October 16, 2009
A cold, rainy day highlighted by an afternoon trap job kept the Rescue Squad units extremely busy on Friday, October 16.
Rescue Squad units ran 29 separate calls in a 12-hour period from approximately 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. These included 18 vehicle collisions on slippery roads caused by a day-long drizzle and heavy traffic throughout Bethesda. A dozen of the calls were on the Beltway or other high-speed limited access highways.
At about 1315 hours, Rescue Squad 741 responded to a personal injury collision at Jones Mill Road and Gunnell Drive, the south entrance to Bethesda Naval Hospital. Upon arriving on scene, they quickly stabilized the vehicle and popped open the driver’s door using hydraulic spreaders and cutters, allowing access to the victim by the ambulance crew.
In addition to the 19 calls run by the Heavy Rescue Squad truck, BLS and ALS units responded to 10 calls, and Battalion Chief Frank Gaegler, the daytime shift supervisor, responded to 6 calls.
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