Station 19
On the road the fire trucks were parked so they were blocking the roads, everyone got out of the trucks and know they all stood lined up at the edge of the road looking down at the mangled ambulance which has two of their friends inside.
"so, sir what's the plan" asks jack?
"call for back up and more trucks when they arrive station 19 can stand down let the other stations deal with this rescue" answers Ripley.
"what you cannot be serious, our friends are down there in whatever state from rolling down the hill, they could be seriously injured and you want us to take a step back" shouts Maya.
"sir with all due respect we are a family and we have two of our own station in that ambulance we stick together as a team, we can put our feelings aside to save one of our own" says jack.
"right but if any of you step out of line or let your emotions cloud your judgement then I am pulling you all out and station 23 will take over" says Ripley.
"we agree with that" says Maya answering for everyone.
"hey what shall we say to Pruitt if he calls" asks Dean?
"nothing yet we don't know what the state of the ambulance is until we get down there, so no contact with the station until we have our team safely on the road and their patient" says Ripley.
"okay so who goes down" asks Travis?
"Maya and Gibson go down and assess the damage, report back if we need special cutting equipment, right set up the ropes please" says Ripley.
"sir" answers both Maya and jack.
Everyone gets to work, they set up the ropes and the harnesses for the two lieutenants, once the ropes where set up Maya and jack gear up and they start to abseil down the hill until they reach the overturned ambulance.
Maya and jack unhook themselves from the harnesses, they run to the ambulance but they stop when they see the ambulance is right near to the edge of the cliff.
"hey Gibson we need to be careful the ambulance is right near the edge" says Maya pointing out the obvious.
"that means we cannot go near the roof to access the driver's side, maybe we can pull the back doors off take the patient out and try and get to them through the gap between the seats" suggests jack.
"that could work but what is plan b if we can't do that" asks Maya?
"we will have to climb up and gain access through the passenger side door" answers jack.
"fine stick to plan a first, know you know that you may not fit through the small space between the seats, I can go first" says Maya.
"fine by me" says jack.
Jack and Maya run to the back of the ambulance, they pull and yank at the back doors until the doors release and fall since they got battered out of shape, jack climbs in and pulls the stretcher out, once the patient is safely out the vehicle, he assesses her for other injuries, but unfortunately the young women had severe injuries and she died, jack follows Maya, he kneels in the back of the ambulance waiting for Maya to say something.
"right the door is broken open but we both won't fit through, I may be able to drag them out but no spine boards, they won't fit in the small space" says Maya.
"great get in there and check on our people" says jack.
Maya leans in through the gap she takes a look at the captain she grabs his neck and feels for a pulse, she sighs with relief when she feels a faint steady pulse beneath her fingers, she unclips the seatbelt from around the captain, she pulls on his arm once he is moved just abit she wraps her arms around his body and she drags him through the space, once she is in the back of the ambulance jack helps pull his boss to safety.
Jack pulls the captain out the back of the ambulance, he puts him in the bucket stretcher and attaches the stretcher to the ropes, he radios to the top on the road side.
"right the captain is free haven't assessed his injuries, pull him up now" says jack through the radio.
"Gibson how is it down there" asks Ripley through the radio?
"bad sir the ambulance is battered up broken glass and the other problem is the vehicle is right to the edge of the cliff bishop is just getting Andy out now" replies jack.
Back in the ambulance Maya crawls to the front she looks down at her friend who is sat in the driver's seat hunched over the wheel, she tries to unclip the seatbelt but it won't unclip it was jammed, Maya pulls out her knife just as she is about to cut the seatbelt, she hears groans coming from her friend she looks to her friend and talks.
"Herrera can you hear me" asks Maya?
She gets no response.
"Andy can you hear" says Maya gently tapping her friend.
"yeah what happened" says Andy trying to move but then she winces from pain radiating through her body from her chest to her head, and her arm and shoulder.
"good now you have been in a car accident, the ambulance was blown off the road and you roll down a cliff, know Sullivan is okay he is on his way to hospital, and know I am going to get you out of here and then you to are going to the hospital" explains Maya.
"great it explains all the pain, what about the patient" says Andy.
"she unfortunately didn't make it am sorry, know I am going to finish cutting the seatbelt then I am going to drag you out through the back of the ambulance, then we will get you in the stretcher and to the top safely" explains Maya.
"you said we I hope you don't mean me climb up the hill in pain" says Andy.
"no, I mean me and Gibson" answers Maya.
"oh good" says Andy.
"right this may hurt but I need you to hold on until we get to the top for treatment" says Maya.
"fine" says Andy.
"okay shimmy to the edge of the seat and then I will put my arms underneath your armpits, and I am going to pull you from then" says Maya.
"okay get on with it" says Andy.
Andy does as Maya says she lifts her arms up and Maya wraps her arms around Andy's, she drags Andy from the seat and to the back of the ambulance where jack is waiting, as she was being pulled Andy screamed in agony from the pain caused by being moved, Maya listened to the screams it saddened her to see her friend in this much pain, she lay Andy on the wall of the ambulance, as Andy lay there jack came up to her side ready to help.
"hey Maya what's the holdup" asks jack?
"just give us a minute Gibson" says Maya.
"what's going on I heard screaming" says Gibson.
"breathe Andy, calm down now the hard part is over but me and jack need to strap you to the stretcher and put a collar around your neck, but I can't give you painkillers just yet, but tell me where's the pain" says Maya.
"my stomach and I know the protocol" groans Andy.
"can I have a feel of your stomach" asks Maya?
"sure" answers Andy.
Maya checks Andy's stomach and her sides, as she presses down on her friend's abdomen, she knew the problem.
"okay you have broken ribs and internal bleeding and I think a lung injury" answers Maya.
"I gathered that" says Andy.
"right we need to go know" says Gibson.
"right let's go" says Maya.
Gibson and Maya work fast, they put a collar around Andy's neck, and then they strap her to the board and stretcher, and soon they had her clipped to the ropes, they too clip themselves to the ropes, and soon the three are at the top of the road side.
Dean, Travis, Ripley and the rest of the teams help pull the fallen firefighter to the road, and soon Gibson and Maya follow behind, Maya runs to the stretcher where Andy lay, she is shocked to find Andy unconscious and unresponsive.
"Andy talk to me" says Maya shaking her friend.
She gets no response from Andy, everyone gathers round the stretcher and looks at Andy's unconscious body.