Occupied Vehicle Rescue
 
By Firefighter Randy Green
August 4, 2020
 

On August 4, 2020 at approximately 7:30am the Hughesville Volunteer Fire Department was alerted to an occupied vehicle stuck in high standing water in the 5200 block of Gallant Green Road. Rescue Squad 2, Engine 22, Parmedic Ambulance 28, Chief 2 and Chief 2A arrived on scene and observed a vehicle with water just below the door handle and approximately 75 feet from the dry hard surface. The members on Rescue Squad 2 were prepared prior to arrival with wet suites and rescue rope. Squad crew secured the rescue rope to the front bumper of the Squad and was able to safely remove the driver in just under ten minutes. The driver was uninjured and refused medical assistance.