Report from the Fire Company: May 20 through June 2, 2019

On Tuesday, May 28, Swarthmore’s Fire Dept. responded to a mutual aid call to assist Garden City FD & South Media FD for a “two-vehicle accident with entrapment — one vehicle into the golf course.” The accident involved two vehicles in a head-on collision on S. Providence Rd. at Waterford Way. One vehicle ended up in the front lawn of an adjacent resident; the second, which came to rest inside the fence of the Springhaven Golf Course, required the extrication of the passenger from the vehicle. This was accomplished by cutting away the rear door pillar and carefully lifting and sliding the victim out the rear door onto a backboard for immediate transport to an area hospital. Both drivers required medical treatment. Other assisting fire departments dispatched for ambulance services were Parkside and Medic 81. Photo by Johnathan Cresson.

From May 20 through June 2, 2019, the Swarthmore Fire & Protective Association responded to the following alarms:

EMS

The ambulance responded to 33 calls for medical assistance. These were to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Ridley Township, and Nether Providence Twp. The calls were for a variety of emergencies including: fall w/trauma, sick person, respiratory difficulty, cardiac emergency, head injury, pediatric emergency, hemorrhaging, change in mental status, unconscious person, hypotension, seizures, accident w/injury, psychiatric emergency, nature unknown, medical alarm, assault, dead on arrival, abdominal pain, fracture, injured person, allergic reaction, diabetic emergency and suicide attempt.

Automatic Fire Alarm

oke alarm activation; 900 block of Westdale Ave. for smoke detector activation; 100 block of Forrest Lane for basement smoke detector activation. Nether Providence Twp. in the 300 block of Pritchard Lanc for a first floor smoke alarm.

Automobile

Nether Providence Twp., S. Providence & Waterford roads for a two vehicle accident with entrapment (see photo).

Building

Two alarms in Swarthmore: 300 block of Dartmouth Ave. for a strong odor of paint thinner; 400 block of Dartmouth Ave. for odor of natural gas outside. Morton, in the 500 block of N. Morton Ave. for flames inside the stove. Nether Providence Twp., in the 300 block of Saybrook Ln. for the odor of something burning.

Wires

Swarthmore, Yale & Harvard Ave. for a transformer fire.

Mutual Aid Calls

One each to Morton/Rutledge and Nether Providence Twp.