if a few people felt affected. A certaintly would be an immediate request for CIS response - I'd say that the whole Brigade would be in need of CIS help of some kind.
Luke? Years ago a friend of mine, SES member, was called to a cut-out. Turned out to be another friends son. Unfortunately also deceased.
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Permalink Reply by lutan1 on
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Tony, the one I mentined above was a CFA member- it was an automatic stand down for that brigade from not only that scene, but from all calls. From memory, they were removed (For want of a better word) from the CAD system for about 2 weeks. All other brigades covered their area.
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Permalink Reply by Erin T. on
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OHHHH That's horrible. May God surround the family round about them with the protective hedge of our Lord Jesus.
Erin Tarver
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Doesn't surprise me really. We're human and can be hit just as hard as anyone else. That ability to toally cover another Brigade is one of our strengths.
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It was intersting- one of our members was an off duty traffic cop and he came across it (first on scene)- when he saw the uniform, he stopped all traffic and pulled his badge and stopped the brigade from emntering the scene, telling them it was a crime scene, but didn't let on the deceased was a member.
Very interesting scene to say the least....
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