07/23/22 Winnipeg MB Trench Rescue

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At 4:08 in the afternoon on Saturday, July 23, WFPS was dispatched for a reported Trench rescue. Engine 14 was on scene first and discovered that a 6+ foot trench had collapsed on a worker burying him up to his waist. The first in trucks tried to rescue him quickly but were unsuccessful as the soil conditions caused the trench to slowly collapse further. Once the technical rescue team arrived (Station 11), crews conversed quickly to formulate an action plan and got to work assembling the limited shoring that Rescue 11 had with them. Once the trench was more secure they began digging out the patient. District Chief 24 arrived with the shoring trailer and more trench panels and shoring were added to the trench. Approximately 90 minutes after the call was dispatched the patient was pulled from the trench and was brought over to the ambulance under his own power. He was assessed by paramedics and didn't require transport to the hospital, and was released.

Units on Scene: Engine 14, Engine 27, District Chief 3, District Chief 4, Engine 11, Rescue 11, Ladder 11, Safety 5, District Chief (EMS) 74, District Chief 24, Trench Rescue 7, Ambulance 22, Ambulance 27