The Ramblings of a Recovery Nut: September 2005

Sex offender map web sie

this is an inovative site that takes the info from the states sex offender web site and maps it out.
i am very surprised at how many were in my area!

check it out: http://www.mapsexoffenders.com/

very cool bridges in Japan!!

these are from www.orsm.net

unfortionatly i dont have any more info about them

ambulance crash

from: http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=45&id=44741

On September 15, 2005, a Sonoma Life Support BLS ambulance was transferring a 70-year-old woman back to her mobile home when a small SUV pulled out in front of them. The ambulance hit the SUV and spun it around, trapping a 25-year-old woman.

The ambulance left the roadway and went down an embankment and struck a tree headon. The patient was thrown forward and pinned. The patient was killed instanly. The driver and the EMT along with the driver of the SUV were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Santa Rosa Fire Department sent Engine 5 (first due), and Medic Engine 2, along with Truck 1.

Wheels to the sky

check out this awsome rollover

from: http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=45&id=44762

Monday, September 19, 2005 fire crews from Suffolk, VA were taken from their evening meals for a reported overturned truck on Rt 58, one of Suffolk's heavily traveled thoroughfares.

The call was reported at the entrance to the cities regional landfill which services all cities in the Hampton Roads area.

Battalion 1 arrived and established command of a side dump tractor trailer carrying soil to the regional landfill overturned on its roof with the driver entrapped.

Fire companies from Station 1 and 3 worked diligently to free the driver who was semi-alert during the extrication.

Teamwork and experience played a role in the 13 minute rescue. Ladder 3 and Squad 1, two of the cities four extrication trucks, worked together along with Engine 3 to stabilize the vehicle with air shores and long timbers and to remove the victim from the truck.

The regional trauma helicopter Nightingale, based out of Norfolk Sentara was requested due to the severity of the accident and landed at the Hampton Roads airport, approximately one mile from the accident scene.

Crews remained on scene while the truck was overturned and turned the scene over to accident investigators.

tanker truck off bridge

i found these on firehouse.com- amazing!!

from: http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?sectionId=45&id=44784

Halfway, MD - On September 20th, Emergency Crews from Halfway and Williamsport responded out for a Tractor Trailer accident on Interstate 70 East of Interstate 81.

Washington County dispatch became flooded with calls reporting a tractor-trailer accident just prior to Interstate 81 on 70.

Crews responding arrived to find a tractor-trailer partial hanging off the bridge with a portion of the trailer ripped off and lying on the railroad tracks below.

The truck involved had been carrying 8000 gallons of liquid sugar which was spilled all over the roadway which became mixed in with over 150 gallons of diesel fuel and oil spilled from the accident.

Assistant Chief Kroboth of Halfway Fire arrived and immediately assumed command of the incident.

Once he was able to assess the scene, command immediately requested Washington County Special Operations 20 to the incident to assist with the spill and also requested dispatch to notify the Railroads of the incident since the tracks below the bridge have been compromised.

Fire department crews began working on clean-up while Williamsport EMS attended to the driver who had minor injuries. Once the driver was assessed by EMS, they transported him to Washington County Trauma Center for evaluation. Crews from Williamsport transported him in priority 3 while fire crews worked at the scene.

Crews from Halfway and Williamsport remained on the scene for several hours working to clean up the spill. Command was able to release some units while he remained on the scene until all hazards were removed. Command reported the tractor-trailer had been removed from the roadway around 23:33 hours.

The towing agency at that time was working to remove the remnants of the trailer, which went over the bridge down onto the railroad tracks below.

The towing agency on the scene was able to complete there task and all remaining emergency crews on the scene were able to clear the incident scene shortly after 1:30 in the morning.

Halfway Fire Co.26 was assisted by crews from Williamsport Fire Co.2, Funkstown Fire Co.10, Williamsport EMS Co.29, and Washington County Special Operations 20 on the incident.

Car rolled into water

on friday, a car that was parked neer the Burnum Harbor Boat Docks, somehow came unparked and rolled into the water.

It is estimated that the total water depth was 8-10 feet deep. When an accident happens in the city, the police have limited options. They can call the department of streets and sanitation, call E+R, their contracted company (they will take a long time and they use them mostly for impounds only) or they can wait for a privet contractor- this includes scammers and legit companies the customer calls. In this case- CPD called streets and sanitation. They brought out their heavy and the operators are not fulltime tow operators, nor are they trained by anyone. They have limited experience. As you can see by how dark it got (this happened at about 4pm) they took their time, so much so, they discussed for � an hour how they wanted the car hooked up. I assume they were so far away from the water because they intended to set the car down behind their truck.

When the car went in the water, it steeled to the bottom on its wheels and there was no body damage. According to the owner, the car had just received a new motor, trans, and paint job. It also was pimped out. It was an 80�s olds. When the car was being pulled out, because of the way it was hooked, the car spun around and the roof of the car slammed against the water wall several times.

The truck could not lift it any higher, so they drove the wrecker forward and the car with it. The owner was fuming and pacing (that�s what you get for being too cheep to call a trained operator) what ever was salvageable b4 the recovery, was destroyed by the recovery. Except the $2000 rims.

the owner is the black guy with his hands on his head in the background.

this is the owners boat- ummmmm.

Chicagoland towing news, gosip and count

Chicagoland Towing News:

UPDATED: 9/26/05

-Fries Towing out of Prospect hights has a sweet new V-30- i will try and get pics.
-Suberban Towing out of Elk Grove, was spoted towing one of their own flatbeds s/b on 294
-United Airlines has 3 Tow trucks, 1 was spoted towing a p-up last week

the updated standings

Ernies-10
Airline-8
Lin-Mar-7
IDOT-5
District- 4
O'Hare- 3
Allens-2
Fries-1
Jims-1
Bristle-1
Powers-1
wildwood-1
ray and wallys-1
City of Chicago-2
Hillside-0
Bloomingdales-0

(remember, these standings are only updated with recover that i have confirmed- apperently i am missing a bunch, but these are the best i can come up with)

R/O 290 at wolf- IDOT and O'Hare
r/o I 290 at thorndale- unk recovery company
r/o 35th/kedzie- city of chicago -unk who else
Car into lake - city of chicago
r/o I55 above webber rd- unk recovery company
9/26
semi thru gaurdrail and into ditch- 94@cicero- Linmar+IDOT
Tanker thru gaurdrail and into ditch-294 s/b at Algonquin- Ernies
Semi in ditch in Morton Grove- Lin-Mar
Rollover Tanker- Touhy and Lehigh- O'Hare