Fire caused extensive damage to a home near the end of Edmonds Drive Sunday morning. An explosion prompted me to look out side. A large smoke plume rose into the sky to the east. After emergency personnel had cleared the scene, I traveled to the fire scene to get pictures of the damage.
During the emergency call I monitored communications of the incident. Fire response was immediate, less than 5 minutes after the explosion, emergency medical response was shortly thereafter. There was an injury in the fire. Emergency Ambulance Service of Highlands Medical Center transported 1 patient with burns. It was reported during patient transportation to the Medical Center that electronic patient monitoring equipment that measures patient vital signs, O2, pulse and heart rate, was inoperable.
The patient was a fire and smoke inhalation patient, inoperable patient monitoring equipment in our community ambulances is an unacceptable situation. (Photos by Garry Morgan)
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