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DEM #98-0453 March 21, 1998 |
The Unit was contacted by the Pierce county Department of Emergency Management at 8:55 PM on the 21st of March. They requested a high angle rescue team to back up the Enumclaw Fire Department's rescue team. A Ford Bronco with 4 people in it had run off Forest Road 70 at the Pyramid Creek Sno Park, east of Greenwater Wa.. Nine members responded: Mike Mixon, Jeff Sharp, Fran McFarland, Chris Berryman, Ed Hrivnak, Rob Lutz, Stan and Angela Kartes, Dave Treber and Steve Stowall. An hour later at 9:56PM the Unit was told to turn around, that the fire department team was at the scene and no further help was needed. Mike Mixon continued on up to the scene; what follows is an email message I received from him.
Gus,
I went on up to FS 70 on Saturday nite. There, in full bunker gear, was every fire-fighter east of Bonney Lake! They had one person loaded in an ambulance and were loading the others when I got there. I talked briefly with one of the guys there, who said that one or two of them had serious injuries. They were prepping the LZ at Greenwater FD when I went by.
The guy said a full size Bronco went over the bank, down 150' rolling several times and ended up n a stream. I thought the full bunker gear was GREAT! It wasn't snowing, but was still cold.
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