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On the evening Wednesday, July 27 2008 at around 18:00 Susquehanna County
Communications Dispatched the box for an ATV accident with 1 pinned
under the machine on Teal Rd. in Springville's fist due. United Rescue
with a crew of 4 and United 11 responded. Springville arrived and
reported that the PT was no longer pinned but was about a mile off the
road. The united crew began getting ready to remove the patient as
Communications was dispatching United Fire for the reported structure
fire at 10 Wilson St. in the Boro. Smoke coming from an electrical
outlet. Crews at the rescue loaded the equipment in pick-up trucks and
used them to get as close to the scene as possible. Crews assisted
EMS with packaging the PT and carried the victim about 100 feet through
rough terrain to the ambulance. meanwhile United tower with a crew of 4
and engine 2 with a crew of 6 responded to the report of the fire. Crews
arrived to find nothing evident from the exterior and quickly controlled
the electrical in residence and did a quick search for extension. with
no extension found the Crew advised the resident to contact an
electrician to fix the problem. all crews were in-service from both
incident by 19:00. the victim of the ATV crash was transported by EMS to
the hospital there were no further injuries reported at either incident.
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