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Worker Injured after Falling into Construction Pit in Fair Lawn

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Fair Lawn NJ, Members of the Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Squad were dispatched to the 3500 block of Berdan Avenue, Fair Lawn early Wednesday evening, 08/11, to assist Fair Lawn EMS personnel rescue an adult male worker who was injured after falling into an open pit at a construction site. At least two (2) ladders, heavy roping, a Stokes basket, and plenty of muscle were used to extricate the victim from the pit’s bottom in order that he could be easily transferred to a waiting ambulance. Fair Lawn Police was also on the scene of the mishap.

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Low Hanging Tree Branch Immobilizes Tractor Trailer in Fair Lawn

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Fairlawn NJ, a tractor trailer was immobilized after it slammed into a tree limb in front of 25-31 Fair Lawn Avenue, Fair Lawn on Monday afternoon, 06/22. The Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Squad and the Fair Lawn DPW worked jointly to free the vehicle from its predicament. No injuries were reported in the mishap. A segment of Fair Lawn Avenue was closed to vehicular traffic in both directions while emergency response crews worked. Police at the scene did not indicate whether any summonses were issued to the tractor trailer  driver. A water main break in the same block also impeded traffic earlier in the day.

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Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Squad uses the “Jaws of Life” to free a woman trapped after Accident

The Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Squad uses the "Jaws of Life"

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July 12,2017

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Fair Lawn NJ, The Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Squad used the “Jaws of Life” to free a woman who was trapped in her 4-door sedan after it collided with a work van at the intersection of Hemlock Avenue and Maple Avenue in Fair Lawn on Tuesday morning, 07/11. The victim was transported by ambulance to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries. A second victim, a front seat passenger in the work van, also left the scene in an ambulance. He too sustained what appeared to have been non life threatening injuries. Fair Lawn PD and FD also responded along with mutual aid ambulances from three (3) separate EMS agencies. Both vehicles were removed from the scene by tow trucks.

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