4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13

[Guest]

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.







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.















Cutting off the victim's jacket to help with her removal.







Nearly freed.







Free at last and very happy after her 4-hour ordeal.







Off to the hospital for a checkup, although she did not seem to be injured.

[hadg317]

How did she get there?

[129k]

I saw this on the news, including an interview with the LT....i was hoping you made it there.



Nice photos.

[129k]

[quote name='hadg317' timestamp='1358377722' post='507619']

How did she get there?

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Gravity...LOL

[BFD190]

Ha ha... ^ thats great ...

[Guest]

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]

[Guest]

Great job Portland fire and great photos of the rescue!

[hank]

Good photos, Dick!



tHANKs

[NRIfirePhotos]

great set!!!!

[tntway]

this made the local news out here in Ct

[jgohio]

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

[Woody]

This made the news out in Lancaster PA.. Great Job Portland FD and good photos!

[Guest]

Fantastic work by the fire department. Great pics.



Thanks for sharing.

[maxim]

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

[Guest]

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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.

[Guest]

Nice pics

[Guest]

News here said she was smoking and fell.

[Guest]

[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.

[gmuhr]

Here are a few photos I took.



I am working on uploading some video to my website also.



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Here is a link to a video (there are a few more on my website)

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[Guest]

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