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What is/or was the most interesting or worst call you have been on?
I always find this a good conversation to get into. It is nice to share experiences with other in the field and maybe get there ideas if something else could have been done.
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Permalink Reply by Lt1206CFD on
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I would have to say my worst fire call would be the structure fire in Ocean Isle Beach, NC. We where there on mutal aid for 11 and 1/2 hrs. It made the nation news because 6 USC and 1 Clemson students where killed. My company had the task of shoring up and entering the house to recover the bodies. We have the only collapase team in the area, or atleast on that scene.
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Permalink Reply by Michael DeMasi on
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I remeber hearing about that. That must have been tough sorting through all that. I hope all your guys are doing ok. Alot of debriefing.
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Permalink Reply by Laura on
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The worst call I have ever been on was a mother who murdered her husband and set her house on fire to try to cover her tracks, disturbing. The thing that really got to me was she "accidentally" left her 6 month old child in the burning house (he was saved). Come to find out that the husband was cheating on her and abusing the baby because from the looks of it the father was putting his cigarettes out on his child's back along with a broken arm that was never given medical attention.
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That is disturbing. I guess she thought that she was giving equal justice, but definately could have been delt with a different way.
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Permalink Reply by Peter Foust on
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My worst call happened Super Bowl Sunday. My partner who I work with on Friday's came in and i found him in the back of the rig unconscious/unresponsive from and overdose of his medication. I am glad to say that we were able to save him and he is in the hospital now.
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Permalink Reply by Marc Hansen on
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most interesting call would have been my first "me riding in the back of the bus" call. I'd been working for a local ambulance company for about 2 weeks as a regular crew member(on nite turn) when we got called for a domestic assault. On scene of this run down apartment building that really did have a low wattage light bulb 14 feet up in the ceiling. Walk into the apartment that has a living room that was all of 8' x 8' with a couch on both A and B side, TV stand was on D side, and this stereo system with 5 foot speakers that took up the C side. On top of the stereo was an old glass fruit bowl that was filled with fuses(fuse box was just above it-guessed the stereo just pulled too much juice). There were used condoms lying all over the floor and the blanket that they were using as an area rug. My partner tells me to evaluate the female pt with the report of a head injury, while he talks to the cops. Now i'm new at this and nervous as hell, and cant remember anything they taught me in emt school except past medical history. So I ask her if she's ever had a head injury before and she replies "Yeah, that bastard shot me in the head a year ago and put me in a coma for a week". Thankfully my partner came over and prompted me what to do and say cause this little FNG was speechless. After taking her to the hospital the PD called to fill us in on the rest of the story--Our couple was hosting a "How to make your own x rated movie" party with 4 other couples when she had gone to the kitchen to get a snack tray, she returned to find her other half doing hands on demostration with several others and started a fight. After that I was hooked as its been almost 15 years since that call and most of that time has been working the midnite shift.
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Permalink Reply by Allen on
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I volunteer for a small town/rural area and only been on for 2-1/2 years. I haven't been on very many "bad" fire/rescue calls, but I did go on one very "interesting" call once.
At around 4 o'clock one morning, someone's dryer receptacle shorted out and was smoking. Luckily there was no fire. The occupants had 2 or 3 dogs tied up outside the mobile home and, when I went inside, I noticed about five others (puppies). When it was all over we climbed back into the truck. One of our Captains was seated beside me with a troubled look on his face. I made the comment, "They sure had a lot of dogs, didn't they?" Someone said, "They had bird, too". Another said, "I didn't see the bird, but I saw the rabbits". "Did you see all of the skull figurines on the shelf?" I looked at the captain questioningly and he said, "I didn't notice all of that, so much. I was trying to figure out why this man had a picture of Charles Manson hanging over his bed."
Not the worst, but definitely the most interesting call I've been on.
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Permalink Reply by nita on
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Ok...this probably falls under the "guess you had to be there" catagory, but I'll give it my best shot.
Me and two rookies were the ambulance crew one shift(my FD operates ambulances too). We were dispatched for an "unknown medical". I think the caller was too hysterical to gain anymore info than that. We arrived to a residence...out in the sticks ... to find a lady who was very emotional. She was the lady who brings "meals on wheels" to elderly people. It seemed that when she arrived to bring an elderly lady her meal...she couldn't get her to come to the door and noticed the dogs barking in the back yard. She began to walk around to the rear of the home when she found the lady lying in the yard, obviuosly deceased. She was clothed and all of the flesh from her collar...up....was eaten off. I mean absolutly no soft tissue was left, including eyeballs. It was so freaky looking...like tales from the crypt or something. All I can figure is she went to feed the dogs the night before and had a MI or massive CVA..or something that left her unresponsive and with no one there to help her, some small animal like a coyote or racoon did the damage to her neck and head. Either that or we should have been looking for a UFO....lol. That's got to be the strangest call I've ever been on and the two young guys that were with me...were even more freaked out than I was.
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WOW! I would have to say Allen that I would be wondering "WHAT THE HELL" too.
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Permalink Reply by Marie on
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yuuuuuuuuuckkk...... is it horrible that im not phased at all by this as im eatin pizza?
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Permalink Reply by Amie on
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That is tragic. I will say a prayer for him. So, sad. We seem to forget that even the rescuers need rescuing every once in awhile. Be safe.!
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Not at all Marie. I am the same way. I can sit and eat dinner and watch the most nasty things on tv. Things like Trauma Life in the ER, CODE Blue. It doesn't bother me a bit.
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