SUV HIGH SPEED CRASH INTO A HOUSE GARAGE ON COLFORD AVE NEAR OAKWOOD AVE, WEST CHICAGO

    FRI AUG 29 2014 ~9:39 AM
    WEST CHICAGO FPD
    VEHICLE INTO HOUSE/SPECIAL ALARM/GENERAL ALARM
    400 COLFORD AVE WEST CHICAGO, IL

    ROLLOVER SUV VS HOUSE CRASH WITH INJURIES, ENTRAPMENT AND MEDEVAC.

    REPORT THAT VICTIM IN SUV IS BREATHING BUT CITIZENS CAN'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR HIM.

    VEHICLE BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN GOING ABOUT 100 MPH WHEN IT HIT THE GARAGE UPSIDE DOWN.


    REQUESTING SQD27 FOR POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE INCIDENT.

    CREW ON ARRIVAL REPORTS A VEHICLE UPSIDE DOWN AT THE BACK WALL IN A SINGLE CAR GARAGE.

    E5 BACKING DOWN OAKWOOD FROM SUMMIT.

    SQD27 SHORING UP WALL THAT NEED STABILIZATION.

    BC6 REPORTS MULTIPLE RESCUE ATTEMPTS WITH PARTIAL STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE.

    MEDICAL HELICOPTER REQUESTED AT 9:55 AM.

    MEDICAL TRANSPORT HELICOPTER LANDING ZONE AT SOUTHEAST CORNER OF REED-KEPPLER PARK, 201 W NATIONAL (NEW LOCATION FROM VFW PARKING LOT). E31 AT LZ.

    SEARCHES OF HOUSE CLEAR AND UTILITIES OFF BY 10:03 AM. CALL OUT FOR WEST CHICAGO BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

    EXTRICATION IN PROGRESS AT 10:04 AM.

    MINOR DAMAGE TO A TWO-AND-A HALF STORY FRAME 25X50. VICTIM PINNED IN GARAGE WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 20 X 22 -- REPORT AT 10:06 AM.

    HELICOPTER LANDED AT ABOUT 10:14 AM.

    BC6 REPORTS PATIENT HAS BEEN EXTRICATED AT ABOUT 10:31 AM AND WILL BE STABILIZED AT THE SCENE BEFORE TRANSPORTATION TO THE LANDING ZONE.

    MEDIC 7 TRANSPORTING PATIENT TO REED-KEPPLER LANDING ZONE AT ABOUT 10:33 AM.

    BC6 REPORTS 20-30 MINUTES FOR PICKUP.

    GENERAL ALARM/SPECIAL ALARM STRUCK OUT AT 10:34 AM.

    MEDIC 7 AT LANDING ZONE AT 10:34 AM.

    HELICOPTER LIFTOFF AT 10:55 AM.


    ENGINE(S): E5, E7

    TRUCK(S): TL28,

    SQUAD(S): SQD6

    CHIEF(S): BC6, BC28, BC38

    EMS: MEDIC5 MEDIC7

    STAGING: CHICAGO AND OAKWOOD

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