Dix Hills FD Assists Pool Worker with Chemical Burns

The Dix Hills Fire Department was called to a home on Bayard Drive, Saturday, May 14, 2016, at about 3:10 p.m., to assist a pool service worker injured while mixing chlorine chemicals that exploded in his face. Emergency Medical personnel from the Dix Hills Fire Rescue Squad aided the 20-year-old man who sustained chemical burns on his face and chest.

The Dix Hills Rescue Squad transported the patient by ambulance to the Landing Zone at the Commack Middle School on Vanderbilt Parkway. The patient was transferred to a Suffolk Police Medivac helicopter and airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment.

About 20 firefighters and rescue personnel responded with two ambulances, paramedic and first responder units, and three engines to secure the helicopter landing zone in the parking lot of the school. Units were under the direction of Rescue Squad Lieutenant Eytan Pick.

Story and Photos by Steve Silverman