White Horse Fire Company

PA State Police and Squad 3-4 on the east side

Engine 3-4-1 and Ambulance 33-2 on the west side

Ambulance 4-9 in staging

Ambulance 4-9 proceeding to the scene

Ambulance 4-9's crew at the back of the bus awaiting orders

Ambulance 4-9 assisted on this mass casualty accident on Beartown Hill in Caernarvon Township

Ambulances from New Holland, Leola, Fivepointville, and Ephrata on the west side of the scene

Ambulance 4-9 transported two school bus passengers to a local hospital

Ambulance 4-9's crew preparing to receive one of their two patients

Ambulance 33-2 had the EMS Command

Engine 3-4-1

Squad 3-4

This school bus was struck by a box truck

Damage to the school bus.

One of Ambulance 4-9's patients is carried to the ambulance. (Blaine T. Shahan/Lancaster Newspapers photo)

One of Ambulance 4-9's patients is removed from the bus (Blaine T. Shahan/Lancaster Newspapers photo)


By Safety Officer Christopher Eno
April 28, 2010

At 9:37AM on April 28, Ambulance 4-9 was dispatched to the 6300 block of Division Highway (Route 322) on Beartown Hill in Caernarvon Township for a vehicle accident involving a school bus. Units from Churchtown and Honey Brook were already on the scene of the collision, which involved a loaded school bus being struck by a box truck. There were several patients in need of transport to a hospital. Ambulance 4-9 transported two pediatric patients to a local hospital for treatment, and cleared the incident at 11:40AM

Units:	Ambulance 4-9

Mutual Aid:	Engine 3-4-1, Squad 3-4 (Caernarvon-Churchtown); Ambulance 33-1, Ambulance 33-2, Command 33 (Honey Brook); Ambulance 89-1 (Elverson); Ambulance 3-7-1 (New Holland); Ambulance 34-1 (Martins Corner), Ambulance 3-19-1 (Fivepointville); Ambulance 3-8-1 (Leola); Ambulance 1-12-1, Ambulance 1-12-2 (Ephrata); Medic 9, Medic 4 (Ephrata Hospital); Medic 93-1 (Brandywine Hospital)