DATE OF INCIDENT: 4/23/2009
INCIDENT TYPE: Multiple Alarms
INCIDENT ADDRESS: Wellesley Avenue and North Cook Street
CITY: Spokane
STATE: WA
ZIP: 99207
NARRATIVE: On Thursday April 23, 2009 at 0850 AM Spokane Fire Engine 8 was dispatched to a reported motor vehicle incident with unknown injuries near the intersection of Wellesley Avenue and North Cook Street. Engine 8 arrived within 8 minutes and reported two passenger vans involved in the collision with at least two patients. The company officer also requested an ambulance to the scene. Spokane Chief 2, Schaeffer, also added himself to the alarm and arrived within a few minutes of the initial dispatch.
Upon investigating, Engine 8 found both vans to be loaded with young children and suffering from multiple types of injuries. Chief Schaeffer conferred with Lieutenant Widener from Engine 8 and assumed command of the incident. The incident was upgraded to a Second Alarm-EMS, which indicates a complex Medical Incident requiring a significant number of resources to safely and effectively treat a large amount of patients. Three additional ALS Companies (Pumper/Ladder 11, 13 and Engine 4), Heavy Rescue 1, EMS Division Chief, CARES Team as well as additional Command Staff were assigned to the incident. An additional seven ambulances were also assigned from American Medical Response (AMR) as well as their on-duty Supervisor and Operations Manager.
A total of twenty-one (21) victims were involved in the incident. Fifteen (15) patients were treated by SFD Paramedics and transported by AMR to multiple hospitals within Spokane. Two of those patients were triaged type 'red', which indicates potential serious injury while the remaining type 'green' indicating minor injuries. SFD's CARES Team was utilized to care for the children not injured as well as assisting with psychological aspects of the trauma.
Additional members from Spokane Public Schools, City of Spokane Parks, Mayor's Office and Police Department cooperated and participated with the mitigation of this incident. As a result of interagency cooperation and use of a Liaison Officer (Jason Conley, Spokane Public Schools), a phone bank was quickly established and staffed which allowed for immediate information to be relayed to parents with the status and location of their children.
No additional injuries resulted from the incident's operations and companies returned to service within 2-hours.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The incident is under investigation by the Spokane Police Department.
DAMAGE EXTENT: Vehicles received damage and were not drivable.
DOLLAR LOSS:
FIREFIGHTER RESPONSE: 26
MUTUAL AID: None Given
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