Today, some of Minquas Fire Co members began preparations for this weekends upcoming "Huge" snow Storm. Several members went to the grocery store to obtain enough food and snacks to last through the whole storm. All of Delaware and its surrounding areas are under a Winter Storm Warning from now until 1900hrs on Sunday. Forecasters are predicting 16 - 24 inches of snow to fall over the next 24hr period. Check back in the next few days to read about any and all incidents members encountered during the storm.

On the above date at approx 15:00hrs, Station 23, Station 17 (Five Points), New Castle County Paramedics, and Delaware State police was dispatched to Interstate 95 south bound in the area of Newport Industrial Park for a MVC with entrapment. Chief 238-b (Elliott), on his way home from work was on the interstate and immediately went responding. Moments later Chief 238-b arrived to find a two vehicle MVC, both vehicles off the road in the marsh confirming heavy entrapment. Rescue 23 responded under command of 238-c (Lindell) with the crew of Ffr Haines, Ffr Pollinger, and FFr Satterfield. Rescue 23 and Rescue 17 arrived on scene simultaneously and crews immediately went to work to remove one trapped patient. Approx 45 mins later, the patient was freed from the vehicle and transported to Christiana Hospital as a Trauma code by B-17 and Medic 7. Both rescue crews worked hard together to remove glass, doors, roof and B-Post of the vehicle. Chief 238 (Young) was the incident Command.

Over the weekend storm, station 23 was dispatched to many calls starting late Friday night and not ending until Sunday. There was several firefighters that stayed the weekend to staff and Engine and Rescue. Thank you to all those who stayed and committed yourself to the station your help was definitely needed and appreciated.

Fire Chief: Philip Young

Deputy:  Joey Dierolf

1st Assistant: Jason Elliott

2nd Assistant: Jeff Lindell

Members of the Minquas fire company would like to congratulate the new 2010 fire line. We would also like to give a great thanks to the 2009 fire line for a job well done this year. Thanks to all for their hard work !!!

Tonight the members of Minquas had some training in vehicle stabilization, dash rolling and air bag deployment safety. The class was instructed by Rescue Captain Don Moorhead, 1st Assistant Chief Jason Elliott & 2nd Assistant Chief Rob Harvey Jr. Special thanks to the town of Newport for allowing us to use their maintenance yard while holding this class.

Stations 23 & 3.6.12 were alerted to an MVC with a Rollover on I95 SB at Churchmans Marsh. Upon arrival, one vehicle was on it's side with two people trapped the other with one trapped. Extrication time was about 20 minutes. B-12, A-23, and B-3 each transported one patient to Christiana Hospital. Crew of R-23: N. de Cento (other), C. Ward, P. Truax, & R. Cox

Station 23, 17, 30, 14, 28, 32, 2, 21, 16 were all dispatched to Ciba for an alarm. Units were on scene until 22:30. Thank you to all those who came out to assist. We would also like to give a big thanks to Station 22 who came and covered Minquas for a couple hours.

Station 23 participated in a joint training class with Ciba. The training class consisted of a Hazardous Materials situation and extrication. Thank you to all those who came out, and also to the crew of 12-6 for standing by to cover the 23 local.

Station 23 had a wonderful turn out at the Burn Building again. We would like to thank everyone that came out to practice basement evolutions. Everyone that showed did a great job....keep up the great work!

Alerted Station 23 for an MVC with entrapment. On A-23's arrival, confirmed negative entrapment with one patient at the scene and the driver fled. R-23 assisted with traffic control. Driver of the vehicle was found by DSP about 40 minutes later. A-23 & B-17 each transported one to Christiana Hospital. R-23 cleared, turning the scene over to Delmarva Power. R-23 Crew: Daryl Haines, Dave Haines, C. Ward, J. Dierolf, N. de Cento, J. Lindell, J. Sowinski, R Harvey Sr., 23-8 was also on-scene.

Stations 23 & 21 alerted to a MVC car vs. guardrail in the north bound lanes of Stanton Christiana Rd. upon arrival of Rescue 23 23-8B (J Elliott) took command placed the scene under control due to minor damage to the car. A-23 transported 1 to CER. Scene was turned over to DSP and all units cleared. Units on scene, R-23, E-23-2, A-23, A-21, 21-6, Fire police 23-9E, 21-9B, 21-9A, & 16-9D. DSP

Station 23, 14, 30, and 17, were alerted to a residential fire in the area of Newport Gap Pike & Burnside Blvd. 23-8 went on scene reporting smoke showing. Upon Engine 23-2’s arrival the crew connected to a hydrant and placed a 1 ¾ hand line in service the crew found a small fire in the kitchen. Due to a quick knock down the damage was kept to a minimum. Scene was placed under control @ 18:15

 

Station 23, was alerted to a two vehicle MVC on 141 S.B. over top of I95. Upon arrival, one patient was being transported to Christiana Hospital with minor injuries as R-23's crew checked out the vehicles. The two vehicles had managed to collide sending both vehicles off into the right hand shoulder. 23-8 (Chief Young) placed the scene under control @ 17:02