Date: 12th February 2008
Time: 0920
Type: RTC
Address: Boundary Lane, Lound
Initial Attendance: Normanhurst 05, 01 and 02
Second shout of the day and I haven’t long been at my desk. I’m halfway through a mug of coffee and a Snickers bar when my alerter goes off. So down the stairs from my office and a sprint (*?!) to the car.
The guys from Green Watch had literally just left the station after their night shift so were back in double quick time – Mel Buck, Pete Brown, Al Soards and Ben Horne – ready-made crew!
I got my tally up to drive Ladder 2 – the second of the retained crewed appliances for this incident.
We headed off in the general direction of Lound and caught up with Mel and his crew on Ladder 1 just past the Village Maid in Lound. Mel knows this area well so we followed him into what is Boundary Lane, quickly coming up to police and ambulance vehicles. The PRT had come a different route and arrived shortly after us.
Thankfully the two occupants were out of the car which had ended up on its side in a field. So, no action by us except putting the car back on to all four wheels.
It just goes to show that good local knowledge and knowing which roads to avoid in a fire engine go a long way to getting us quickly and safely to an incident without getting lost or stuck!
If anyone’s interested in knowing where Border Lane is just follow this link to Streetmaps: Border Lane, Lound
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