02/23/2011 Back to Back Cut Jobs in Squad 13's 1st due!

At 1254 hours, Squad 13 and BLS 1396 were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident in the area of 330 Browning Lane.  Once on location, it was determined that they had a two vehicle accident with one driver entrapped.  Rescue 13 and Battalion 13 were added to the assignment.   Squad 13 and BLS 1396 began a simultaneous effort to provide patient care while engaging extrication operations.  Patient was freed from the vehicle prior to the arrival of the Rescue. 

As the Squad Company was wrapping up, County Communications advised of another Motor Vehicle Accident at the intersection of Route 561 and Walt Whitman with a report of people trapped which automatically added Rescue 13 and Battalion 13.  Squad 13 quickly redirected their efforts to the response and arrived to find an additional two vehicle crash with one driver still trapped.  Captain Haldeman advised county of the conditions and added additional medical resources due to the fact that they had two Priority 2 patients.(2 BLS and 2 ALS units total)  Squad 13's crew split up and began patient care and extrication operations.  Rescue 13 arrived and aided in the operations, completing the total extrication in about 15 minutes.