Chapter 2
As the engine and squad pulled out of the station and drove down the street, each of the men recalled the last incident at the industrial park. A little less two years ago their lives had forever been changed. The first female rescue paramedic had entered the department. A.J. Whitewolf had trained and been certified under Gage and DeSoto. Then one fateful night she had proven herself to every fireman present. She had fallen two stories, while trying to rescue a little girl. GOD himself had supplied a miracle and she had survived.
Of course that warehouse should have been torn down years ago but the project had never been completed. Captain Stanley got additional information from County as they were approaching the building. There was a demolition crew there trying to safely tear down the huge warehouse. One of the obvious issues what the stability of the structure. The damage done to it was extensive after the blaze and time hadn't helped the matter any.
One of the men working was on the outside estimating the damage and integrity of the exterior wall. His question was answered all too quickly when parts of the massive wall came crashing down upon him.
Another worker ran up to Captain Stanley before the engine had even come to a complete stop he was shouting, "Danny is under there! He was talking to us, he's ALIVE. What are you waiting for, HELP him!"
"Sir, listen to me, you have to calm down! We are going to do everything we can but you have to give me some more information." Stanley knew that people in these situations could be overcome by their emotions.
"He's over here. He was standing RIGHT there!"
"Alright, now you can help us out by making sure everyone else moves to the end of the driveway. We can't help Danny if you are in danger." His experience told him that giving civilians a job to do, keeps their minds occupied and hopefully out of the way.
Walking up to the debris pile it was clear that the objects that had fallen were large pieces of lumber. That was what saved Danny from instant death. The wood had created a tent effect. Danny must have been trapped in the void space. That didn't mean that he wasn't severely injured.
Since the lumber was too heavy for the men to lift on their own they used rope rigging to take maneuver it and create shoring, allowing the crew to move the smaller pieces that were surrounding the victim. Gage and DeSoto were with the patient through it all, trying to assess his injures and find out if he was impaled by any of the objects.
The men worked as a well oiled machine. The man was released from his prison and moved to a safe location by the squad. His was semiconscious and in a great deal of pain. Gage contacted Rampart and Roy began his routine of checking vitals, for gross bleeding and other specific injures.
"Rampart this is Squad 51..."