Date of Incident:
09/20/2014
People Involved in Providing Assistance to Incident:
- Chief Danny Householder
- Asst Chief Andy Davis
- Capt. Zach Davis
- FF Jacob Davis
- FF Arthur Fowler
- FF Ian Palmer
- FF Kevin Smith
- FF Daniel Striker
- Stratton Fire Department
- Empire Fire Department
Description of Incident:
Dodge Neon was stopped at red light, approaching from behind semi did not see car and basically ran over the car. Driver of semi not injured and self extricated himself. The Stratton Fire Dept and Irondale Fire / Rescue Dept both have Amkus tools as their extrication equipment. Both departments along with assistance from Empire personnel used 2 sets of Amkus tools to free the trapped driver of the dodge neon. The extrication took nearly 50 minsutes to complete due to the severity of the crash. We utilized the spreader, a combi tool, cutter and ram to extricate victim.