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4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Guest - 01-16-2013
At 0346 Engines 4, 3, Truck 4 and Batt. Chief 1 were dispatched to a report of a person trapped between a 1-story garage and a multi-story building at 1240 SW Columbia St. in downtown Portland. From the garage roof, we were able to see a young lady in the approximately 7 to 9-inch space between the buildings. She had fallen from the roof into that space.
The incident was upgraded to a confined space rescue, bringing Eng. 1, Truck 1, the Heavy Rescue Squad 1 and other specialized equipment.
Since there was no access, a large opening had to be cut in the cement block garage wall. The cutting generated a large amount of dust so they had to stop several times to clear the air to make sure she did not have any breathing problems.
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Lt. Rich Chatman is in the opened wall helping the victim. This is Rich's last regular shift and tomorrow he starts as our new PIO.
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Cutting off the victim's jacket to help with her removal.
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Nearly freed.
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Free at last and very happy after her 4-hour ordeal.
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Off to the hospital for a checkup, although she did not seem to be injured.
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4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - hadg317 - 01-16-2013
How did she get there?
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - 129k - 01-16-2013
I saw this on the news, including an interview with the LT....i was hoping you made it there.
Nice photos.
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - 129k - 01-16-2013
[quote name='hadg317' timestamp='1358377722' post='507619']
How did she get there?
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Gravity...LOL
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - BFD190 - 01-16-2013
Ha ha... ^ thats great ...
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Guest - 01-16-2013
Nice photos. Something like this happened in Providence RI not too long ago: [url="http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/providence/woman-rescued-from-between-buildings"]http://www.wpri.com/...tween-buildings[/url]
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Guest - 01-16-2013
Great job Portland fire and great photos of the rescue!
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - hank - 01-16-2013
Good photos, Dick!
tHANKs
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - NRIfirePhotos - 01-16-2013
great set!!!!
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - tntway - 01-16-2013
this made the local news out here in Ct
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - jgohio - 01-16-2013
Thanks. Always enjoy your posts and photos. I never have encountered and never really thought through how to hanndle a situation like this. Now I know.
Joe
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Woody - 01-16-2013
This made the news out in Lancaster PA.. Great Job Portland FD and good photos!
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Guest - 01-17-2013
Fantastic work by the fire department. Great pics.
Thanks for sharing.
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - maxim - 01-17-2013
Is the Lt. really going to be the PIO or were you just complementing on the great job he did in national interviews. When I saw the interview I thought the guy had a future in PIO (ing) had not seen your post so it was kind of de ja vu.
Great work by all involved
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Guest - 01-17-2013
[quote name='maxim' timestamp='1358439503' post='507650']
Is the Lt. really going to be the PIO or were you just complementing on the great job he did in national interviews. When I saw the interview I thought the guy had a future in PIO (ing) had not seen your post so it was kind of de ja vu ... [/quote]
Yes, he starts today.
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Guest - 01-17-2013
Nice pics
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Guest - 01-17-2013
News here said she was smoking and fell.
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Guest - 01-17-2013
[quote name='Union Medic' timestamp='1358449150' post='507655']
News here said she was smoking and fell.
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I heard the roof of the garage is a deck/smoking area for the apartment building.
4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - gmuhr - 01-17-2013
Here are a few photos I took.
I am working on uploading some video to my website also.
[url="http://memoriesbymuhrs.zenfolio.com/"]http://memoriesbymuhrs.zenfolio.com/[/url]
Here is a link to a video (there are a few more on my website)
[url="http://memoriesbymuhrs.zenfolio.com/p772239576/e528f01e6"]http://memoriesbymuh...39576/e528f01e6[/url]
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4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13 - Guest - 01-17-2013
[size=5]Awesome Shots.[/size]