Robins Fire Department

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE———————-
At 1802 hours This city of Robins fire department was summoned to a motor vehicle vs motorcycle collision in the 800 block of Mentzer road in Robins. At 1804 our crews were on scene and providing care. At the time of call Lifeguard air ambulance was placed on an in air stand by, but was quickly disregarded by our on scene ALS providers who determined the patient was not critical and was stable. The operator of the motorcycle was transported by ground ambulance to the hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries. The cause of the collision is under investigation by our law enforcement partners. Thank you to Robins Police Department, Area Ambulance Service, St. Luke's LifeGuard Air Ambulance, Linn County Deputies' and Dispatchers' Association and Cedar Rapids Fire Department, Cedar Rapids Police Department, and Iowa State Patrol for the quick responses and being teams we can count on.

Today Robins Fire Captain/EMS director attended a table top emergency planning exercise at the Linn County Emergency Operations Center for local healthcare organizations to discuss disaster planning with local emergency experts and leaders. 32 organizations participated.

Mid week reminder that your firefighters are making breakfast and asking you to join us Saturday. Gratuitous picture designed to elicit a specific response. Our local businesses have been amazing as they always are to us. They help us do more for our citizens!

RFD crews ran every staff member through proving each person could advance a line locate the seat of the fire use various attack patterns to improve visibility and extinguish a fire quickly and efficiently.

Tonight our crews will run evolutions through one of the two Iowa Fire Service Training Bureau props beginning around 1800. This is a propane clean fueled prop so there will only be steam and water coming from the trailer. Residents should not note any impact. We will be flowing water to practice attack streams and varied tactics to achieve the goal of suppression.