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2017 incident Report

2/2/2018

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 This Is 2017 Incident Report With LCWC Reports 133 Incidents For The Paradise Leaman Place Fire Company Station 47. LCWC Does Not Give A Report For Squads And Boats.
The Incidents For The Fire Apparatus For 2017.
Engine 47-2 - 70 
Rescue 47 - 56 As A Rescue And 25 For A Engine For Total Of -71
The Township Responses For The  Engine, Rescue, Brush, Squads & Boats Were As Follows.
Paradise Township - 72
East Lampeter Township- 13
Salisbury Township - 13
Leacock Township - 9
Bart Township -5
Strasburg Boro- 4
Martic Township - 3
Strasburg Township - 3
Upper Leacock Township - 3
Fulton Township - 2
Lancaster City - 2
Drumore Township- 1
Providence Township - 1
Quarryville Boro - 1
West Lampeter Township - 1
Just A Reminder We Are An ALL VOLUNTEER Department. We Have Men And Women That Work Very Hard To Keep The Company Going. The Volunteers That Respond To These Calls Also Are Constantly Training, Working Fundraisers, Going To Community Functions, They Have Weekly Bingo, Monthly Meetings, Monthly Equipment Maintenance, The List Goes On And On. Without These Dedicated Volunteers None Of These Responses Would Have Been Possible Unless The Township Would Have Paid Staff And That Would Cost The Tax Payers In The Township Thousands Of Dollars. Please Support Them At Their Fundraisers And Donations On Their Fund Drives. We Thank The Community As Well As The Township Supervisors For The Ongoing Support.
​"I Wish You Could See"
 I wish you could know what it is like too search a burning bedroom for trapped children, flames rolling above your head, your palms and knees burning as you crawl, the floor sagging under your weight as the kitchen
 I wish you could comprehend a wife's horror at 3 in the morning as I check her husband of 40 years for a pulse and find none. I start CPR anyway, hoping to bring him back, knowing intuitively it is too late. But wanting his wife and family to know everything possible was done to try to save his life.
 I wish you knew the unique smell of burning insulation, the taste of soot-filled mucus, the feeling of intense heat through your turnout gear, the sound of flames crackling, the eeriness of being able to see absolutely nothing in dense smoke-sensations that I've become too familiar with.
 I wish you could understand how it feels to go home in the morning after having spent most of the night, hot and soaking wet at a multiple alarm fire.
 I wish you could read my mind as I respond to a building fire "Is this a false alarm or a working fire? How is the building constructed? What hazards await me? Is anyone trapped?"
Or to an EMS call? "What is wrong with the patient? Is it minor or life-threatening? Is the caller really in distress or is he waiting for us with a 2x4 or a gun?"
 I wish you could be in the emergency room as a doctor pronounces dead the beautiful five-year old girl that I have been trying to save during the past 25 minutes. Who will never go on her first date or say the words, "I love you Mommy" again.
 I wish you could know the frustration I feel in the cab of the engine or my personal vehicle, the driver with his foot pressing down hard on the pedal, your arm tugging again and again at the air horn chain, as you fail to yield the right-of-way at an intersection or in traffic. When you need us however, your first comment upon our arrival will be, "It took you forever to get here!"
 I wish you could know my thoughts as I help extricate a girl of teenage years from the remains of her automobile. "What if this was my sister, my girlfriend or a friend? What were her parents reaction going to be when they opened the door to find a police officer with hat in hand?"
 I wish you could know how it feels to walk in the back door and greet my parents and family, not having the heart to tell them that I nearly did not come back from the last call.
 I wish you could feel the hurt as people verbally, and sometimes physically, abuse us or belittle what I do, or as they express their attitudes of "It will never happen to me."
 I wish you could realize the physical, emotional and mental drain or missed meals, lost sleep and forgone social activities, in addition to all the tragedy my eyes have seen.
 I wish you could know the brotherhood and self-satisfaction of helping save a life or preserving someone's property, or being able to be there in time of crisis, or creating order from total chaos.
 I wish you could understand what it feels like to have a little boy tugging at your arm and asking, "Is Mommy okay?" Not even being able to look in his eyes without tears from your own and not knowing what to say. Or to have to hold back a long time friend who watches his buddy having rescue breathing done on him as they take him away in the ambulance. You know all along he did not have his seat belt on. A sensation that I have become too familiar with.
 Unless you have lived with this kind of life, you will never truly understand or appreciate who I am, we are, or what our job really means to us...
 I wish you could though.
APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THE LOCAL EMS WORKERS, FIREFIGHTERS, & LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN YOUR AREA. ONE DAY THEY'LL PROBABLY BE SAVING YOUR PROPERTY OR YOUR LIFE. WHEN YOU SEE THEM COMING WITH LIGHTS FLASHING, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY QUICKLY. THEN PRAY FOR THEM AND THE NEED THEY ARE RACING TOO.

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