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| | | Britt Compton Hospitalized | | Thu. Jun 18th 2009 | Britt is in the hospital room #2057 (BRMC). He has had a stroke and the CT scan has showed some slight infarction in his brain.
Everyone please keep him in your prayers, and if you can, go see him....
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| | ACLS and PALS | | Fri. Jun 12th 2009 | The crew will be sponsoring AHA ACLS and PALS provider classes at the Bristol Lifesaving Crew building starting at 0900 on July 11h and 12th, and August 22nd and 23rd respectively. Questions may be directed to Brad Fields at 276-698-7800. This class is only open to providers who are ALS certified. S...
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| | Crew graduates four from Paramedic Program. | | Fri. May 15th 2009 | Paramedics are the highest level of prehospital care in Virginia. Obtaining such certification requires two years of training in addition to being certified as an EMT-B, and passing this training is no easy task indeed. Despite this arduous task, the crew is proud to announce that four of our member...
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| | Crew to offer VAVRS EVOC and Vehicle Rescue Awareness and Operations training. | | Tue. Mar 17th 2009 | The crew will be offering EVOC on April 25th and 26th starting at 0900 and Vehicle Extrication on May 23rd and 24th starting at 0800 at the crew building. To register please call VAVRS at 804-749-8191. A $25 deposit is required which will be refunded to you upon successful completion of the course(s...
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| | Crew acknowledges loss of Earl Morphew. | | Wed. Jan 28th 2009 | It is with deepest regret and remorse that we acknowledge the death of Johnny Earl Morphew. Earl was a former crew member and veteran firefighter and paramedic in Chilhowie, VA and a sergeant with the Bristol Virginia Fire Department as well as a flight medic with Wellmont One and MedFlight II. Earl...
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| | | MVA on State St. | | Wed. May 13th 2009 | At apx 915 on May 15, BLSC 40 and 46 responded with BTFD to the area of 2015 West State Street for a reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. The driver of the single vehicle involved in the accident was evaluated at the scene and released. All units cleared from the scene at apx 0935....
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| | MVA on Newton St. | | Fri. Apr 17th 2009 | At apx 1330 hrs on friday april 17 blsc 44 46 and r3 responded to a report of an mvc on newton st in bristol va. The wreck involved 2 vehicles with one patient in each car. One patient was removed from the vehicle and transported to BRMC ED....
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| | SRT responds to Abram's Falls | | Wed. Aug 13th 2008 | Crew members were called to respond to Abram's Falls Wednesday for a man reported to have fallen off of the waterfall. The SRT was activated and crew members responded unit 51 with rope rescue equipment to the scene. After having established that no other means of rescuing the patient were possible,...
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| | SRT responds to search and rescue request | | Thu. Jul 3rd 2008 | Additional manpower was requested from the crew on Thursday, July 3rd for a search and rescue operation in Damascus. The SRT team was activated and responded 44, 45, and 51 with the boats and 53 to the scene. Upon arrival command assigned crew members to search and drag the lake for possible victims...
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Wed. May 13th 2009 MVA on State St.
At apx 915 on May 15,
BLSC 40 and 46 responded
with BTFD to the area of
2015 West State Street
for a reported motor
vehicle a...
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Fri. Apr 17th 2009 MVA on Newton St.
At apx 1330 hrs on friday
april 17 blsc 44 46 and
r3 responded to a report
of an mvc on newton st in
bristol va. The wreck
in...
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Wed. Aug 13th 2008 SRT responds to Abram's Falls
Crew members were called
to respond to Abram's
Falls Wednesday for a man
reported to have fallen
off of the waterfall. The
SR...
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