BLFD has just experienced a busy week at the Lake with 3 serious medical calls…2 of those calls ending with patients being airlifted to our closest trauma center. Great job to all the firefighters from BLFD and MVFD along with the PDH medical personnel and the medical helicopter crews for the awesome work they did this week in protecting the lives of our Bucks Lake community.
Just yesterday, BLFD personnel along with Plumas County Search and Rescue, Meadow Valley Fire Department personnel, Plumas County Sheriff’s Office, and Forest Service Law Enforcement along with a Sierra Regional EMS helicopter and a rescue helicopter from the CHP – Northern Division successfully rescued a seriously injured ATV crash victim 8 miles south of Bucks Lake on a remote jeep road. Collaboration between agencies and especially the crew of the CHP helicopter and Plumas County Search and Rescue were critical in successfully extracting this individual from this remote location in the Bucks Lake region to our Landing Zone at the Bucks Lake firehouse where the patient was then transported by a Sierra Regional helicopter to a trauma center. This was the first time in many years that we had to have 2 helicopters land in our Landing Zone to complete a complex rescue operation. Thank you to all who were involved in whatever part you played in making this a successful operation.
