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Tuesday, July 08, 2008
BREAKING NEWS! Structure Collapses In Georgetown
The information is just coming in on a trailer collapsing somehow at 84 Lumber in Georgetown, DE where Rt. 113 is closed down in both directions at Rt 404. They have been able to cut open the building and gain access to the victim but they are trying CPR to revive him and Trooper II is in the air now to transport him to PRMC as we speak. The Tech Rescue Team from Sharptown was called in and ultimately cancelled. More to come.....
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A 44-year-old man is in serious condition at Christiana Hospital tonight after being pinned underneath a single-wide mobile home when the jack holding the house in the air collapsed. The incident occurred at Charity Lane at about 4:00 this evening. The Georgetown Fire Department and Georgetown police were able to dig a hole underneath the man and free him from the wreckage.
Just to make things accurate...there are 4 Sharptown (MD)Fire Dept. members that are on the Sussex County (DE) Technical Rescue Team. It is not a "Sharptown Tech Rescue Team". A few reasons this occurred: (1)these members were already trained in 1 or more of the disciplines of: confined space rescue, trench rescue, high angle rescue, & building collapse so they were a welcomed addition to a Tech Rescue Team, (2) these members boosted the member response from the west side of Sussex County, & (3) City of Salisbury Fire Dept's Special Ops Team does not allow trained individuals from any other dept to be a part of their team to assist the citizens of Wicomico County. Parsonsburg (MD) Fire Dept is trying to get some sort of specialized team going & I have heard they may be opening membership up to other Wicomico fire dept members but if they do not allow the highest trained individuals to be the officers of that team instead of their hand picked home dept officers then it will not be very successful.
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