SBFD: 8 Year Old Child Ok After Nearly Being Impaled on a Mechanical Gate. #CaFire #CaEMS

Sunday, November 17, 2013

SBFD: 8 Year Old Child Ok After Nearly Being Impaled on a Mechanical Gate. #CaFire #CaEMS

Eureka IC (Eureka Manor Apartments) EMS / Entrapment

PIO Assigned: Fire Engineer Mike Arvizo (909) 289-6679

Incident Commander: Battalion Chief Dan Harker (909) 384-5401

Incident Date: 11/16/2013

Time of call: 06:17 P.M.

Location: 1525 E. Eureka (Eureka Manor Apartments)

Number of units: 2 Medic Engine, 1 Truck Companies, 1 Battalion Chief

Number of firefighters: 9 Firefighters and 1 Chief Officers

Fatalities/Injuries: One 8 Year Old Child Injured

Property Loss/Damage: Undetermined

Property Saved: Undetermined

Additional Information:

SBFD units responded to a report of a child stuck between a wall and an electric rolling gate.
Upon arrival, the first unit found a large crowd gathered attempting to free the child that was hanging about 6 feet off the ground on an electric apartment complex rolling gate.
It took approximately 20 minutes to free the child by cutting away surrounding wrought iron fencing.
It did appear that the child was initially impaled on the wrought iron fence.
Upon extrication, it was determined that the child had actually been pinned in between 1/4" steel and wrought iron ornamental spikes with no penetration.
The wrought iron portion of the fence was bent due to the pressure exerted on it by the childs body.
The child was last seen by fire crews in stable condition at a local area hospital.

Source: San Bernardino City Fire Department Press Release

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Sunday, November 17, 2013