| By CHRIS OLIVER Correspondent |
1st Responder Network
GLOUCESTER CITY (CAMDEN COUNTY), NJ – On 3/19/2007 at 11:43 AM, Gloucester City Fire Department\’s Battalion 504, Squad 51 and BLS 558 (Group 3) were dispatched to North King Street and Essex Street – Holt Hauling and Warehousing to the water front for a report of an injured worker in the hull of a docked ship.
BLS 558 arrived first and met with a security officer who reported a male with unknown injuries down in the hull. BLS 558\’s crew along with additional on-site workers were lowered approximately 35-40 feet down into the ships hull by a crane.
BLS 558\’s crew accessed the patient who reported that he fell approximately 7 to 10 feet off of a piece of equipment. The patient was treated for his injuries, secured into a stokes basket and lifted from the ship by the crane to the ground.
The patient was transported by BLS 558 to a local hospital.
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