New Market Volunteers Make Water Rescue
 
By Assistant Fire Chief Matthew Thews
June 1, 2015
 

On Monday June 1st flooding rains swept through the area, leading to local flooding and streams to rise over their banks. The New Market Volunteers prepared for this event by checking and ensuring that our water rescue equipment and personnel were ready for deployment. At 2136 hours, Boat 15 (AFC Thews) was dispatched mutual aide to Montgomery County to a vehicle stranded in high water with one occupant inside. The call was located on Gue Road about a mile off of Ridge Road. First arriving units found an SUV with water up to the wheel wells in a raging stream. Boat 15 arrived and the crew of four volunteers went to work formulating a rescue plan and then performing a shallow water crossing to reach the stranded person with the assistance of C704D. The victim was placed in a personal flotation device and walked back to safety. The rescue took about 10 minutes. Crews cleared a short time later. Good job by all involved.

 
Units: BT15
 
Mutual Aid: BT729 SW730 SW730B PE713 M713 A925 C713B K713 BC705 C704D