| DUI accident claims life of Pike county woman |
| Fri. Oct 3rd 2008 |
At approximately 11pm on Friday, 911 dispatchers notified the department of a two-vehicle head-on accident just south of the intersection of U.S. 23 & Ky 979 at Harold. Upon arrival, the driver of the white pick-up truck had fled the scene on foot and the five passengers of the green mini-...
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| Vehicle slams into a tree, driver taken to hospital |
| Thu. Oct 2nd 2008 |
911 dispatchers notified the department of a single-vehicle accident (truck vs tree) in the 5100 block of Ky 2030 on Little Mud Creek at about 9:20pm. Unit 3, multiple firefighters, and several of their personal vehicles responded to the scene and later were able to locate a Chevy S-10 pick-up...
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| ATV accident sends one to a local hospital |
| Thu. Oct 2nd 2008 |
It was approximately 6:30pm Thursday evening that 911 dispatchers notified the Betsy Layne Fire Dept. of an atv accident with possible injuries on Big Branch Road at Little Mud Creek. Upon arrival, it was discovered that a female juvenile had been riding a four-wheeler near the roadway when sh...
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| Ouch!!! |
| Sat. Sep 20th 2008 |
When a 47yo male subject severely broke his ankle after a fall on Justice Branch of Prater Creek, 911 dispatchers sent Respond Ambulance to his residence. Upon their arrival, they saw the need to set up a landing zone for a helicopter to airlift the injured patient to the hospital due to ...
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| 2 Hurt 1 Serious In a 2 Vehicle Collision |
| Thu. Sep 18th 2008 |
On Thursday September 18 at approximately 1:00PM 911 dispatchers notified the department of a 2 vehicle injury accident at the traffic lights in Betsy Layne on US23. While en route, we were advised that one vehicle was possibly overturned and people may be trapped.
Engine 2, and Rescue 3 responded ...
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| Working Structure Fire |
| Tue. Sep 2nd 2008 |
On Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008, 911 dispatchers notified the Betsy Layne Fire Department of a structure fire in the Toms Creek community of Ivel in Floyd county at 0451 hours in the morning.
Upon arrival Engine 2 reported heavy flames visible from a single story doublewide with the center of the d...
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| Calm Sunday Could Have Been Tragic |
| Sun. Aug 31st 2008 |
Sunday evening 911 dispatchers send us notification of a 2 vehicle injury accident on US 23 south bound just past the Pizza Den resturaunt. Engine 2, Unit 3, Unit 6 as well as several firefighters POV's responded to the scene.
First arriving unit (U/432 Firefighter Delpont) arrived and stated there...
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| 3 Injured In US 23 Pile Up |
| Mon. Aug 11th 2008 |
At about 11:20 today Betsy Layne was dispatched to the report of a 3 vehicle accident on US23 at the Betsy Layne intersection. Units 3 and 6 along with Ladder 7 responded to the scene to assist in traffic control. 2 patients were trasnported to the hospital via DHP ambulance service and 1 was transp...
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| "I didn't see you sitting there!" |
| Fri. Aug 8th 2008 |
At approximately 12:30 in the afternoon, 911 dispatchers toned the firefighters that there had been a two-vehicle injury accident at the intersection of U.S. Hwy 23 and Ky 979 at Harold and a baby had been injured.
Upon arrival of the first firefighter, he alerted the other responding units that th...
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| "Let's go!" |
| Thu. Aug 7th 2008 |
At approximately 10:02pm on Thursday night after the training meeting, 911 dispatchers notified the firemen of a fire alarm activated at a residence at 611 South Main Street in Tram.
A few of us were standing in front of Unit 6 talking about some old times at the station when the tones were dropped...
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