Pawling (Dutchess) - Serious MVA 05-24-08

[TAPSJ 30]

Date: 5/24/08

Time: 1540 Hrs.

Location: Rt. 22 Near Hannaford's

Frequency: 453.900 (Distpatch); 453.925 (Response); 453.800 (Command); 45.880 (County Mutial Aid); 453.950 (Fire Ground 11/12); 460.450 (Field Ops.); Distpacher 14-??

Units Operating: Pawling 54-79, 54-15, 54-1, 54C-2; 54-11 (LZ Engine); Patterson Ambulance And Rescue; LifeNet (STAT Flight); Numerous State Troopers And Dutchess County Sheriff Responding

Description Of Incident: Serious MVA With CPR

1540 Hrs. - Pawling Distpatched Priority One For An MVA With CPR In Progress In The Area Of Hannaford's

1542 Hrs. - Pawling Notified Possible In Patterson (Putnam)

1543 Hrs. - Pawling 54-79 Requesting A Medevac

1545 Hrs. - Pawling Command Requesting Helicopter To Land At Patterson Flea Market

1546 Hrs. - Pawling Command Notifying That It Is Just Past The County Line And That It Is A Car Under A Tractor Trailer

1547 Hrs. - Pawling Command Reqesting 54-11 To Take The Landing Zone. Also, To Take Rt. 22 To 311

1550 Hrs. - DC911 Making Sure Patterson Is On Scene. They're Getting Calls For A Possible 2nd MVA

1551 Hrs. - Pawling Command Notifying That It Is One In The Same

1556 Hrs. - Pawling 54C-2 Requesting That A Plane Be Removed From Over The Landing Zone

1557 Hrs. - DC911 Advising LifeNet Can't Communicate With The Aircraft

1602 Hrs. - DC911 Advising Per PD The Aircraft Is High Enough

1613 Hrs. - Pawling Command Notifying DC911 That The Helicopter Has Landed

1625 Hrs. - Pawling Command Notifying DC911 That LifeNet Is Lifted Off To Westchester Medical Center

Writer: TAPSJ