Rescue / Engine 28-6 

Tactial Rescue in Penn Acres JULY 20 - On Sunday July 18th, just after 15:00 hrs., crews were dispatched to S. Booth Drive for a reported person stuck in a tree. Prior to units arrival the incident was upgraded to a high angle rescue adding the New Castle County High Angle and Confined Space Rescue (HACSR) Team. Engine 32-5 arrived and began acessing the situation as A/C Phibbs (32-8C) established command. It was determined that the homeowner ... (Full Story & Photos)

Full scale drill at the New Castle County Airport JULY 19 - On Saturday, July 10th, officers and members participated in a full scale drill at the New Castle County Airport. At aprox. 09:15 a level 1 response with mutual aid from Station 33 (Delaware Air National Guard) was dispatched to an unknown aircraft situation. Units responded and were advised to respond to the Churchmans Road gate. A/C Ingram (28-8B) arrived and assumed command. After a brief discussion ... (Full Story & Photos)

SCBA Confidence Maze Training MAY 25 - On Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at Fire Station 32; DuPont Experimental Station Fire Chief Bruce Galloway and crew, set up their Self Contained Breathing Apparatus Confidence Training Maze for our Firefighters to experience. The maze is used for our Firefighters to gain the needed self confidence in bad situations during fire conditions. The maze is simulated fire ground activity in which the Firefighter ... (Full Story & Photos)

Subject Trapped In A Van MAY 25 - On this date @ 11:57 Stations 28 & 32 and Medic 2B were dispatched for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment in front of the Hess Gas Station in Wilmington Manor. Rescue/Engine 28-6 arrived to find a single vehicle accident involving a light pole and confirmed the driver trapped. Crews stabilized the van then removed the driver's door to free the patient. Extrication was complete at 12:08 and the ... (Full Story & Photos)

Motor vehicle accident with heavy entrapment MAY 05 - On Tuesday May 4, 2010 at 15:40 hrs. Wilmington Manor and Delaware City Fire Companies were dispatched to S. Dupont Hwy. and Red Lion Rd. for a motor vehicle accident reported with entrapment. Ambulance B-27, returning from the hospital, arrived and confirmed one patient heavily trapped. Shortly after crews arrived and began extricating the patient. After a brief size up of the incident it was determined ... (Full Story & Photos)

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