MIDLEGO CITY FIRE RESCUE
RECENT INCIDENTS 4
11-07-09        WHILE OFF DUTY AS A MIDLEGO FIREMEDIC, MIDLEGO AMBULANCE SERVICE MEDIC, AND
MIDLEGO COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTY RESERVE, AND ACTING AS OWNER OF OLE' BUDS LAWN CARE, R.
PARRISH WAS APPROACHED BY AN ESCAPED CRIMINAL FROM THE MIDLEGO CITY JAIL. AT THE TIME HE WAS
APPROACHED R. PARRISH WAS ABLE TO DRAW HIS PISTOL AND GET THE SUSPECT TO SURRENDER TO HIM,
WHILE HE NOTIFIED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL THEY HAD TO TASE THE SUSPECT AS
HE DID NOT WANT TO COOPERATE AND GO BACK TO JAIL. MIDLEGO ENGINE 11 WAS CALLED TO CHECK THE
PATIENT WHO THEY TURNED BACK OVER TO PD.
11-18-09        AT 1517 MIDLEGO AMBULANCE SERVICE RECEIVED A PRIVATE CALL FOR CHEST PAINS AT A
LOCAL CLINIC THEY REQUESTED LIGHTS AND SIREN. DUE TO MCFD POLICY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS
NOTIFIED AND THEY RESPONDED EMERGENCY AS WELL. AT 1528 WHILE EN ROUTE EMERGENCY TO THE
ABOVE CALL MIDLEGO AMBULANCE SERVICE UNIT 38-M-12 WAS INVOLVED IN AN MVC. THE UNIT WAS BEING
DRIVEN BY MIDLEGO FIRE CHIEF AS HE HAD THE DAY OFF FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND MEDIC J.
DAVIS ALSO A MIDLEGO SGT. MEDIC FROM BMU ST. 8. THE AMBULANCE WAS IN ONCOMING TRAFFIC AT A
SPEED OF 14 MILES PER HOUR DUE TO CONGESTED TRAFFIC IN THE LANE OF TRAVEL. WHILE APPROACHING
THE INTERSECTION AND PASSING A TURN IN FOR A LOCAL FOOD MARKET A VEHICLE FAILED TO YIELD IN THE
TURN LANE AND CROSSED PATHS WITH THE AMBULANCE, CAUSING A VERY MINOR WRECK BUT DISABLING
THE AMBULANCE FOR THE CALL IT WAS ON. DAVIS RADIOED FOR A SECOND UNIT RESPOND TO THE MEDICAL
CALL AND ADVISED ALL OCCUPANTS IN THE MVC WERE UNINJURED AND NEEDED PD ASSISTANCE FOR ROAD
BLOCKAGE. LUCAS THE FIRE CHIEF CHECKED THE PATIENT WHO WAS UNINJURED ON HER 18TH BIRTHDAY.
DEPUTY BLAIR WITH MCSO AND OFFICERS NELMS AND JEWEL WITH MIDLEGO PD RESPONDED TO THE CALL
FOR ASSISTANCE. THE ROAD WAS CLEARED WITHOUT INCIDENT, AND THE ORIGINAL PATIENT AT THE CLINIC
RECEIVED ALL NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE AN EXPEDITED TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT FURTHER
PROBLEMS. THE AMBULANCE RECEIVED AROUND $500.00 DAMAGE AND REQUIRED A NEW BUMPER,
HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY, AND VERY MINOR BODY REPAIR TO STRAIGHTEN THE FRONT QUARTER PANEL.
DUE TO MIDLEGO AMBULANCE SERVICE POLICY
AFTER WRECKING A TRUCK YOU TOTE A PIECE
OF YOUR WRECK FOR A MONTH AS A REMINDER
NOT ONLY TO BE SAFER, BUT ALSO SO YOU CAN
LOOK AT IT AND REALIZE YOU ARE LUCKY TO
STILL BE UP WALKING AND BREATHING.

SO TO KEEP WITH TRADITION EVEN THE FIRE
CHIEF HAS TO CARRY A PIECE OF HIS WRECK.

PICTURED LEFT IS A BOLT FROM THE HEADLIGHT
ASSEMBLY I HAVE TO CARRY UNTIL 12-18-09