DATE OF INCIDENT: 5/21/2008
INCIDENT TYPE: Special Rescue
INCIDENT ADDRESS: Lyons/Nevada
CITY: Spokane
STATE: WA
ZIP: 99208
NARRATIVE: On Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 2:48 PM, 3 Companies of Spokane Firefighters, 2 Engines, 1 Senior Ladder and Assistant Chief responded to a reported roof collapse with two patients at a construction site near the intersection of Lyons/Nevada.
On arrival, firefighters reported a single-story car wash being constructed with a collapsed lightweight wood-truss roof structure. Two employees were working on the roof trusses when the structure suffered a catastrophic collapse. One of the workers fell nearly 10 feet to the concrete while the other fell into roof joists and was tangled in the wreckage.
It took 7 Firefighters just 30 minutes to remove the two victims from the collapsed wreckage, immobilize them and provide paramedic pre-hospital care. Both victims were transported to Holy Family Hospital in stable condition.
No additional civilians or firefighters were injured as a result of the incident.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The cause is under investigation by the Department of Labor and Industries.
DAMAGE EXTENT: The roof structure suffered critical damage and the extent is unknown.
DOLLAR LOSS: 7,000
FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE: 7
MUTUAL AID: None Given
For more information on this release, please call (509)625-7002
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