Incidents
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August 11, 2019
**Injured Hiker - Rope Rescue** Today at approximately 1415 hours, Peekskill VAC was dispatched along with Cortlandt Peekskill Regional Paramedics and the Continental Village Volunteer Fire Department to a trail leading up to Anthony’s Nose. Ambulance 75B1 responded upon dispatch and arrived quickly at the base of the trail and Bear Mountain Bridge. 75B1’s crew started to make the climb up the trail and made patient contact and started stabilizing the patient. Due to the steep, narrow and jagged trail, in combination with the area being no accessible with a UTV, the Continental Village Fire Department made the call for Fort Montgomery Fire Department Rescue to respond to the scene with rope equipment for extrication. Upon packaging the patient, rescue crews consisting of members from Peekskill VAC, Cortlandt Paramedics, Continental Village VFD, Garrison VFD, Fort Montgomery VFD and New York State Park Police made the slow descent down the trail safely to the waiting Ambulance. The patient was transported to an area hospital for further treatment. It was a great job by all departments and Volunteers that responded to safely get the patient out of the woods! April 22, 2019
**Commercial Structure Fire** This morning shortly after our crews returned to service from the head on MVA in Mohegan, we were dispatched by 60 Control mutual aid to our neighboring district, Verplanck for a commercial structure fire. Our rehab unit 7506 assembled and responded along with 7505/7513 for standby at the fire scene. Our crews provided water for firefighters on scene and stood by in case we were needed. During this incident we also had a full crew stand by at our headquarters to cover the city for any additional calls. Our units returned to service at approximately 1030 hours. Thank you to all volunteers who assisted at this call. It has been a busy morning for our crews! Pictures courtesy Peekskill VAC Member Carlos Rosario. April 21, 2019
**MVA Head On** This morning at approximately 0705 hours, Peekskill VAC was dispatched by 60 Control to respond mutual aid to our neighboring district of Mohegan VAC for a significant MVA Head on with multiple injuries in the town of Cortlandt. Ambulance 75B1 responded upon dispatch and responded to the scene where we provided care for one patient. That patient, along with all others were transported to a local trauma center and we returned to service around 0830 hour. Thank you to our volunteers for answering this call! Other departments on scene included; Mohegan VAC 69B2 Peekskill VAC 75B1 Cortlandt Peekskill Paramedics 35M2, 35M3 Putnam Valley VAC Lake Mohegan FD Engine 255, 256, Rescue 32 New York State Police Pictures courtesy Peekskill VAC Member Carlos Rosario. March 21, 2019
**Serious MVA** today at approximately 1715 hours, Peekskill was dispatched by 60 Control, along with Cortlandt Peekskill Regional Paramedics and the Continental Village Volunteer Fire Department for a Serious MVA on Bear Mt. Bridge Road. Ambulance 75B2 responded immediately upon dispatch and arrived on scene a short time after. Once on scene 35M1 advises 60 Control that there were 8 total patients and requested multiple ambulances to the scene. Ambulance 75B3 responded immediately on re-dispatch and 75B1 had a crew assembling from their homes to the ambulance. Just as 75B3 was pulling up to the scene and as 75B1 was just minutes behind them, it was updated that there were three additional ambulances on scene already from Kiryas Joel Ambulance Corps. 75B3 and 75B1 were both cancelled and returned to the city for coverage while the four other ambulances transported all patients to a local trauma center. When 75B3 returned to the city the ambulance answered an additional call in district. Job well done by all. This was the fourth MVA Peekskill VAC responded to today. Photos courtesy Peekskill VAC Member Carlos Rosario. March 13, 2019
**Serious MVA- Head on SUV vs. School Bus** Yesterday March 13th at approximately 1355 hours, Peekskill VAC was dispatched by 60 Control, along with Cortlandt Peekskill Regional Paramedics and Peekskill Fire Department to Bear Mt. State Parkway for an MVA with injuries. Ambulance 75B3 responded with a full crew on dispatch and arrived quickly on location. Once on scene 75B3 updated 60 Control that a school bus was involved and would update further in regards to injuries. After a quick scene size up it was determined that there were no children on the bus and there were four patients total. 75B3 also requested a second ambulance to the scene and a third ambulance to stand by and cover our city for additional calls. Ambulance 75B2 responded and assisted with the additional patients. All patients were transported to an area trauma center for further treatment. All Peekskill VAC units returned to service at 1620 hours. All Departments and Units on scene; Peekskill VAC ambulances 75B2, 75B3 Peekskill Fire Department Rescue 134, TL 45 Peekskill Police Department Westchester County Police Department Photos courtesy Peekskill VAC and Peekskill VAC member Carlos Rosario. |
August 15, 2019
Some photos from the Structure Fire our EMS crews are operating at. We have ambulances 75B1, 75B2, flycar 7505/7513 and Rehab Unit 7506 on scene. We also like to thank Cortlandt VAC Ambulance 88B3 who responded on initial dispatch as well due to a report of multiple people trapped in the building. Great job by all the departments on scene today and volunteers that responded! Departments on scene or standby include In no particular order; Peekskill VAC Peekskill Fire Department Peekskill Police Department Peekskill OEM Cortlandt VAC Cortlandt Peekskill Regional Paramedics Mohegan Lake Fire Department Montrose VAFD Croton Volunteer Fire Department Continental Village Volunteer Fire Department Yorktown Volunteer Fire Department Montrose Volunteer Fire Department Verplanck Volunteer Fire Department Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department Millwood Volunteer Fire Department Ossining Volunteer Fire Department Photos courtesy Peekskill VAC members James Calbo, Elizabeth LaPadula, Carlos Rosario and Dan Wysocki. April 21, 2019
**MVA Rollover** Last night as approximately 0150 hours, Peekskill VAC was dispatched by 60 Control, along with Cortlandt Peekskill Paramedics and the Peekskill Fire Department for an MVA rollover on Welcher Ave. Ambulance 75B1 responded immediately upon dispatch along with 7513/7505. Units quickly arrived on scene and a quick initial assessment determined there were no injuries involved in this MVA. All Peekskill VAC units returned to service a short time later. Departments on scene include: Peekskill VAC Cortlandt Peekskill Paramedics Peekskill Fire Department Peekskill Police Department New York State Police Pictures courtesy Peekskill VAC members Carlos Rosario and Dan Sniffen. March 31, 2019
**Car Fire - Washington Street** today at approximately 1225 hours, Peekskill VAC was dispatched by 60 Control, along with Corrlandt Peekskill Regional Paramedics and the Peekskill Fire Department for a reporter vehicle fire with multiple people trapped. Ambulance 75B2 responded with a full crew immediately upon dispatch and all responding units arrived on scene rapidly. A quick assessment found that there were no people trapped in the car, however the car was fully involved. With no patients from the fire, 75B2 stayed on scene until the fire was extinguished by Peekskill FD. Great response by all first responders! The Peekskill Police Department also responded to this emergency. Photos courtesy Peekskill VAC Member Carlos Rosario and Lieutenant Andrew Grant. March 20, 2019
**MVA** Earlier today at approximately 1645 hours, Peekskill VAC was dispatched by 60 Control, along with Cortlandt Peekskill Regional Paramedics and the Peekskill Fire Department for a MVA with injuries. Peekskill VAC ambulance 75B2 responded upon dispatch and arrived quickly on scene. Once on scene 75B2s crew performed a scene size up and determined there were multiple patients, which required a second ambulance and requested it to the scene. 75B3 answered this call and all patients were transported to an area hospital for further treatment. Thank you to all volunteers that answered. Also on scene was the Peekskill Police Department. Photos courtesy Peekskill VAC Member Carlos Rosario. March 16, 2019
**MVA - Rollover** today at approximately 1310 hours Peekskill VAC was dispatched to Grant Ave. for the MVA reported to be a rollover. Ambulance 75B3 responded to the scene and quickly arrived on location. The crew of 75B3 did a quick scene size up and determined that there was only one person involved. There was no injuries as a result from this MVA and 75B3 returned back to service a short time later. Thank you to our Saturday crew who are answering call after call today! Photos courtesy Peekskill VAC Member Carlos Rosario. March 1, 2019
**MVA- Car vs. pole** at approximately 0840 hours, Peekskill VAC was dispatched by 60 Control along with Cortlandt Regional Paramedics and the Peekskill Fire Department for an MVA. Ambulance 75B2 responded upon dispatch and quickly arrived on scene to a one car vehicle accident into a utility pole. Our crew assessed the vehicle operator and it was determined that there were no injuries sustained due to this accident. 75B2 then returned to service a short time later. Also assisting on scene was the Peekskill Police Department. Please be careful when driving over the next few days as we are expecting a few more snow showers. |
