McCook City and Volunteer Fire Department

Members of the McCook City and Volunteer Fire Department were kept busy on the 4^th of July, responding to six emergency calls including two multiple patient calls nearly simultaneously.

At approximately 8:45 PM, the City of McCook ambulance responded to rural McCook to the scene of a grass fire.  Four victims were treated and transported to McCook Community Hospital with smoke inhalation.

Shortly after EMS arrived at the fire scene, a call was received at 9:11 PM reporting an automobile accident approximately 3 miles south of McCook on South Highway 83 with multiple patients.  The McCook City and Volunteer Fire Department requested assistance from Good Samaritan Ambulance Service and Indianola Volunteer Fire and Rescue in transporting four patients from the scene.

“Multiple calls with multiple patients within minutes of each other really taxed our system.”  Fire Chief Marc Harpham said.  “We are extremely fortunate that we have a good working relationship with the area EMS agencies.  All of the EMS personnel and the bystanders who stopped to help, missed out on a lot of the 4^th of July festivities to assist our department and we are very grateful and appreciative of their dedication and assistance.”

In all, approximately 16 personnel from the McCook City and Volunteer Fire Department, one from Good Samaritan Ambulance Service, two from Bartley Fire and Rescue, six from Indianola Volunteer Fire and Rescue, and several members of the Red Willow Western Rural Fire Department assisted with the call.