Sunday June, 3 2012 @ 12:27:36

Nature: Unconscious/Fainting (Near)-ALS

Location: Harry Caswell Hardware Store

Address: 32645 Long Neck Road, Millsboro, DE 19966

Sunday June, 3 2012 @ 12:34:03

Nature: Carbon Monoxide Detector

Address: 33061 Ambling Way, The Peninsula, Millsboro, DE 19966

On Sunday afternoon, June 3rd, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was alerted to perform a landing zone assignment for a reported unconscious/fainting subject that suffered head trauma associated with a potential fall.

This initial dispatch was an incident alert for an unconscious/fainting person for the local emergency medical service provider as well as the Sussex County Paramedics. As a result of injuries, the injured person was flown to Christiana Hospital as a trauma alert situation.

Emergency incident response included Engines #80-3 from the Long Neck facility and Engine #80-1 from the Oak Orchard facility.

However, while traveling to the initial dispatch, the Sussex County Emergency Operations Center alerted Indian River units to a second emergency in the fire district and re-directed Engine #80-1 to a carbon monoxide detector activation at Ambling Way in the Peninsula off of Bay Farm Road.

Emergency incident response amendments included Engine #80-1 and Rescue 80 to the CO detector activation while Engine #80-3 coordinated the landing zoning and patient transfer assignment.

The CO detector activation appears to be a malfunction with the equipment.