My First RTA

Came back from work this morning and my first day off is about to come to an end.. Well, but i did experience a tragic incident while i was on duty yesterday.. Guess i will start off with the day before my duty which was on a Sunday..

On Sunday i went out with Stewart and Xing to AMK hub to get some stuff for myself.. Since Xing is going into NS which was just this morning that he entered, that day was the last day i saw him with hair.. HehE~! We didn't really do much that day.. Just spent most of the time travelling here and there.. We also had BOTAK Jones for dinner near Yio Chu Kang MRT station.. Its a western food shop that sells wallet friendly western delicacies in coffee shops.. Went back straight home after that and it was about 8.30pm when my bro came back with his fren, together with a Playstation 3 console.. O_o~! Haha.. Finally i could play Ninja Gaiden Sigma which he bought it before buying the console home.. -_-~! Played abit here and there and then i went to do my stuff before going to sleep..

The next day was my duty day and had to wake up at about 6 as usual but i remembered i had a dream that night.. I could only remember that in my dream my phone rang and i picked it up.. Surprisingly it was my ex-girlfriend, Iris, who was on the line.. Her voice was cute as ever and she told me that its been awhile since we last talked or something like that.. We talked more but i couldn't really remember wad was the conversation.. All i know is that i had to get up in the morning and prepare to go to work.. It was a Monday and so Monday Blues got into me.. I always don't feel like going to work.. But well, this is NS and i dun like taking MCs because it would be too troublesome for me.. As usual, report for duty and carry on with the normal Monday life(Everyday is the same actually).. Did our scenario drills and was suppose to stay in station as i'm assigned to the DO pumper.. Just so happen that last minute........... Its quite a crazy story so i just cut it short from here.. I switched with my batchmate Ian to the LF at the very last minute when the LF was leaving the station to fire post.. -_-~!(Ian is always like this.. A last minute man~!) Reached the fire post and as usual i did my own things over there and stand by at the same time.. Nothing much happen til our first firecall at about 3pm..

Our intel reported that there were loud exploding noise that can be heard at a multi-storey carpark.. The best part was the multi storey carpark was just beside our fire post.. lOl~! Reached to the location but there weren't any signs showing.. The DO pumper came down with the police to do some investigation but there wasn't really anything.. DO pump went back to base while the LF proceeded for hydrant testing.. After hydrant testing headed back straight to fire post for standby.. My SecCom was looking after the front desk while the others and myself..... went to the dorm and sleep.. (Not allowed during office hours, we could have gotten ourselves killed) Everything went by normally until at about 5.47pm, the fire alarm rang and all three of us rushed out of the dorm and got into our fire gear.. Quickly we jumped onto our LF and headed to the location.. Intel said there is a RTA(Road Traffic Accident) in Tampines area.. We were wondering why didn't the LF from Tampines dispatched and instead it called us from Pasir Ris.. My SecCom said this call is the real thing while on the way there.. My PO was speeding the LF to the location and we met the DO pumper on the way there.. Arrived to the location and there were lots of people from the public watching from a distance.. The ambulance crew was already there doing what they could..

The accident consisted of a motorbike and a van.. When i got down the LF to witness the scene, I saw a person being pinned down right under the van.. It was the rider from the motorbike who was delivering McDonalds if i'm not wrong since he was wearing a McDonalds delivery uniform.. He was moaning every second and the paramedics were doing their best at scene to stablize and ease his pain.. Me and the other fire-fighters, Ian and Andy, were tasked to get the Air Bag set to lift up the van so we could pull the casualty out.. Me and Ian set up the air bags and gave it to our SecComs who were about to go below the van to place it underneath.. We were also asked to bring tons of hoses to stablize the vehicle wheels from moving.. After that we were tasked to look out for any hazards that could happen while working on the casualty.. My OC came down to supervise and also gave some quick advice on the scene.. It was really tragic and there were lots of blood.. I even heard the casualty yelling to the paramedic in Malay "Hey, hurry up and get me out of here!".. The paramedic who was holding his hand replied back "Bear with the pain a little longer, we are getting you out soon!".. My SecComs were all below trying to get the van lifted up while the fire-fighters supported and get whatever we could.. The casualty was finally pulled out and brought upon onto a stretcher.. The paramedic who was beside me supported his head and she told me to get a cervical collar for her so that they could stablize his neck as in every RTA incident, we assume the casualty has spinal injury.. His face was bloody along with his knees and hands... There was also tyre markings on his stomach.. The paramedic kept talking to him and asked him to open his eyes.. He opened a little to indicate that he's still fighting and the medic said "Good".. One of the medics asked me to hold the drip for him as that gives breathing air for the casualty.. Headed to the ambulance and quickly get him in to rush to the hospital.. My DO and some other SecComs did some investigations with the police while the others were making up.. The LF went back first for standby in Pasir Ris.. From then on i was hoping that the casualty will walk out a fine healthy man..

DO pump and the LF from Tampines(Finally they came down) were doing investigation on the scene up til about 8 to 9pm.. We had another firecall at about 8.30pm and it was a rubbish chute on fire.. Unfortunately our response time was late since it was raining heavily and our windscreen wiper was down plus we couldn't find the place.. After putting out that small fire, headed back to post and did our CAAD before turning in for the day..

The next morning when we headed back to station and sadly, we received news that the casualty passed away in the hospital.. It was really tragic.. Right before my eyes he was still alive fighting for survival.. I was really hoping and i thought he was going to make it through all the way.. Unfortunately he had to go to some place far away from here.. Asked my frens and my mum to pray for him.. That was the least i could do.. I felt really sorry for his family.. But we still have to go on with our lives.. I just wish that he would rest in peace..