Around 1900 hours on Saturday, November 21, 2009 Montgomery County Communications alerted Wheaton and Kensington units to a personal injury collision with rollover at the intersection of Connecticut Ave. and Viers Mill Rd. Rescue Squad 742 and Medic 742C responded on the initial assignment. RS742 arrived on scene, confirmed one trapped and went to work stabilizing the overturned minivan and setting up for the extrication. The driver’s door was removed to allow access to the patient. The patient was safely removed from the vehicle, transferred to the waiting medic unit and transported to a local trauma center.

C742: Chief Allan Platky
RS742 crew: D/C Jacob Deglopper, MFF David Lingenfelter, FFII Jeidy Hernandez
M742C crew: PMIC Todd Caudell (DFRS), EMT Vibeka Mikkelsen, EMT Aryeh Singer, Israel Alfaro

On the evening of Monday, November 16, 2009, RS742 was dispatched to Rockville Pike and Strathmore Ave for one overturned in the lawn of Georgetown Prep. Kensington’s E705 arrived on scene and one trapped in an overturned car down an embankment. RS742 arrived minutes later. The squad crew pulled the full array of extrication tools and lights to free the trapped occupant. The car was stabilized and the doors and “B” post were removed using hydraulic rescue tools. The patient was safely extricated from the vehicle and care was transferred to waiting EMS crews.

RS742 crew: D/C Mark Dempsey, Capt. Kris Hoxha, MFF Chris Dimopoulos, FFII Aaric Wright, FFII Jeremy Flete

At 1745 hours on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Montgomery communications dispatched the house fire at 1000 Loxford Terrace for the report of a kitchen fire with extension. Rescue Squad 742 responded with 4 personnel. Engine 716 arrived on scene, had smoke showing and reported a working fire with extension to the second floor. All occupants were reported out of the house. RS742′s crew made entry with E716 and performed a rapid search and controlled utilities while E716 knocked the fire in the kitchen. E718′s crew advanced a line to the second floor and put a knock on the fire that had extended into the bedrooms upstairs. Once the primary search was completed, the squad crew assisted with ventilation and “opening up” the walls and ceiling on the second floor. All crews made quick work of the fire, and the incident was scaled back within an hour. Chief 742 was the first arriving command officer, M742C responded on the RID.

C742: Chief Allan Platky
RS742 crew: Lt. P. Meneses, MFF B. Russell, FF T. Haynes, FF C. Farrar
M742C crew: MFF/P A. Damico, FF R. Marks