North Chicago Fire Department news
Excerpts from ChicagoTribune.com: At an emotional ceremony held in North Chicago on Monday, Flight for Life officials recognized the North Chicago Fire Department for what they called the most remarkable rescue of 2015. The event honored local police officers and firefighters for their heroic efforts in saving the life of a Chicago woman last fall. The 22nd annual Scene Call of the Year Award for 2015 was given to a team of firefighting paramedics: Cmdr. Joshua Rickabaugh, Cmdr. Joshua Monroe, and firefighters Danny Roark, Joseph Hernandez, and Joseph Schimanski. Nicole Wood, a passenger in a BMW SUV, was involved in a severe crash with a gravel truck on Route 41, south of Route 137, on September 21. While the driver of the SUV was only slightly injured, Wood became trapped beneath the wreckage, pinned under the truck. Rescue crews used nearly every extrication tool available in their vehicles to free the critically injured and unconscious woman. To facilitate the arrival of a helicopter, Route 41 was temporarily closed, creating a safe landing zone. "We knew the victim had multi-system trauma, so it was crucial to get her out as quickly as possible," Rickabaugh said. However, he also noted that the extrication process took an unusually long time—over an hour and 20 minutes—compared to the usual 20 to 40 minutes. North Chicago officials highlighted the importance of mutual aid and the critical support provided by personnel from Naval Station Great Lakes, Knollwood, Libertyville, the North Chicago Police Department, North Chicago Police dispatch, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, and Flight For Life. Fire Chief Dell Urban reflected after the ceremony, saying, "This was the call of a lifetime—a truly extraordinary accident. Several chiefs on site said they’d never seen anything like this in terms of the complexity and duration of the extrication." Out of the approximately 1,000 calls Flight for Life responds to annually, only a small number are selected for the Scene Call of the Year Award. A panel of judges evaluates each submission based on specific criteria, including scene safety, triage decisions, critical thinking, complex planning, accident scene management, integration of the helicopter into the response, and the use of skills that went above and beyond the call of duty. Thanks Dan Bottle Washer,bottle washing machine,Seasoning bottle washing machine,beverage washing machine Wenzhou Selection Technology Co., Ltd. , https://www.zj-packaging.com