Trench Rescue At Potomac House - March 22, 2008 - At 1245 hours

Trench Rescue At Potomac House - March 22, 2008 - At 1245 hours Ambulance 339, Medic 239, Rescue Squad 3, Engine 331, Transport 31 with the Trench POD, Urban Search and Rescue personnel based out of Station 31, and other Montgomery County Fire & Rescue units responded to the 11500 block of Patriot Lane, Company 33's area, for the trench rescue. Engine 331 arrived on the scene confirming an adult male buried to his chest in a seven foot deep trench. The worker was part of a crew working in an un-shored trench, installing a new sewer line to a single family home. Crews removed significant spoil piles using shoves and prepped the area around the trench with pads. USAR personnel then stabilized and shored the trench. Once shored, personnel entered the trench and removed the patient within approximately 90 minutes of the arrival of initial units.