2 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, September 15, 1993 Accident (continued from page 1) portation. If the accident is serious enough, Davis may call for a re- sponse by the local fire depart- ments. While Davis and his crew treat the injured, the fire depart- ment has its own separate re- sponsibilities. “Our main responsibility is the security of the people who are trying to help the victims,” said Shavertown Fire Chief Gary Beisel. “We don't respond to a motor vehicle accident unless we are requested. A lot of times we're ‘ responsbile for the cleaning up of fluids on the roadway, whether it's oil, anti-freeze or gasoline.” Although a feeling of helpless- . ness may occur while others are taking care of the victims, Beisel knows his department has a job to do. A sometimes difficult, some- times demanding, but always . important job. “It's tough, sometimes, to just stand there,” said Beisel, a former Kingston Township police officer who now heads the security force at the Penn State/Wilkes-Barre campus in Lehman. “But some- one had to be aware of the dan- gers that are around, like a little spark hitting gasoline. You're too busy doing your job to think about what is going on around you. You know that you have a job to do. Sometimes it doesn't hit you until you get home." Davis agrees with Beisel that the emotional stress experienced by response personnel doesn't hit home until hours after the acci- dent. “Sometimes it's very disturb- ing,” said Davis. “Whenever you have a patient who is conscious onscene and relying on your treat- ment, and they die later on, it's going to hit you hard.” But there are rewards to the job as well. “It's a great feeling when you know you've done your best and a patient, who may have died with- outyour treatment, survives,” said Davis, who helped treat the lone survivor of the accident. “That gives you a feeling of satisfaction. A feeling that all the training and hard work are worth it.” Davis knows that, like a suc- cessful athletic team, those who respond to accidents must work asateam. There are no individual heroes. “Every single person has some- thing to do,” said Davis, who applauded the work of both the Kingston Township and Dallas ambulance crews. “If we didn't work as a team, a lot more people would die in Kingston Township. There is no competitiveness what- soever. We work together ex- tremely well and a lot more people survive.” POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK TRYING THEIR BEST - Maggie Davis, inside of van, treated Sydney Seeherman, who was a passen- ger when the vehicle driven by his wife crossed two lanes of Route 309 and struck an oncoming car head-on. Seeherman and his wife, Ruth, both died as a result of injuries suffered in the accident. POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK ACCIDENT SCENE - This was the scene shortly after two vehicles collided on Route 309 at the inter- section of Shaver Street. Kim Russ was treating one of the injured drivers, awaiting more aid that was on the way. 288-3500 Mark Plaza, Edwardsville, Rt. 11 586-6000 Rts. 6 & 11, Clarks Summit N.E. 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The Post was picked third among 32 entries. O'Connell's cartoon won out over 71 other entries, mostly from daily newspaper cartoonists. Both awards will be presented Septem- ber 17 at the association's annual meeting in Cincinnati. The National Newspaper Asso- ciation is the nation’s oldest and largest newspaper trade associa- tion, with 4,159 members, of Obituaries LILLIAN BURGESS Lillian Burgess, 94, of Mount Zion Road, Wyoming died Sept. 8, 1993 at home. Born in Kingston Township, she was the daughter of the late Corey H. and Sarah Shupp Burgess. She was a graduate of West Wyo- ming High School and Wyoming Seminary Business School. She received a bachelor of science degree from Bloomsburg State Teachers College. She was employed for several years as an elementary teacher in West Wyoming schools and later taught for many years in Lehman elementary schools until her re- tirement. She resided her entire life in -— Kingston Township. 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