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Cliff N
Canadian Planecrash Survivor
Joined: 23 Jun 2007
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Got paged yesterday & was told to respond to a rather interesting SAR incident  .
Seems like an 80 year old fella accidentally fell into a septic tank & required rescue services.
When we arrived on scene,he was about knee deep in some of the nastiest muck you ever want to see.
He was stuck in this stuff & couldn't get out!
We did an assessment & determined that he wasn't in any IMMEDIATE life threatening situation,so we got a line on him in case he decided to go unconscious on us & then the FD pumped warm air down to him (it was kinda chilly),then called for USAR to come out & shore up the septic tank & make entry & haul him out.
The FD then pumped out the pit so someone could get down there to him.
That warm air probably helped him alot,but it really stunk up the place.
http://www.wlwt.com/news/21152549/detail.html
They got him out of there,deconned him & sent him off to the hospital for further treatment.
The end result was good,but man...I hope that NEVER happens to anyone ever again!
Cliff
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| Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:24 am |
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flashlightfreak9
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That had to royally suck. 
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Andrew_S
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Now, if you folks were on the ball, the call would have gone like this:
Caller: We need you to come rescue this guy, fell into a septic tank.
SAR: Okay, we'll get right on it. Where is this guy?
Caller: In a septic tank.
SAR: In a septic tank?
Caller: That's right.
SAR: Oh. Sorry, this is Search and Rescue. If you know where he is, you just need Rescue. We can't help if there's no search.
Caller: Oh.
SAR: Yeah. See, if you didn't know where he was, and then we found him in a septic tank, that would be one thing. But if you know where he is, then we're out of our mandate, man.
See? You just need better people on the phone. 
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flashlightfreak9
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That's what it is. Out of jurisdiction.
Sorry, Cliff.
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| Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:08 am |
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Cliff N
Canadian Planecrash Survivor
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Shoulda just called Roto Rooter
The way it went was like this...
The lady with the dog found him,but SHE didn't want to go in there.
So she called LEO.
They saw where he was & THEY didn't want to go in there.
So they called Fire Dept.
They saw where he was & THEY didn't want to go in there.
So they called us poor SAR/CERT guys.
We saw where he was & WE didn't want to go in there.
So we called USAR.
Those guys saw where he was & said that they would be HAPPY to go in there & get the poor guy out.
They'll do ANYTHING to get on TV 
Cliff
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| Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:13 am |
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Drummer Dave
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Wow,.....what a crappy situation  .... Good job !
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| Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:58 am |
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flashlightfreak9
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Ahhh....good idea. Give it to the Urban SAR.
Nice pun, Dave!
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linsleyk
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yeah great pun dave.
how did he get there in the first place
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Drummer Dave
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^ Maybe he flushed his false teeth
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wildthing
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I don't think he would want them now.  haha
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linsleyk
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