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Written by Brian Saylor
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Monday, 28 April 2008 14:00 |
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The day turned out busy for the "day shift" volunteers. The first run was put out at 0954 to assist 76 (W. Hempfield) in the 3200 block of Glengreen Dr for a reported Residential structure fire, fire in the living room. D/C 76 (Carter) arrived and advised he had a smoke condition on side charlie. E7151 with a crew of 4 arrived and dropped a supply line at the hydrant and stretched a hand-line to the living room. The fire was contained the the origin, with no extension, crews picked up and returned in just under 1 hour.
 The next run came in just 2 hours later. At 1233, the "day shift" was alerted to the area of 3708 Hempland Rd for a crash. E7152 and the Duty responded with a crew of 4. E7152 arrived with a 2 vehicle crash, 1 into the ditch with confinement. Crews stabilized the vehicle and prepared for the arrival of Rescue 76 for the door pop. After a quick door pop, the patient was extricated and placed in the hand of M771 (SVEMS). Crews cleared the scene in just under 40 minutes.
Just 20 minutes after clearing the crash, the day shift was on the street once again. This time it was a reported Auto Alarm at St. Anne's Home (3952 Columbia Ave). The crew decided to "double pull" with a crew of 5. Upon arrival, LCWC Communications advised that the alarm was due to a fire drill that was not properly reported to the alarm monitoring company. St. Annes Command cleared the assignment after confirming the drill with building representatives. This ended the busy morning, and turned out to be the last run for the day. |
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Written by Brian Saylor
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 12:00 |
At 0654, the 715 Duty Officer was alerted to the area of Route 462 and Villiage Drive in the Boro, for a "Public Service". D/C 715 (Evans) went enroute and received the additional of "children" confined in the area of the intersection. Upon arriving, D/C Evans observed a distraught mother at the intersection, confirmed confinement and determined there was a need for additional resources, so E7-15-2 was added to the assignment.
The crew arrived, forced the confining object and sucessfully extricated all "children". The crew from E7-15-2 was credited with a total of 9 sucessfull rescues. The mother and children were reunited and went upon their way. The rescue took approximately 40 minutes...no injuries to the crew or the 9 ducklings rescued from the storm drain.
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Written by Deputy Chief Evans
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Sunday, 20 April 2008 06:00 |
 At 0548 on Sunday morning, Engine 7-15-1 and Squad 7-15 were dispatched to Wrightsville, York County, to assist Station 41 (Wrightsville) with a 2 alarm structure fire with possible entrapment. Upon the arrival of Engine 7-15-1, the crew was quickly put in-service to the rear of the fire building. The crews' first task was to assist with supression on the 2nd floor of the 3 story building. During the interior operations, the evacuation tone was sounded, and all crews were advised to immediately exit the fire building due to rapidly deteriorating conditions. Once all crews were accounted for, the next task for the crew was to go to the balcony and roof of the exposure building. Crews from multiple companies worked hard together and ultimately kept the fire from spreading to the adjoining buildings.
The Squad crew was tasked with filling SCBA cylinders for the personnel on the scene. They filled a total of 86 cylinders, with the remaining few filled by Rescue 8-4-1.
For more information please visit the website of the Wrightsville Steam & Hose Company. |
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Written by Brian Saylor
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Sunday, 06 April 2008 16:00 |
The New Engine Committee took a "road-trip" to the Aberdeen Fire Protection District #1 in Aberdeen, NJ to look at their 2004 Crimson Engine. After a 2 1/2 hour drive, we arrived at their station to be met by a group of their members very willing to answer any questions we had. The trip proved to be a very worthwhile trip. Their Engine has a lot of the "features" and options we are looking for, which made it easy to imagine their piece in the traditional "slime-lime" of Mountville.
The committee would like to extend our thanks to the gentlemen that spent their time on Sunday morning to answer our questions. The hospitality was unbelieveable...we are sold. |
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