A young boy riding his dirt bike on May 13th, 2006, wrecked in a field surrounded by a maze of trails. His uncle drove to the New Baltimore Fire Station a mile up the road to get help.

Away from the station for a public service event, units and members raced to the scene. Wagon 10 responded with FF/EMTs Rick "Radio" Webster, Nick "The Tick" Mastri, Kristin Webster, and Chris Cubbage on board. Medic 10-2 responded with EMTs Mike Shanks and Matt Murdock, and FF/EMT-I Andrea Schaeffer. Assistant Chief Chuck Kramaric and FF/EMT Nathan "Ox" Sellers also responded to the scene.

Upon arrival, the crew from Medic 10-2 found that they were unable to drive the ambulance to the patient, so they had to carry equipment far into the forest to assess the boy.

When Wagon 10 arrived, three crew members followed the trails to join the Medic crew and help stabilize the patient. Aircare was notified, and Rick "Radio" Webster responded to the nearest open location for the helicopter to land.

Company 1 responded to the scene with their Gator, due to the remote location, it was necessary to find an offroad vehicle to transport the patient. After fully-immobilizing and backboarding the boy, he was loaded onto the Gator and driven to the awaiting helicopter to fly to the closest trauma center.

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On the left, FF/EMTs Chris Cubbage and Nathan "Ox" Sellers splint the patient's leg. On the right, FF/EMT-I Andrea Schaeffer prepares to start an IV, and EMT Mike Shanks grabs supplies. EMT Matt Murdock stands while readying the IV bag and line for Schaeffer.