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Jackman Moose River Fire Department
2010
Emergency Calls
Call #2010-09: February 2, 2010 Pickup Rollover
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* 2010 EMERGENCY CALLS *
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48.
12/31/2010 Diesel Fuel Spill & Fire Spencer Road, Johnson Mountain
Township. A valve on a logging
contractors fuel truck broke off allowing 200 to 300 gallons of diesel
fuel to spill on the ground. The
logging contractor, instead of reporting the spill as required by law,
decided to set the spilled fuel on fire, which is against the law. A deputy on Route 201 noticed the black smoke
and went to investigate. Upon
arriving on scene, the deputy notified the Somerset Regional Communications
Center. The comm center dispatched
the fire department. Upon arriving
on scene, the firefighters extinguished the fire and determined that the
spilled fuel was flowing under the snow towards a brook. Firefighters stopped the flow of fuel and
put out five bags of spill pads to soak up the fuel. The Department of Environmental
Protection arrived later to clean up the mess.
47.
12/28/2010 SUV-Moose Accident - Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. The moose was killed, the SUV was heavily
damaged, but no one in the vehicle was injured.
46.
12/06/2010 Reported Van Rollover Long Pond Road (Rt. 15), Jackman. During a snowstorm the small utility van
went off the road but remained upright.
For unknown reasons a passerby called and stated that the vehicle
had rolled over and was laying on its side.
45.
11/24/2010 SUV-Utility Pole Accident Main Street (Route 201), Moose
River. The driver of the SUV lost
control on the snow-covered road.
The vehicle went off the road and broke off the pole. The driver was not injured.
44.
11/22/2010 Truck Rollover Main Street (Route 201), Dennistown. During a snow/sleet/freezing rain storm,
a tractor trailer truck carrying a load of tree bark went off the road and
rolled over. The driver sustained
only minor injuries.
43.
11/04/2010 Chemical Tank Truck off the Road Main Street (Route 201),
Sandy Bay Township. During a
snowstorm the truck slowly slid off the road and in to the ditch. Firefighters used a fire truck to pull
the truck back on to the road. There
was no damage.
42.
11/03/2010 Fire Alarm Activation Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. An electrician working on the alarm
system accidentally activated the alarm.
41.
10/05/2010 Car-Moose Accident Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. The car sustained only minor damage and
no one was injured. Firefighters
dragged the dead moose out of the road.
40.
10/02/2010 Structure Fire 25 Talpey Road, Moose River. Workers cutting a hole in the exterior
wall at the local sawmill accidentally set the insulation on fire in the
wall. The fire was easily
extinguished there was only minor damage.
39.
09/30/2010 Lift Assist Mountainview Lane, Jackman. The local ambulance crew needed several
firefighters to assist in removing a patient from a building.
38.
09/05/2010 ATV Accident ATV Trail, Bradstreet Township. An ATV with two people on it went off the
trail. The driver of the ATV
sustained a broken arm.
37.
09/03/2010 Car-Moose Accident Main Street (Route 201), Sandy Bay
Township. A husband, wife and
daughter were travelling to Quebec when they struck a moose in the
road. The husband and wife both were
injured.
36.
08/26/2010 Carbon Monoxide Alarm Activation Main Street (Route 201),
Dennistown. Although the CO alarm
was activating, firefighters checked the home and found no carbon monoxide
present.
35.
08/20/2010 Vehicle Rollover Attean Road, Jackman. The teenage driver was possibly OUI and
appeared to be traveling at a high rate of speed when his vehicle went off
the road and rolled over. The driver
was injured.
34.
08/16/2010 Structure Fire Long Pond Road (Route 15), Long Pond
Township. Apparently lightning
struck a small shed and set the shed on fire. Although the shed was destroyed, the
nearby home was not damaged.
(Firefighters had just left the scene of call #33 and were headed
back to the fire station when they were dispatched to the structure fire.)
33.
08/16/2010 SUV-Moose accident Route 201, Parlin Pond Township. The accident caused extensive damage to
the SUV, but thanks to airbags and seatbelts, the driver and two passengers
were not injured.
32.
08/06/2010 2 vehicle accident Route 201, Johnson Mountain
Township. The accident was reported
as a car-moose accident, but it was actually a two vehicle accident. No one was injured.
31.
08/06/2010 Dead moose in the road blocking one lane of traffic Route
201, Sandy Bay Township. A truck
apparently struck and killed the moose during the night, and the truck
driver drove off and left the moose in the road blocking one lane of
traffic. A passerby reported the
moose in the road. Firefighters
moved the moose out of the road.
30.
07/30/2010 Car Rollover Route 6 Cutoff (logging road), Jackman. Although the car received extensive
damage, the driver and two passengers were not hurt.
29.
07/24/2010 - Power Line Down Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. A log truck with a log sticking up ripped
the power line and meter off a home.
No one was injured.
28.
07/20/2010 Rescue Unresponsive Canoeist Moose River Bow Trip, Attean
Township. A teenage girl on a canoe
trip with a group suffered from dehydration and passed out. Leaders of the group travelled for two
hours by canoe before getting enough cell service to be able to send out a
text message. It was another hour
and a half before rescuers could find the canoe with the girl. The girl was transported to the Jackman
Region Health Center, was treated, and then released.
27.
07/12/2010 Pickup Rollover Long Pond Road (Rt. 15), Jackman. Heavy rain caused a pickup to hydroplane
off the road in to the ditch, roll over and land on its wheels. Three other vehicles also slid on the
rain-soaked road in the same area.
The driver suffered minor injuries.
26.
07/12/2010 Pickup Moose & Pole Accident Main Street (Rt. 201),
Dennistown. The driver of the pickup
hit a moose and went off the road and hit a utility pole, breaking the pole
off. Although the pickup sustained
extensive damage, the driver was not injured. He was wearing his seatbelt and his
airbag deployed.
25.
07/02/2010 Report of Heavy Smoke Elm Street area, Jackman. The smoke was caused by a resident of
Spruce Street burning brush.
24.
06/15/2010 Fire Alarm Activation Main Street (Rt. 201), Jackman. No cause for the alarm activation was
found.
23.
06/11/2010 Car-Moose Accident Route 201, Parlin Pond Township. The driver struck a bull moose in the
road. The moose fell into the
windshield smashing the windshield in and injuring the driver. The driver had non-life threatening head
injuries. The moose ran off.
22.
06/04/2010 Power Line Down Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. A log truck with a log sticking up ripped
the power line and meter off a home.
No one was injured.
21.
05/17/2010 Single Vehicle Accident Long Pond Road (Route 15), Long Pond
Township. The vehicle went off the
road into the ditch and struck a culvert.
The pickup sustained substantial damage. The driver suffered only very minor
injuries.
20.
05/13/2010 Capsized canoeists Attean Pond, Attean Township. Six canoeists set out in three canoes at
dawn. A while in to their trip the
wind came up swamping one of the canoes.
When the canoeists in another canoe attempted to assist, the second
canoe was swamped also. (The
canoeists were carrying a lot of gear and the canoes appeared to have been
overloaded.) The canoeists got to a
small island, changed out of their wet clothes and started a fire. (The temperature was just above
freezing.) Another canoeist came by
later and went for help. The four
canoeists who went in to the water were transported to Attean Landing to
the awaiting ambulances where they were all checked out and released.
19.
05/11/2010 Loaded Log Trailer broke off the Tractor Trailer Truck Main
Street (Route 201), Jackman. While
driving through town the driver noticed something wrong and slowed down to
pull over in to the break down lane.
When he slowed down the trailer broke free and came forward causing
some damage to the truck, then the trailer came off the truck and hit the
ground causing serious damage to the landing gear of the trailer. No one was injured.
18.
05/06/2010 Trees in the Road Main Street (Route 201), Dennistown. High winds brought down numerous trees in
the region, and a couple of trees fell and blocked the road.
17.
05/06/2010 SUV Moose & Pole Accident Route 201, Johnson Mountain
Township. The driver of the SUV was
unable to avoid striking the moose.
After hitting the moose, the SUV hit a utility pole (breaking it
off) and the SUV rolled on to its side.
The driver was severely injured.
16.
03/27/2010 Pickup Rollover Route 201, Johnson Mountain Township. For unknown reasons the pickup went off
the road and rolled over. The driver
of the vehicle was seriously injured and was flown by LifeFlight helicopter
to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
15.
03/23/2010 Log Truck Rollover Main Street (Route 201), Dennistown. The driver of the truck was going too
fast for the road conditions (was a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain at
the time), and when the road curved to the left the truck went off the
right side of the road where it rolled over and took down a utility
pole. Although the cab of the truck
was heavily damaged, the driver sustained only minor injuries.
14.
03/20/2010 Snowmobile in the water Big Wood Pond, Attean Township. Two snowmobilers were running their sleds
back and forth across a stretch of open water when one of the snowmobiles
sunk. Nearby camp owners called 911
to report the incident. Fortunately
the water was only waist deep at the location where the snowmobile
sunk. Both snowmobilers ended up wet
and cold (the second one went in the water to help the first one tie a rope
to his snowmobile to pull it out), but neither required rescue nor
treatment. They were very lucky even
though they were very stupid. IT IS
AGAINST THE LAW TO TAKE A SNOWMOBILE ON OPEN WATER. SUCH A PRACTICE IS STUPID AND CAN BE
DEADLY.
13.
03/07/2010 Snowmobile Accident ITS 89, Parlin Pond Township. Two snowmobiles collided head on. The operator of one snowmobile had only
minor injuries and refused treatment and transport. The operator of the other snowmobile was
more seriously injured and was transported by JMRFDs rescue sled to the
ambulance, and then was transported by ambulance to the Jackman Region
Health Center.
12. 02/26/2020 Truck/SUV Accident Main Street (Route 201), Parlin Pond Township. The northbound driver of an SUV pulling a
snowmobile trailer lost control on a slippery stretch of road causing the
SUV to get stuck in the snow bank on the southbound side of the road. An empty southbound tractor trailer truck
coming down a hill (in a 55mph zone) came around a corner and saw the SUV
and trailer in the road, so the truck driver stepped on the brakes. When he did, the truck jackknifed and hit
the SUV and trailer. Fortunately the
SUV driver was out of his vehicle and out of the way when the truck slid in
to the SUV. There were no injuries.
11. 02/26/2010 Tank truck off the road Main Street,
Jackman. A tank truck hauling a load
of liquid caustic soda started up a hill but lost traction on the
snow-covered road. The driver tried
backing the truck down the hill but at the bottom there is a curve in the
road and the road slopes to the ditch so the truck slid sideways towards
the ditch. The truck driver called
for assistance because (1) he was in a bad location with many trucks coming
fast down the hill (55mph zone) and (2) because after stopping and being
parked for several minutes, the truck slid sideways towards the ditch and
was leaning, so the truck driver thought that it might tip over. Two large tow trucks were called and were
able to safely pull the truck back in to the road.
10.
02/20/2010
Pickup Rollover Route 201, Johnson
Mountain Township. A northbound pickup pulling a snowmobile
trailer with two snowmobiles lost traction on the ice-covered road, slid
off the road, and rolled over. No
one was injured.
9.
02/02/2010 Pickup Rollover Main Street (Route 201), Jackman. A southbound pickup pulling a snowmobile
trailer with two snowmobiles slid off the road and rolled over one time
landing on its wheels. Neither the
driver nor the passenger were hurt.
8. 01/30/2010 Sprinkler Activation Main
Street (Route 201), Jackman. A sprinkler
supply line froze and split open, causing water damage to two motel rooms
and to the breakfast area.
7. 01/30/2010 SUV Accident Main Street
(Route 201), Jackman. The elderly
driver could not see out of her iced over windshield and she hit the
curbing on the bridge over the Moose River.
The right front tire was destroyed.
6. 01/29/2010 Snowmobile Accident Border
Riders Club Trail, Sandy Bay Township.
The snowmobiler fell off his snowmobile severely hurting his right
arm and ribs. Firefighters used the
rescue sled to transport the patient 5 miles to the awaiting ambulance.
5. 01/25/2010 Log Truck DOT Plow Truck
Accident Route 201, Sandy Bay Township.
Rain falling on the cold road quickly changed to ice making for very
slippery conditions. The log truck
lost control on the slippery road and the trailer of the truck struck the
plow on the DOT truck. The plow was
broken off the truck, and the truck was pushed back in to the ditch. The driver of the plow truck sustained
minor injuries.
4. 01/22/2010 Chimney Fire Piper Street,
Jackman. Creosote that had built up
in the chimney ignited. Firefighters
successfully extinguished the fire without causing any damage to the home.
3. 01/22/2010 Vehicle Accident Long Pond
Road (Route 15), Jackman. The driver
of the pickup drifted off the right side of the road an in to the
snowbank. The pickup hit the
snowbank and came back in to the road where it stopped blocking the travel
lane. The driver then fled the
scene.
2.
01/21/2010 Fire Alarm Activation Long Pond Road (Route 15), Jackman.
1. 01/06/2010 Fire Alarm Activation Main
Street (Route 201), Sandy Bay Township.
Electricians working on the alarm system accidentally activated the
alarm.
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