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Another PGFD rescue: Video & details from teen brought out of ravine Monday night
He was just a man standing waist deep in water and no one knew exactly why. The water, of course, was partially frozen and a big concern for the firefighters and police officers responding to the Northwest Branch near the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and Piney Branch Road around 8:30 this morning.
As Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department Chief Spokesman Mark Brady tells us there were also some other concerns as the crew from Engine 834 assessed the situation underneath the New Hampshire Avenue bridge. Here are excerpts from the PGFD PIO Blog:
Commands in English and Spanish were directed at the individual who did not respond and stood motionless in the water. A request for the Fire/EMS Departments Technical Rescue Team (TRT) was made to help in the removal of the individual.
As members of the TRT donned their cold weather gear and dry suits a request was made that police officers accompany firefighters due to the unstable and unpredictable condition of the male. The individual had never displayed his left hand and police could not determine if he was armed or not and was displaying an altered mental status. For the safety and well-being of everyone involved; 2 police officers donned cold weather gear dry suits and entered the water with the firefighters.
At about 9:30 AM, the combined rescue team of firefighters and police officers effected the removal of the male from the water and provided him to the care of paramedics. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment of hypothermia and other evaluation.
Also on STATter911 …
- Fatal house fire in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Chief says response plan worked after 54-inch water main break on Beltway. – January 24, 2011
- Video: LAFD rescues one from the Los Angeles River. – November 22, 2010
- UPDATE: Fairfax County Search & Rescue team dog missing from Bowie, Maryland has been found. – January 7, 2012
- Raw video & pictures: PGFD technical rescue with medical ‘Go Team’ on scene. Man trapped in machinery in Laurel, Maryland. – April 18, 2012
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only in langley park….
In the old days we would have done it with just the FD “Goon Squad”.
Another “dippa”. I gotta get me some that sh*t! Looks like fun!