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Landing Zone Assignment for Farm Rescue

By Firefighter Robert Swift
March 15, 2010
On Monday morning at 09:59 hours, Engine 5-2-1 was alerted to assisted the Atglen Fire Department at 131 Upper Valley Road in Atglen Borough for a aero-medical helicopter landing. Atglen and Parkesburg fire companies were already working on the scene to remove a subject who was pinned under a farm tractor. Deputy 5-2 (Meadowcroft) marked up at dispatch followed by Engine 5-2-1 (Stoltzfus) at 10:04 hours with a crew of four. The engine crew made quick work of setting up the landing zone for Skycare to land safely. Station 5-2 was available at 10:28 hours with the chopper transporting one to a local trauma center.
Units:	Engine 5-2-1

Engine 5-2-1 and Skycare at the Landing Zone

Skycare enroute to the LZ (Landing Zone)

Skycare touching down in the LZ

Skycare almost down

"The bird has landed"

The Skycare crew going to work

Patient preparation for flying out

Loading patient into Skycare for transport out

Skycare departing the scene

Skycare departing the scene with patient safely loaded enroute to local trauma unit

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