Here’s The Scoop…A Hopper Of A VFD Easter Tale…Who Was First …..Moving Fire Stations…..And A VFD Chief In 2 Places At Once!…
April 27, 2009 by Barbara
THAT’S A BIG ONE ALRIGHT….
Finally the LBTS-VFD provided the public records request for the Incident Report on the April 11,2009 drowning …..13 days after the incident and 11 days after the BSO produced theirs…
In the meantime Vice Mayor/Deputy Chief McIntee told one of his “tales” from the dais…and said the VFD Beach Patrol was first on scene and had started CPR…
Those who were attending the Mc-Furth CIC Easter-By- The-Sea event were certainly taken aback at this latest exaggeration made by the VM…
We all watched as the 2 ATV’s left for the beach along with AMR and VFD firetrucks…from where they were stationed at the Municipal Park…
This writer previously posted (scoops, public safety categories) the BSO Incident Report that differed in the account given by McIntee …and in the 4/24/09 BTSFuture an article and pictures of ATV 1 & 2 clearly shows they were not on the beach when this occurred...http://www.bytheseafuture.org/
The BSO report stated…”I witnessed persons performing CPR on white female, later identified as Mary Darnely……LBS Fire/Rescue arrived within 30 seconds and took over the scene and administered CPR and moved Darnley to the ambulance.’
The LBTS-VFD Incident Report shows the following…4/11/09…
Alarm 10:13:13 am /Arrival time 10:16:30 am …(BSO Dispatched 10:12 am /Arrived 10:15 am/ Cleared 10:45 am)
Eng 12-Resp Time 0:01:19/dispatch 10:13:32 am /En route 10:15:11 am /Arrival 10:16:30 am /Clear 10:33:08 am
M12 (AMR)….Resp time 0:02:34/ Dispatch 10:13:32 am/ En route 10:14:28 am/ Arrival 10:17:02 am/ En rout (Hosp.) 10: 43:33 am
M212 (AMR) …Arrival 10:18:24 am/ Cleared 10:43:18 am
E212 Resp time 0:03:17/ Dispatch 10:13:13/ En route 10:13:13 am / Arrival 10:16:30 am/ no clear time
BE212 (ATV) …Resp time 0:03:17/ Dispatch 10:13:13 am/ En route 10:13:13 am/ Arrival 10:16:30 am/ no clear time
STA12…Resp. time 0:03:17/ Dispatch 10:13:13 am /En route 10:13:13 am/ Arrival 10:16:30/ no clear time
BC- STA 12 stands for Station 12…good response times for a building to move to the beach!…OOPS!…
BE12 (ATV)….Resp. time 0:03:13/ Dispatch 10:13:13 am/ En route 10:13:13 am/ Arrival 10:16:30 am/ no clear time
DP 12 (McIntee) Resp. time 0:03:17/ Dispatch 10:13:13 am/ En route 10:13:13 am/ Arrival 10:16:30 am/ no clear time
C12 (Chief Perkins) Resp time 0:03:17/ Dispatch 10:13:13 am/ En route 10:13:13 / Arrival 10:16:30/ no clear time……91- mobile command post
BC…This one beats the “tale” of the Station moving to the beach…because as this writer posted and all in attendance can attest to…VFD Chief Perkins NEVER LEFT his “station” behind his music sound system he was providing for the event…totally oblivious to the call! What a “command post”!…This report was “reviewed” by Chief Perkins…YIKES!…First we have “2-Hats” Commissioners…and now we have a Chief in 2 places at once!…
The report was made on April 24,2009 13 days after the event…
Reported by 088-Kevin Padden/Officer In Charge 058- Jerry McIntee/Reviewer 081- Robert Perkins…
The CAD Incident Narrative…#FLS090411000376
Incident Type Description: Drowning
Comment…(as written in report)…
“EMERGENCY ON TEH BEACH….2ND HAND 1043…PEOPLE YELLING FOR AMBULANCE…CABOUT 25FEET….POSS DROWING OF SCOOBA DIVER….CALLER NOT NEAR PT..UNK IF CONSC AND BREATHING…PEOPLE JUST PULLED HIM OUT OF WATERCVD ADDNTL CALL FROM 4220 EL MAR DR ADV SCUBA DIVER BEING PULLED FROM THE WATER. WAS ADV F/R 1051…CALLER WAS NOT 1097…NOIALLER ADV LOOKS LIKE DROWNING..Parent Inc. L13090411000184 UPDATE Pre Unit TO 13/13BCALLER DOESNOT KNOW IF PERSON ALIVE OR DEADCALLER NOT COMING BACK TO PHONE…TRYING TO GET PHONE TO DO CPR…”
New Narrative (VFD)…Incident…11:44:33 Friday, April 24,2009
Author 585- Chavez, Daniel
Narrative Text “At 1013 hours on Saturday April 11,2009 we were dispatched to surf rescue.Seven units were assigned to this incident. Seventeen personnel responded. We arrived on scene at 1016 hours and cleared at 130 hours. The incident occurred at 4144 El Mar Drive L-B-T-S in District 12A. The local station is 12. The general description of this property is beach. The primary task(s) performed at the scene by responding personnel was to provide basic life support (BLS) No mutual /automatic aid was given or received.’Upon E12 arrival, patient was found on the beach unresponsive. E12 provided BLS and released and transferred care to AMR upon its arrival (CP Padden). Pt was transported to Holy Cross hospital by AMR. ” Alarm number 1400376 has been assigned to this incident.
BC- Did Kevin Padden arrive on scene as AMR in AMR truck or as VFD in Beach Patrol ATV?…(possibly off- duty still in AMR uniform?)
VFD report Apparatus BE12…Personnel 1 088-Padden, Kevin
VFD narrative…E12 provided BLS and released and transferred care to AMR upon its arrival (CP Padden).
The time has come to stop all these “shoddy” Incident Reports and to require multiple vehicle reports to done by those on scene within hours of their return from the incident …We were told would be the standard practice of the department by the Chief during their transition period…….
more to come…
