CRASH INVOLVING 40 VEHICLES ON INBOUND KENNEDY EXPRESWAY BETWEEN ARMATAGE AND NORTH AVE -- EMS PLAN 2, CHICAGO

    SUN FEB 15 2015 ~10:18 AM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    EMS PLAN 2 FOR A MULTIPLE-INJURY CRASH
    INBOUND 1500 N KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY CHICAGO, IL

    REPORT OF A CRASH INVOLVING 40 VEHICLES IN THE INBOUND EXPRESS LANES.

    CREW ON ARRIVAL REPORTS "QUITE A BIT OF CARS" WE HAVE NOT ASSESSED YET ... "SEND US AT LEAST THREE AMBOS."

    [SUMMARY: 38 VEHICLES CRASHED, 12 TRANSPORTS, 59 MEDICAL REFUSALS]



    EMS PLAN 1 AT 10:21 AM.

    T19 GOING TO THE OUTBOUND LANES.

    DISCUSSION OF AN EMS PLAN 2 -- BUT HOLDING OFF? -- THEN ORDERED AT 10:35 AM.

    MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO BE MEDICAL REFUSALS REPORTED AT 10:36 AM.

    STATE POLICE ARE RE-ROUTING INBOUND TRAFFIC OFF AT ARMITAGE AND BACK ON AT NORTH AVE AT 10:30 AM.

    EMERGENCY VEHICLES COMING ON TO KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY AT DIVISION AND MAKING A U-TURN AT CHICAGO AND COME BACK INTO THE EXPRESS LANES.

    ENGINE CREWS AND TRUCK CREWS ARE BLOCKING FOR AMBULANCE PARAMEDICS WHILE THEY GO TO WORK.

    WARMING BUS EXPECTED TO BE ON SCENE BY 11:20 AM. WILL BE ENTERING ON DIVISION AND PROCEEDING TO NORTH AVE.

    EMERGENCY SITUATION FOR WARMING: AIR TEMPERATURE IS 10°F AT 10:51 AM. AIR TEMPERATURE WAS 7°F AT 9:51 AM  WITH A WIND CHILL OF -9°F. WARMING BUS COMING UP THE RAMP AT 11:16 AM.

    *** WARMING BUS IS JUST SOUTH OF NORTH AVENUE ON THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY ***

    VEHICLES ARE STARTING TO TURN AROUND AND GO AGAINST THE LEGAL DIRECTION AT FULLERTON -- ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ADVISED BY FIRE COMMAND AT 11:07 AM -- LATER STATE POLICE MANAGING THE WRONG WAY REVERSAL.

    SOME AMBULANCES ARE TRANSPORTING MULTIPLE PATIENTS.

    AT LEAST ONE OVERTURNED CAR REPORTED AT 11:12 AM.

    SECTOR REPORTING GROUP OF FOUR CARS NON-DRIVABLE WITH ALL OCCUPANTS MEDICAL REFUSALS AT 11:14 AM.

    *** MEDICAL TRANSPORT SECTOR ***

    SO FAR THREE VICTIMS CODE YELLOW AT AT 11:15 AM.

    TWO GREENS, NEXT.

    PATIENTS BEING TRANSPORTED TO NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL, ST. MARY'S, AND NORWEGIAN.

    MEDICAL SECTOR REPORT UPDATE: 9 PATIENTS -- ALL CODE YELLOW AND CODE GREEN PATIENTS AT 11:22 AM.

    POSSIBLY COMPLETE ON THE NORTH SIDE WITH ALL MEDICAL REFUSALS PER PARAMEDIC FIELD CHIEF 451.

    RUNDOWN FROM 451: 51 MEDICAL REFUSALS.

    11 TOTAL TRANSPORTED TO NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL, ST. MARY'S, AND NORWEGIAN.

    UPDATE FROM 271: 59 MEDICAL REFUSALS, 12 TRANSPORTS (INCLUDING 1 CFD SUPPRESSION MEMBER SLIP AND FALL) REPORTED AT ABOUT 11:48 AM.

    *** MEDICAL TRANSPORT SECTOR ***

    UPDATED COUNT: 38 VEHICLES INVOLVED.

    FIRE COMPANIES STARTING TO CLEANUP DEBRIS AT 11:31 AM.

    IDOT TOW TRUCK TASK FORCE STARTING TO GO TO WORK -- REPORTED TO BE A "LONG TIME EVENT TO CLEAR THIS EXPRESSWAY" AT 11:31 AM.

    MASS CASUALTY 8-8-2 IS PICKING UP AND RETURNING TO QUARTERS AT 11:38 AM.

    EMS PLAN 2 STRUCK OUT AT 11:40 AM.


    RUNDOWN ...
    ENGINE(S): E14  E30  E35  E43

    TRUCK(S): T1  T19   T28  AERIAL TOWER 1

    SQUAD(S): SQD1

    COMMUNICATIONS VAN 271

    CHIEF(S): BC3,  BC1,  2-1-23

    FC 451, 452, 4-4-11

    EMS: A11 A15 A45 A6  A ??

    MASS CASUALTY UNIT 8-8-2 AND EMS TRANSPORT BUS 8-8-12 RESPONDING.

    STAGING IS ON DIVISION ST AND THE KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY.

    AMBULANCE STAGING MIGHT BE AT NORTH AVE AND KENNEDY EXPRESSWAY -- POSSIBLY ON THE EXPRESSWAY.

    STATE POLICE TAKING ALL PEOPLE ON THE CTA WARMING BUS TO 36TH AND NORMAL FOR CRASH REPORTS AT ABOUT 12:04 PM.

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