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I really dont know why so many are getting worked up over this...
Three pages and not a single bash or criticism of the work done by the several fire departments on scene. A unique challenge met head on resulting in a positive outcome. Really only one voice questioning anything..which has to be a record! LOL
Everything from scene management, adequate manpower, a surplus of tools and equipment, etc..everything spot on. This was an incident that we all can learn from, thanks in part to Mark's pics and 2ndAC Schultz' narrative..I know that I learned something from this thread.
I can also see the the validity of the questioning of the treatment...I agree with ALS treatment on this patient, but that is one of the troubles with commercial EMS...you never know who you're gonna get. Yes, it all worked out in the end, but I beleive an aggressive medic would have opted to treat differently...I know I would.
Again - awesome job Battalion 4 guys....seriously STRONG WORK...Dont let the few negative voices keep you from sharing your information, pictures, and opinions.

Seth, dont you know its not the SIZE of the rescue, its how you use it...
Mark, please do not let any of these guys deter you from posting pics any more, you take good ones and all of the pics on this site are a good learning tool, especially when the chiefs involved post here and share their insight on the incident and what was going through their minds. This was a challenging scene, and it was mitigated safely and quickly with no serious injury or worse, to me thats a good day! Keep posting pics and dont let them stop you, the mods on this site will do their jobs and we will support both you and the mods.
Great Job.

No more discussion of the incident itself will take place here in this thread. This thread if for discussing the PICTURES taken. If people feel so inclined to discuss the incident itself, the operations, what was done, or not done, then they can take the initiative to start a discussion thread in the Dutchess County Local Forum!
Any other critiques posted in this thread will be deleted by the Staff.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THE PICTURES MARK!!! Definitely nice to see what was going on, on the other side of the radio, and definitely NOT what any of us were thinking/expecting!

Thank you to mark for the pics and to the moderators for ending the issue.

Again as I have stated before, here is another thread that gets into the back and forth of arguing over pictures of an incident and the second guessing of the responders that were actually on the scene. I had stopped posting pictures just for this reason but thought this was an unique incident that was handled professionally by "everyone" that responded and I thought by sharing the incident in photos it would show that no matter how much we train and practice, something comes along that is a challenge and forces us to think outside the box. Now I wish I hadn't posted them and just shared them at the critique with the Battalion 4 tomorrow.

Let the arguments be done. Chief Shultz has come a long way in my book, and his word should be the final word on this incident. Thanks marketmets415 for the photos.

Thank you Seth for posting about the anti-negativity campaign. I am going to refrain from commenting on what has transpired on this thread since the last time I was one to read it because Mark went against his better judgment to post these pictures on here so we could talk about a unique scenario (thanks Mark), and someone had to mount the QB chair this fine Monday to pick apart PT issues. The Medics and EMS personnel on scene have enough crust on their EMS gear for me to trust whatever treatment they executed, and that is the bottom line. The pictures give no one enough basis for any claims otherwise.
I want to again thank those who were there or involved in any way shape or form, a late thanks to the Medivac crew who was on standby for a portion of the call. And a big thank you to those who have contributed positively and constructively to this thread.

Totally get your frustration but the pics do most of us a lot more good than the trivial nonsense that goes back and forth with a relative few posters. Please don't stop posting photos. Lately the bickering is cleared up relatively quickly by the moderators, yourself inlcuded.

All I can say is Holy Cow, man. Great photos, and job by everyone involved

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Very interesting and well present photographs, that well represented the teamwork and thinking outside the box this call required.

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As the Second Asst. Chief of the Millerton Fire Company, we would like to thank all the fire companies that were involved in the mitigation of today's incident whether it was standby duty at another firehouse or directly involved in the actual extrication. So a big thanks to the Amenia, Wassaic, Stanford, Millbrook, Dover, and Lakeville fire companies. Also a tip of the lid to CC-14, CC-16, DCSO, NYSP, and the cattle farmers who were there to assist with the cows: all provided invaluable assistance.
This was a particularly tough extrication all around, because not only was it an auto accident with entrapment but it also basically a simpler man in the machine type scenario, the two fused together to make one interesting call. I was first on scene and was able to take it all in before the organized chaos ensued. A flatbed truck driven straight underneath 5-tons of machinery. All the stability was taken away from the hopper and transferred to the building and the vehicle itself. The driver was encapsulated basically but unharmed. Literally just in his seat, no way to move one way or the other. As you can imagine by the photos stabilization was the biggest issue which is why a multitude of rescues were brought in, for their cribbing alone, but also for air bags and the other specialty equipment they could provide. Once that was accomplished the actual extrication was easy. As you can tell in the photo slide we removed a back rack and the rear part of the passengers cab and the driver was able to self extricate basically from that point.
All involved stated that this was one that you could not really train for, and despite its many challenges I can say that I am proud of the outcome and way in which the incident was mitigated.

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Millerton Fire under the direction of Chief Jason Watson responded to a cattle truck into a silo hopper and building off Route 22 just North of the Webutuck High School. The truck hauling cows to the fair went off the road and traveled several hundred feet through two fields before going down an embankment and striking and going under a dust silo entraping the driver. I arrived several minutes into the operation and have no patient update or cause of the accident
Incident alert: http://www.emtbravo.net/index.php/topic/42876-millerton-vehicle-into-bldg-wentrapment-8-21-11/page__pid__244401#entry244401

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