Ran a call this morning. Just finishing up breakfast, and got a call for a vehicle accident w/possible entrapment. Both engines and squad got called up, and all 3 ran, with me on squad. My first response with the sirens going, too.
Police were already there when we got there, and although an ambulance was called for, it was either recalled, or came and left. No entrapment, either. Apparently, somebody ran a red light. One car had a smashed front end, the other a smashed passenger door.
Our two basic jobs (on this one, at least) were spill control and cleanup. Vehicle accidents break stuff, and when some of that stuff is a fluid tank or line, fluids leak. On this morning's call, there were a few spills, which we treated with this stuff that looks a lot like cat litter, that absorbs the fluids so they can be swept up/aside, or at least kept from running into drain water.
So my job this morning was basically to push a broom for a couple of minutes. Messed up doing even that, though. I wasn't paying attention to the spill areas, and swept through one of them; got corrected by an officer, no big deal. Live and learn. If all my mistakes are little ones like that, I'll be doing good.
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