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4-Hour Extrication in Portland 1-16-13
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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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#2
How did she get there?
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#3
I saw this on the news, including an interview with the LT....i was hoping you made it there.



Nice photos.
FF - JH Ketcham Hose Co, Dover Plains, NY 36 Truck

FAO - City of Poughkeepsie



FTM - PTB - KTF
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#4
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How did she get there?

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Gravity...LOL
FF - JH Ketcham Hose Co, Dover Plains, NY 36 Truck

FAO - City of Poughkeepsie



FTM - PTB - KTF
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#5
Ha ha... ^ thats great ...
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#6
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]
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#7
Great job Portland fire and great photos of the rescue!
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#8
Good photos, Dick!



tHANKs
tHANKs
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#9
great set!!!!
Ken LaBelle



Capt Town of Lincoln Fire/Rescue 4
NRIFirePhotos.com
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#10
this made the local news out here in Ct
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 (KJV)
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#11
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
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#12
This made the news out in Lancaster PA.. Great Job Portland FD and good photos!
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Stay Safe!



Woody Woodward

FD Photographer

Rohrerstown Fire Company, Station 6-7

Lancaster PA

www.67fire.com
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#13
Fantastic work by the fire department. Great pics.



Thanks for sharing.

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#14
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
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#15
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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.
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#16
Nice pics
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#17
News here said she was smoking and fell.
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#18
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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.
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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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Greg Muhr

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[size=5]Awesome Shots.[/size]
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