Niles, IL-TRT Box #T23-Sewer worker trapped, trench collapse - 7/19/14 *Pix/vid

Joined
Jan 19, 2014
Messages
588
SAT., JULY 19, 2014 ...1709 hours
NILES FIRE DEPARTMENT
M.A.B.A.S. DIVISION 3
TRT BOX #T23 - TRENCH RESCUE
SEWER TRENCH COLLAPSE
8548 N. OLCOTT AVE., NILES, IL

(unknown initial dispatch time)

REPORTED SEWER COMPANY DOING WORK WHEN A TRENCH WALL COLLAPSED.

UPGRADED TO A BOX ALARM, BOX #T23, AT 1709 HOURS
STAGING: NOTRE DAME COLLEGE PREP. HIGH SCHOOL, 7655 W. DEMPSTER ST.

COMPANIES STILL WORKING ON STABILIZING THE TRENCH ...1742 HOURS 

"LIN-MAR TOWING CO." RESPONDING WITH MORE LOW-PRESSURE AIR BAGS.
(A WITNESS AT THE SCENE REPORTS THAT A VACUUM IS "SUCTIONING UP" THE DIRT AROUND THE TRENCH.)

ADULT MALE PATIENT RESCUED FROM THE TRENCH BY 1909 HOURS ...unknown condition of patient

BOX ALARM #T23 STRUCK OUT 1910 HOURS
*No further info. as of yet

Rundown may be incomplete:
NILES ENGINE'S 3, 1
TRUCK: GLENVIEW T14
SQUADS: SEE BELOW
EMS: NILES ALS 5
CHIEFS: NILES 200 ...BC4, 303 - UNSURE OF FD's

SPECIAL CALL: ALL ON-DUTY DIVISION 3 TECH'S

SQUADS: SKOKIE SQUAD 18, RESCUE 3 - unk. FD or type of vehicle

EMS: PARK RIDGE ALS 36

TRT: PARK RIDGE "TRT 3," WITH 1 TECH
HIGHLAND PARK Eng. ?
WILMETTE ENG. 26
NORTHBROOK SQUAD 12
PROSPECT HEIGHTS WITH 3 TECHS - APPARATUS?
GLENVIEW Trk. 14, WITH 1 TECH
DES PLAINES TRT 60? - # OF TECH'S?
DES PLAINES TRT 63, WITH 1 TECH
SKOKIE UTILITY 17 (Pick-up truck, unk. what it carries)
WILMETTE UTILITY 26 (SUV, unk. what it carries)
NORTHFIELD UTILITY 29 (unk. type vehicle, unk. what it carries)

9 OR 10 ADD.'L TECHS FROM UNKNOWN FD's

SPECIAL CALL: CANTEEN 3 (UNK. FD)




http://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/2014/07/firefighters-rescue-construction-worker-that-fell-in-a-hole-in-a-foundation-at-oakton-st-and-gibbons-ave-arlington-heights/
 
In most cases when you see a utility truck like that responding its transporting manpower, rescue technicians in this case.  They may have grabbed a few pieces of specialized equipment but their normal mission is to transport manpower.
 
Back
Top