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Bird N Hand Fire Company was alerted to B&B Furniture on Gibbins Rd. Chiefs responding could see heavy smoke from three milesaway and requested the second alarm immediately. A tanker shuttle was set up, as this is a non-hydrant area.

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Cold snap brings on a chimney fireWarminster, PA. As a cold

spell blanketed the area, fire-places were being fired up and at9:18 p.m., Warmin-ster was dispatchedfor a dwelling fireat Delmont Avenueand Mallard Court.

Police arrivedto fire on the roofand corrected thelocation to the 1300block of MallardCt.

Battalion 92found fire around the chimneyarea and all occupants evacuated.Chief 90 set up command.

The fire was contained to thetop of the chimney area and therewere no injuries.

Warminster was assisted byHartsville and Warrington.

- JOHN ENGLAND IVCrews working on the roof around the chimney.

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Heavy fire from Hazleton houseLuzerne County, PA. At 11:30

a.m. on October 14, Hazleton wasdispatched to the area of 1st Streetand Wilbur Court for an investiga-tion.

While responding, a portableunit confirmed a working structurefire on 1st Street. Crews foundheavy fire from the second floor ofthe dwelling. All three occupantswere out and Chief 2 assumedcommand, requesting additionalpersonnel.

Lines were stretched into thebuilding and crews began to makegood work of the fire. The chiefreported the crews were beginning

to get the bulk of the fire knockeddown and all utilities needed tothe be notified. The updated ad-dress was 523 West 1st Stree.

Interior crews reported the firespread into the eves and across theattic. Ladder 1 was requested toopen the roof for vertical ventila-tion. Ground ladders were thrownand crews ascended with saws.

Once the roof was opened,smoke began to billow out of thevent hole. Within seconds, the

smoke turned to flame and heavyfire was showing from the atticwindow and roof.

Firefighters pushed forwardand began to knock down the firein the attic while crews retreatedfrom the roof. After a few minutesof fierce battle, the fire was onceagain knocked down.

Crews began overhaul. Unitsremained on scene into the after-noon mopping up and getting theirrigs back in service. The RedCross was requested to assist.

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No aerial access for Pleasant HillAt 11:33 a.m. on October 10,

York County 911 dispatched firstalarm units to 3599 BaumgardnerRoad for a reported house fire.

Hanover Captain 46C(Amspacher) established the com-mand. He was greeted with fireshowing from the windows of aroom on the C/D corner of a large,two story single family home thatwas back a narrow lane. The firehad begun to run the soffit line ofthe C and D sides of the house.

Penn Township dropped itssupply line at the driveway and laidin. Crews led off with two-two inch

attack lines to the second floor ofthe structure.Interior crews encoun-tered one bedroom well involvedand fire taking hold of the attic.Crews mounted an interior attackfor several minutes, but were with-drawn from the structure due to in-volvement of the attic.

Once the structure was evacu-ated, crews knocked down the bulkof the visible fire from the exteriorwith hand lines and a Blitzfire. Ex-

tensive overhaul was required dueto the construction of the home,which was built in a modular fash-ion.

Due to the narrow drivewayand limited access, no aerial devicewas able to make the house andground ladders had to be utilized.Water supply was established via atanker shuttle with a draft source ofLake Marburg.

No firefighter or civilian in-juries were reported and crewscleared the scene around 4:30 p.m.

-STEVE ROTH


State parade held in Norristown

KEN SNYDER

Philadelphia's Ladder10 recently lost two members at a warehousefire.

Norristown, PA. On Septem-ber 29, the Norristown Fire De-partment hosted the 133rd AnnualFiremen's Association of the Stateof Pennsylvania Parade.

According to press reports,some 300 fire and emergency vehi-cles, 16 marching bands (includinga Mariachi band) and over 1000uniformed marchers attendedunder overcast skies.

This year's parade payed hom-age to fallen Plymouth TownshipPolice Officer Bradley Fox and thetwo LODD from Philadelphia Lad-der 10, Lt. Robert Neary and Fire-fighter Daniel Sweeney.

Rescue 33 of Center Square

dedicated the year to eight year oldNicholas Mincarelli, who lost hisbattle to a rare form of cancer.

Riding in Rescue 33 was 14year old Bobby Taggart, his brotherand his parents. Bobby was recov-ering from cancer surgery and hiswish was to ride Rescue 33.

Norristown has hosted the con-vention and parade six timesthroughout its history. Next year'sevent will be held in West Chester.

- KEN SNYDER


New Cumberland, PA. On October 1, 2012, around 7:15 p.m.,Box 10-01 sent companies to 511 Market Street in the Boroughof New Cumberland for a house fire. Companies arrived on lo-cation to a two and a half story, semi-attached, frame with heavysmoke showing. Crews stretched a line for a fire on the secondfloor with extension to the attic and roof. A second alarmbrought additional companies to the scene including units fromDauphin and York Counties. Extensive overhaul and foam wereneeded to bring the fire under control, which heavily damagedtwo apartments. At least one firefighter suffered a minor injury.The box was held to Company 10 in about two and a half hours.

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Texas: Neal W. Smith. 46 Rank: Captain Incident Date:09/15/2012 Death Date: 09/15/2012 Fire Dept. Info:Chief: William BivensInitial Summary: On Saturday, September 15, during a smoke diver class de-signed to train firefighters advanced survival skills in full gear, Captain Neal Smithpassed out from a heat-related illness. He was transported to a hospital duringwhich CPR was administered. Captain Smith remained in critical condition untilMonday, September 17, when he succumbed to his injuries at approximately 6:30p.m. Doctors reportedly determined that Captain Smith's body temperature wasmore than 106 degrees.

Delaware : Delaware, Justin Townsend. 17 Rank: Junior Firefighter Incident Date: 09/27/2012 Death Date: 09/27/2012 Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Shane Furbush.Initial Summary: IDagsboro Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched for anoutside fire in a wooded area on East Clogg Drive just outside town limits. Whileen route to Station 73 in a personal vehicle, Junior Firefighter Justin Townsendwas fatally injured in a motor vehicle crash on Pepper Road, in the area of JayPatch Road. No details of the accident are available at this time. The DelawareState Police Crash Reconstruction Unit is currently conducting an investigationinto the fatal incident. Incident Location: Fire: Wooded area on East Clogg Drive(USNG: 18S VH 7696 6949). Fatal MVA: Pepper Road near Jay Patch Road(USNG: 18S VH 8015 5977).

Michigan: Riverview, John Grabowski. 49 Rank: Lieutenant Incident Date: 10/01/2012 Death Date: 10/01/2012 Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Chief Mitchell JensenInitial Summary: On Sunday, September 30, during his shift, Lieutenant JohnGrabowski participated in fire department training. His shift ended that day at1800hrs. The following morning, Lieutenant Grabowski traveled to his second job.At approximately 0803hrs, Lieutenant Grabowski was found collapsed in theparking lot of his second employer. The second employer?s emergency responseteam tended to Lieutenant Grabowski and performed CPR. Advanced life supportalso responded to the scene where they treated Lieutenant Grabowski and trans-ported him to Henry Ford Wyandotte Michigan hospital. Efforts to revive Lieu-tenant Grabowski at the hospital were not successful and he passed away withinapproximately one hour of being found in his employer?s parking lot. The officialcause of death has not yet been determined.

Iowa : Gilmore City, Larry D. Nielsen. 60 Rank: Fire Chief Incident Date: 10/09/2012 Death Date: 10/09/2012 Fire Dept. Info: Chief: Assistant Chief Lowell JohnsonInitial Summary: Fire Chief Nielsen was responding to a barn fire riding in firedepartment apparatus when he fell ill. The vehicle operator immediately pulledover to the side of the road and called for help. Chief Neilsen was treated at thescene by EMS responders and transported to the hospital where he passed awayfrom an apparent heart attack. Incident Location: Vicinity of Gilmore City,IA(USNG: 15T UH 81 31)

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Furniture company lights up the skyBird N Hand Fire Company

was alerted to B&B Furniture onGibbins Rd. Chiefs respondingcould see heavy smoke from threemiles away and requested the sec-ond alarm immediately. A tankershuttle was set up, as this is a non-hydrant area.

A lot of lumber was stored inthis 300 foot long building. Fire-fighters had to gain control due to

the danger of exposures on thesouth side of the building. A thirdalarm was struck, bringing four ad-ditional companies to the scene.

With over 150 firefighters onthe scene, firefighters got the upperhand on the fire. The fire was

knocked down three hours later.A payloader was called in to

shift the lumber around for the longoverhaul process.

Fire companies from Bird NHand, Ronks, Witmer Lafayette,Strasburg, Leola, New Holland,Bareville, Gordonville, Eden andIntercourse responded.

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House destroyed by fire in NewtownReilly Township, PA. On Sep-

tember 29 at 2:15 p.m., ReillyTownship, Minersville, Cass Town-ship, Donaldson-Frailey andTremont Fire as well as TremontAmbulance were dispatched to 23Church Street in Reilly Townshipfor a house fire with multiple callsof a working fire in a house.

Newtown firefighters foundflames coming from the ranch stylehome. The fire continued to spreadquickly and began to movethroughout the single story home.

Newtown Engine 24-15 de-ployed a large hose line. Firefight-ers made an exterior attack withtank water and knocked down the

large flames. Chief 24-07 requesteda tanker task force to the fire scene.Tanker trucks from Branch Town-ship, Pine Grove, Hegins Township,Porter Township and Mount Carbonresponded.

Tremont Engine 67-10 de-ployed a number of hose lines to thefront and rear of the home.

A dump site was set up twoblocks from the fire scene. Branch-dale Engine 24-10 drafted from theportable pond and pumped to en-gines at the fire scene.

Firefighters entered the burntout residence and searched for hid-den fire. The aggressive attack bythe firefighters helped stop the fireextension. The smoke and fire con-ditions in the home decreased andthe fire was brought under con-trolled in 30 minutes.

The fire units remained on thescene for two hours. The fire chiefreported that there were no seriousinjuries to firefighters and the homereceived major damage. The firewas labeled possibly accidental andis currently under investigation bythe State Police Fire Marshal.

- STEPHEN BARRETT

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Fire destroys landmark restaurantFairview Township, PA. On

September 26, 2012, shortly after1:30 a.m., Fairview Township dis-patched to 589 Salem Road at theHillside Cafe for a fire alarm. ChiefCarlisle arrived to heavy smokepushing from a one story restaurant.A first alarm assignment was dis-patched. Engine 68 laid a line andpositioned itself on the A/D corner.

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Logistics set up on side A and wentin service with aerial streams.

A portable was established onSalem Road in front of the buildingto supplement water supply. Heavyfire consumed the roof area on thesouth side of the building.

Command requested a secondalarm, bringing additional re-sources from Cumberland andDauphin Counties to the scene andstation coverage.

The fire was placed under con-trol in about 50 minutes and com-panies remained on the scene forextensive overhaul.

- JASON COLEMAN-COBB

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New Holland, PA - Around 12:40 p.m. on October 13, the pre-alert was transmitted for a reported building fire at New Hol-land Sales Stables. Fire Police Lt. Neidermyer was onscenewhile communication was striking the first alarm and advisedof a working barn fire full of hay with multiple exposures. Alarge thremal column could be seen for miles. Chief Martinordered the apartment building on East Franklin Street evac-uated and ordered a second alarm transmitted as unitsstarted to go to work on the 100 x 50 building. Multiple sec-tions of the older building collapsed from the intense heat andfrom the pressure of the master streams. A large track-hoewas brought in to pull the roof and open up all void spacesthat hid fire while crews mopped up. The fire was markedunder control about one and a half hours into the incident.

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Upper Makefield, PA. Hours after being released from a massive barn fire in Upper Makefield,local firefighters were dispatched to a dwelling fire on Thompson Mill Road. Crews from theLingohocken Fire Company, Upper Makefield Fire Company, Midway Fire Company, Northamp-ton Fire Company and Newtown Fire Association responded. As Upper Makefield Township hasno hydrants, a tanker task force was dispatched bringing in additional units from Warwick,Point Pleasant and Lambertville (New Jersey).

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Heavy fire in Hazle TownshipLuzerne County, PA. At 4:57

p.m. on October 16, Hazle Town-ship, Harwood and APTS Medic11 were dispatched to 1143 Har-wood Road in Hazle Township fora reported commercial structurefire. Assistant Chief 141-4(Zoshak) advised of a three storymulti-family apartment buildingand confirmed a working fire withheavy smoke showing. He re-quested an additional tone for theworking fire.

Engine 102 hit the plug ontheir way in. Command was nowreporting heavy fire throughout thebuilding and requested West Ha-zleton for an engine and truck.

A line was stretched off Har-wood Engine 241 and Engine 102and began to knock down fire,which was showing out of everywindow of the Bravo side. Ladderswere thrown to the roof and crewsascended to begin vertical ventila-tion.

Fire conditions continued todeteriorate and the roof becamecompromised, so crews werepulled from the building. Tower

105 was set up for master streamoperations as fire began to showfrom the roof. Exterior hand lineswere also placed in service whilethe tower was operating.

McAdoo and Sheppton wererequested to respond with enginesand additional manpower. After afew minutes of defensive opera-tions, the bulk of the fire wasknocked down by the tower.

Crews once again entered thebuilding and began to performoverhaul. Fresh crews were rotatedin and began to pull ceilings andwalls to find hidden fire.

The fire was placed under con-trol roughly an hour into the inci-dent with crews remaining onscene until mid-evening.

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the contract date."Mr. Farese's situation is not

unique. We are saving many of ourclients that kind of money," saidSteven Testa, an executive vicepresident with Sun National Bank."I have to tell you, it's a prettygood feeling to see the look onsomebody's face when you tellthem you are saving them $1,000a month on their mortgage. Timesare rough, this program reallyhelps people. These people happento risk their lives every day for us.So it's an honor to provide themwith this opportunity."

Sun Home Loans, a division ofSun National Bank, and 1st Re-sponder are both proud to serve theheroes in our community, whodedicate their lives serving the restof us. Clients enjoy unmatchedcustomer service and attentivenessthroughout the process - from theirinitial inquiry - to closing. Work-ing with its own resources andFederal government programs,Sun National Bank develops solu-tions that open the path to homeownership.

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Environmental rescue in West LampeterWillow Street Fire Company

was dispatched for an environmen-tal rescue on October 19.

A man believed to have beendoing yard work died after he fellinto a 10 to 15 foot deep hole.

The 59 year old man man wasdiscovered by the owner of the homeat 1821 Conestoga Ave. around 6p.m. The owner looked all over theproperty and then noticed that itemshad been moved from around thesinkhole, which had been in the yardfor a couple of months. The home-owner then called 911.

Mike Reese, chief of WillowStreet Fire Company, said the manwas working in the front yard nearthe hole when he apparently "lost hisfooting." The man was last seen be-tween 1 and 2 p.m.

When crews arrived, "Theycould see most of the man's body,"Reese said. After the initial incidentsize up, Lancaster County Rescue

Task Force was requested to assistwith the extrication of the victim.Medical personnel, who were calledto the home, determined the victimto be deceased.

Rescuers who went into the holefaced special challenges, Reese said."They had to build a working sur-face, and then a support surface in-side the hole, to keep any more dirtfrom collapsing into the hole," hesaid.

Willow Street Truck 50's ladderwas positioned over the hole andwas used as an anchor point for therescue lines and riggings.

At 8 p.m., after all the equip-ment was in place, the body waslifted from the hole.

Reese said of the hole, "Wethought it was a cistern or a well, but

that's still to be determined."The hole was filled after the in-

cident by West Lampeter Townshipwork crews.

The victim was pronounceddead at the scene by a LancasterCounty deputy coroner.

The investigation into the deathwas turned over to West LampeterTownship police.

Lancaster County Coroner Dr.Stephen Diamantoni said an autopsyto determine the cause of death isscheduled.

The hole, was estimated to beabout six feet deep, had been ropedoff with yellow tape and was cov-ered with boards and plywood, hesaid. The victim previously said tothe homeowner that he wanted tofigure out how big the hole was andhow to get it filled. The homeownertold him to leave it alone.

- GREG LEAMAN

A man believed to have been doing yard work died after he fell into a 10 to 15 foot-deep hole.

GREG LEAMAN


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COMMAND VEHICLES

Hazleton Deputy Fire Chief operates a 2008 Ford Explorer.

FRANK ROBINSON

Train the trainerpasses away

Timothy R.S. Campbell ofFrazer, PA died on September 28,2012 at York Hospital.

Beloved husband of MartiBarlow Campbell, loving father ofMelissa Campbell Bochat wife ofBrandon James Bochat of TheWoodlands, TX. Grandfather ofJames David Bochat. Tim is alsosurvived by his brother Nicholas T.and Anne Marie Campbell, threenieces, one nephew, severalcousins.

He was an instructor for morethan 27 years at FEMA’s Emer-gency Management Institute(EMI), with an emphasis in trainthe trainer and exercise evaluationcourses. He was Emergency Man-agement Coordinator for ElversonBorough and West NantmealTownship, Chester County, PA.

Beginning in 1978, he wasnamed the Director of EmergencyServices County of Chester, wherehe served until retiring in July1997 (19 years) making him oneof the longest serving countyemergency managers in the state.

In July of 199, he formed theCampbell Group and for the fol-lowing 15 yearscontracted directlyor indirectly with federal, state andlocal governments providing Pub-lic Safety Consulting, Training andSystem Development, EmergencyServices Response System Analy-sis, Public Safety CommunicationsSystem Analysis and Exercise De-sign and Development.

He served as adjunct facultyfor FEMA’s Emergency Manage-ment Institute and the NationalFire Academy as an NFA Instruc-

tor/Controller. He was also a local level in-

structor for the Pennsylvania StateFire Academy and adjunct facultyfor the Harrisburg Area Commu-nity College.

Tim also worked closely toprovide emergency managementconsulting and training for the fol-lowing companies in support offederal state and local govern-ments: Booz, Allen Hamilton,C2TI, CMCG, Inc, Human Tech-nology Inc., Texas A&M, and L-3MPRI.

He also supported programs atthe US State Department, Diplo-matic Security, ATA Program.

He was a graduate ofDelaware County CommunityCollege with a degree in Fire Sci-ence Administration and achieveda Bachelors Degree in PoliticalScience.

He belonged to many organi-zations related to emergency Man-agement, Fire & EMS.

Tim’s life celebration servicewas held on Saturday October 6,2012 at the Church of the GoodSamaritan in Paoli, PA.

In lieu of flowers, memorialscan be made in Tim’s name to theFallen Firefighters Memorial,NETC, 16825 S. Seton Ave., Em-mitsburg, MD 21727, or AmericanHeart Association, PO Box 15120,Chicago, IL 60693

- DOUGLAS KAHN

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Oily rags lead to devastating fireNewtown Township, PA. On

October 11, crews from the New-town Fire Association were dis-patched to areported dwellingfire at 5 PansyCourt in the New-town Grant section.

Chief 252 re-ported a two and ahalf story dwellingfully involved.Crews from the

Newtown wereassisted by the Lin-gohocken and Northampton. TheNewtown Township fire marshalhas ruled the fire as accidentaland believes contractors leavingoily rags sealed in a bag earlier inthe day eventually combusted andcaused the fire. \Two neighboringhomes were damaged by the radi-ant heat from the fire.

- BRIAN WOZNIAK

The large single family house was fully involved upon arrival.

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On November 5, 2012 at around 4:00 a.m., units were dis-patched by Dauphin County to the 500 block of Spring Streetin the Borough of Middletown for a reported house fire. Unitsarrived to heavy fire conditions and went to work. No onewas injured in the fire and crews remained on scene for acouple of hours.

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Orwigsburg celebrates125 years

Schuylkill County, PA. On Oc-tober 13, the Friendship Hose Com-pany #1 of Orwigsburg celebrated125 years of service to the commu-nity. The festivities were kicked offwith an apparatus parade throughthe borough.

After the parade, visiting fire-fighters and residents enjoyed foodand refreshments along with music.A small ceremony was emceed byJesse Zimmerman, 1st AssistantChief. He thanked everyone in at-tendance as well as the residentsand government leaders for theircontinued support.

Plaques were given to all com-panies in attendance as a thank you.

Zimmerman concluded the cere-mony by inviting everyone to hangout and have some food and enjoysome refreshments to help celebratethe company’s milestone.

The Friendship Hose Companywas founded in 1887 and providesfire and rescue services to Orwigs-burg and surrounding townships.

The company operates two en-gines and a heavy rescue from theirstation on Liberty Street.

- JC KRIESHER

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Large barn fire in Upper MakefieldUpper Makefield Township,

PA. On October 13, crews fromthe Upper Makefield, Newtown,Lingohocken and New Hope weredispatched to a reported barn fireat 371 Stoneybrook Rd.

Deputy Chief 71 reported toresponding units that there was alarge, fully involved barn. Thebarn in question appears to havehoused numerous trucks and otherlarge equipment.

As Upper Makefield Town-ship has no hydrants, a tanker taskforce was dispatched to supplywater and several neighboring firecompanies including Yardley-Makefield, Northampton, Midway(Lahaska) Stockton, NJ and Lam-bertville, NJ. Several other fire

companies including Warwick andLanghorne were called in to coverfire departments.

Firefighters staged an aggres-sive defensive attack of the fireand protected numerous exposuresincluding several vehicles, ahome, large bales of hay and anadjacent large barn housing farmanimals.

- BRIAN WOZNIAK

BRIAN WOZNIAK


Yardley dedicates Marine SpecialService truck

JEFFREY GOLDBERG

Ziaylek Family, Pennsylvania State Representative Steve Santar-siero, YMFC Fire Chief Glenn Chamberlain, and YMFC Deputy FireChief Charles "Bubba" Schlosser.

Lower Makefield Township,PA. Firefighters and family mem-bers from the Yardley-MakefieldFire Company gathered for the Ma-rine Special Service Truck Dedica-tion Ceremony on October 13,2012 at the Woodside Fire Station-80.

Pennsylvania State Representa-tive Steve Santarsiero participatedin the ceremony delivering a fewwords.

Ziaylek family members re-moved the ceremonial cover off theplaque on Marine Special Service0.

Yardley-Makefield Fire Com-pany Fire Chief Glenn Chamber-lain presented the Ziaylek family adedication plaque.

Special Service 0 was dedi-cated in the memory of Yardley-Makefield Fire Company Past LifeMember Theodore Ziaylek Jr. forhis years of outstanding service anddedication to the fire company.

- JEFFREY GOLDBERG


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Three alarm fire severely damagesUpper Allen town homes

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Upper Allen Township, PA. OnNovember 4, 2012, shortly after4:00 p.m., companies were dis-patched to the 600 block of Allen-view Drive for a house fire. Thechief officer arrived to smokeshowing and headquarters advisingof multiple calls.

Engine 2-23 arrived to heavyfire from the rear of an occupied,two story, middle of the row, town-house with exposure problems.Command 23 requested a secondalarm.

An aggressive attack and fire

walls allowed companies to makea good stop on the flames with sev-eral lines and Truck 23's aerialtower. A third alarm was struck formanpower due to extensive over-haul.

At least five homes were dam-aged and several residents dis-placed in the fire.

- JASON COLEMAN-COBB


Middletown Township, PA - Members of the Langhorne-Mid-dletown Fire Company, Middletown Township Fire Marshal’sOffice and other volunteers handed out food and cases ofwater to residents of Middletown Township at the Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company substation on November 2nd.Large portions of the township were still without power afterHurricane Sandy came through Bucks County earlier in theweek. Firefighters also loaded up Utility 21 with cases of foodand water and went door to door handing out supplies to hardhit areas in the township.

JEFFREY GOLDBERG

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Yardley fire preventionopen house

Lower Makefield Township, PA - Members of the communityturned out to participate in this year’s Yardley-Makefield FireCompany Annual Fire Prevention Open House held at theWoodside Fire Station 80 on October 13, 2012. The first onehundred children were given a complimentary fire preventiontee-shirt and many more fire prevention trinkets. Adults oper-ated Hurst rescue tools, cutting and spreading a junk vehiclewhich was donated to the fire company. Children tried on fire-fighter equipment, climbed on fire trucks and extinguished apretend fire in the fire prevention hose house.

The Reading-Area Firefighters MuseumGINNY FRANICS

Reading-Area Firefighter Museumcelebrates 10th anniversary

Reading, PA. The Reading-Area Firefighters Museum cele-brated its 10th anniversary onOctober 6th. The museum is lo-cated at 5th and Laurel Streets inthe former quarters of Engine 5.The building, constructed in 1876,has been the site of the LibertyFire Company since its inceptionin 1854.

Museum President WilliamRehr presented a short history ofthe Liberty Fire Company and itsconnection with the last volunteerfire chief of the Philadelphia FireDepartment, David M. Lyle.

He also discussed the designand furnishing of the WanamakerRoom by John Wanamaker. Thefurniture in the room was dis-played at the great PhiladelphiaExposition in Fairmount Park in1876. He finished the talk with theformation of the Museum in 2002.

Mayor Vaughn Spencer,County Commissioner KevinBarnhardt and Senator JudySchwank, presented city, county

and state citations observing the10th anniversary of the museum.Two plaques were unveiled thatare mounted in the large displaycabinet in the Wanamaker Room,one citing Liberty member DanielKubacki, who bequeathed $50,000in his will for the refurbishing ofthe Wanamaker Room and theother recognizing Arline Rata-jczak posthumously for her manycivic contributions and her nineyears as secretary of the fire mu-seum.

- JASON BATZ

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West Hazleton Fire Department still has this 1976 Dodge/Car Mar Hazmat unit.

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There’s an innovative concept forfund-raising developed by JoeyNovick, who is a stand-up comedianand the Fire Commissioner in hishometown: Stand-up comedy shows.Fire companies can get much-neededlaughs and profit financially as well.

Novick's company, Comedy-Works, provides all-star headline co-medians from HBO, ComedyCentral, Showtime, Last ComicStanding, and the Tonight Show.Novick’s been producing comedyshows since 1977, and has experi-ence producing shows with such co-medians as Jerry Seinfeld, RosieO’Donnell, Larry The Cable Guy,and Tim Allen.

"The comedians were very funny,and very professional," wrote MarkBruhmuller, Fire Chief of theChurchtown Fire Company of NewYork. “Joey Novick did an excellentjob. Everybody loves to laugh, andit's a great deal of fun."

ComedyWorks produces morethan 300 shows a year, almost 150 ofthose for emergency service organi-zations. The money these shows can

raise varies, depending on things likethe number of tickets sold, howthey're priced, the amount spent onpromotion and whether food anddrink are available.

"Mostly companies produce showsin their own facilities, which mayhold 300–400 people," says Novick."We'll put together a show for themthat will bring in comedians frommajor comedy clubs, with a headlinerfrom HBO, Comedy Central, or theTonight Show. The feature performerwill be someone who's headlined thecomedy circuit: Catch a Rising Star,the Improv, the Comedy Store. Thehost of the show will be a comedianwho's very high-energy, like a game-show host, to get the audiencewarmed up. A triple headliner show!”

The Somerset Fire Company ofNew Jersey produces two fundraisersa year through ComedyWorks."We've done about ten shows so far,and it's been great," says Mike Rein-

beck, who coordinates the shows forthe 65-member volunteer department."A friend of mine who had used Joeytold me, 'This guy books really goodacts.' So, we did the first show, every-thing was great, and we've been doingshows with Joey ever since."

"I find their people to be veryfunny," agrees Adam Hubney, chiefof the Atlantic Highlands VolunteerFire Department in New Jersey,which books comedians throughComedyWorks for its annual dinner."We have a professional comedy clubin our county, and the quality is justas good."

Comedy Works provides a 30-page‘How-To’ guide that assists organiza-tions through the comedy show pro-duction and warns of mistakes toavoid. "We make sure they followeverything in the guide," saysNovick. "If a company has neverdone this before, it gives you every-thing from you need to know. Wemake sure that things get done right.Clients who follow the guide alwaysdo very well and tend to makemoney.”

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Reading, PA - A contractor smoking around a combustibleroofing adhesive set off a fire in a three story dwelling on thecity's west side. Around 1:00 p.m. on October 20, the BerksCounty Communications Center reported receiving multiplecalls for a house fire in the 300 block of Schuylkill Ave. Engine3 arrived moments later and reported fire showing in a threestory MOR. One of the workers was immediately taken to thehospital with burns. Two lines were stretched, while searchescommenced through the dwelling. The fire was placed undercontrol about 15 minutes later and no other occupants werefound to be injured. The fire marshal's office is investigating.

JASON BATZ

Contractors start fire

Lower Makefield Township, PA - Firefighters from the Yard-ley-Makefield Fire Company were dispatched by BucksCounty Fire Radio to Rescue Box 80-95 for an automobile ex-trication with entrapment on northbound Interstate 95 justsouth of the Route 322 exit dispatched at approximately 7:03a.m. on October 8, 2012. Firefighters went in service with hy-draulic tools to extricate the driver that was trapped in the sil-ver Honda Civic. Firefighters also took care of fluid controland de-energized both vehicles. Firefighters assisted thesquad in preparing the patients for transport to a local hos-pital. Traffic was shut down throughout the incident. Statepolice were investigating the accident.

JEFFREY GOLDBERG

Two drivers injured

During this crisis, the 1st Responder News family would like for all of

you to know that you and your families are all in our thoughts and

prayers. We would also like to thank all of you in the emergency

services community who, once again, have worked so diligently in helping

others during this time of overwhelming need.

Your tireless effort and selflessness continue to inspire all of us.

1st Responder News’ staff will continue to think about all of you

during this difficult time.

Unfortunately, many

members of the

local emergency services

community have been

personally affected by

Hurricane Sandy and

her aftermath.

The sense of loss is

enormous, overwhelming

and painful.

For more information, visit our website www.1stResponderNews.com, our Facebook page or email them to [email protected].

Departments in neeD of assistance

We are still in need of coldweather gear, (hats, gloves, socks,boots,) for the members. We alsoneed paging systems for the de-partments. We have supplied thesedepartments with temporary com-munications, however, they haveno way to contact their members inthe event of a call. Roof alarms,pagers, etc.

We received donations frommultiple volunteer ambulanceservices and volunteer fire depart-ments throughout the state, PA andas far as Indiana. Contact informa-tion is [email protected] [email protected]. The mailingaddress is POB 863991, Ridge-wood, NY 11386.

Gerritsen Beach Volunteer FireDepartment at 53 Seba Ave,Brooklyn NY is in desperate needof assistance. Their fire depart-ment was totaled in the flood fromSandy. Their one and only engineis out of service due to salt waterdamage to the electrical system.Their TOG was soaked in saltwater and sewage backup. Anyhelp would be awesome. They arethe only volunteer department inBrooklyn.

Contact information is Ger-rittsen Beach Fire Dept. Lt MikeCastro 718-552-6959 or ChiefDoreen Garson 718-332-9292 53Seba Ave Brooklyn NY.

For those interested in volun-teering to help with HurricaneSandy assistance, please contactthe New Jersey volunteer emer-gency response hotline at 1-800-JERSEY-7 or backup hotlinenumbers (which are being an-swered): 609-775-5236 or 908-303-0471.

The Glen Oaks Volunteer Am-bulance Corps was having a sup-ply drive to help the victims ofHurricane Sandy. Donations werebeing accepted at their headquar-ters on Union Turnpike in FloralPark, NY. Please call them at 718-347-1647 for more information.

We were advised that BroadChannel Volunteer Fire Depart-ment lost a fire truck when itcaught fire. West Hamilton BeachFire Department lost two trucks,two ambulances, a brush truck anda chief truck. A department in PAkindly donated a truck to them.

The Berlin Volunteer Fire De-partment located at 700 NorthStreet, Berlin, PA (SomersetCounty, Pennsylvania) is donatingone of their equipped fire enginesto the storm ravaged West Hamil-ton Beach Volunteer Fire Depart-ment in Queens, NY.

The receiving volunteer firedepartment lost everything during

Hurricane Sandy. The Fire Chief,Fire Department President alongwith a fire truck driver from theBerlin Volunteer Fire Departmentwill be driving the fire truck fromBerlin to New York on November16th.

Berlin Area Ambulance Asso-ciation, Inc. is donating variousemergency medical equipmentsuch as stretchers, splints and backboards.

An 18 wheeler brought reliefsupplies to the Bergen County Law& Public Safety Institute in Mah-wah. Supplies, including palettesof water, non-perishable foods aswell as other items, were truckedfrom the Harvest Hope Food Bankin Columbia, SC.

The coordinated effort wasmade possible by Rich and NadineDemczyszyn as well as severalother first responders. Their coor-dinated efforts can be viewed ontheir Facebook page, Immediatesupplies for NJ EMS and FireDepts affected by HurricaneSandy.

If you have a story to sharewith us, please email us [email protected] are an incredible amount ofstories to be told.

Do you know a fire, rescue orEMS department in need of help?Please send along any information

you have to [email protected]. We want to get theword out!!!

While responding to a call onNovember 24, one of Point BreezeFire Department’s 4x4 engines hadan electrical fire in the crew cab.The apparatus is in desperate needof replacement as it operated in sixfeet of sewage/saltwater duringSandy. Please help if you can.They are Breezy's first line of de-fense. They are a 100% volunteernon-profit tax deductible organiza-tion. You can donate by mailing acheck directly to Point Breeze Vol-unteer Fire Department, 1 Fire-man's Plaza, Breezy Point, NY11697. Thank you.

As the holidays approach andwe move from the rescue and re-covery operation, to the rebuildingphase; I would like to thank every-one for their help and support, andwish everyone a safe and happyholiday season.

As you know, the next phasecan be a long and tedious one, andcan take a toll on our rescue work-ers. The NYSVARA and the NYS-VARA, District 4 are dedicated tothese agencies, our members andwill continue to offer support andassistance.

During this rebuilding phase,we are still in need of basic med-ical supplies, including pediatricitems. District 4 has also joinedwith NYS Assemblyman Michael

Millers Office and Kiwanis to col-lect unwrapped toys for the chil-dren affected by the hurricane.This effort will help not only re-build the agencies affected, butwill also help in rebuilding thecommunities and the relationshipsbetween these agencies and theircommunities.

Volunteer Fire and AmbulanceServices from around the state andcountry collected equipment, col-lected donations, and offered sup-port. These companies coordinatedlocal and county wide collections,packed trucks and delivered itemsto the District 4 receving facility.

Special thanks to the volun-teers who helped on a daily basisreceving donations, packaging,loading and delivering donations,and continue to offer support.

Please help with the toy drive.Part of the rebuilding process ofour agencies is rebuilding of thecommunities. We cannot forgetthe children in all of this.

The toys will be handed out bySanta Claus on Saturday, Decem-ber 24, 2012.

Donations can be sent toPOB 863991Ridgewood, NY 11386Toys and supplies can be de-

livered M-F (9-5) or mailed to thesame

Assemblyman Michael MillersOffice

C/O District 4, NYSVARA83-91 Woodhaven BoulevardWoodhaven, NY 11421

Moonachie seeks helpDuring the night of hurricane

Sandy, the members of theMoonachie Fire Department wereout operating at numerous emer-gencies across the town when theunthinkable happened and wouldchange the history of theMoonachie Fire Department andthe borough of Moonachie.

While members were return-ing from a run around 2300 hours,they noticed water rapidly risingon East Joseph Street heading intothe town and right to fire head-quarters. Within minutes, waterwas rushing into the firehouse,giving the members very littletime to remove apparatus and per-sonal items.

The water rose so high and sorapidly most of the towns includ-ing fire headquarters were underbetween 3 and 6 feet of water inunder an hour. Members and ap-paratus found higher ground inanother town, so they could assistin rescue operations with otherMoonachie agencies and numer-ous mutual aide companies.

Members operated overnightand into the next day even know-ing most of their homes where se-verely flooded. When the waterreceded, companies returned tofire headquarters to find total dev-astation.

Water levels in the firehousewere near six feet, causing severedamage to radios, computers,turnout gear, personal items andseveral pieces of apparatus in-cluding our 1953 Ahrens Foxpumper. The apparatus could notbe removed in time due to the rap-idly rising water.

Due to the extent of the dam-age, MFD has a temporary fire-house which we are making duewith, but we need to rebuild ourMoonachie Road firehouse.

If you would like to help inthe rebuilding of Moonachie FireDepartment, PLEASE make a do-nation to assist us. There are manyitems that insurance won't cover100%.

Please send any monetary do-nations to Moonachie Fire De-partment 70 Moonachie RoadMoonachie, NJ 07074. Or via PayPal athttps:/ /www.paypal.com/cgi-b i n / w e b s c r ? c m d = _ s -xclick&hosted_button_id=Q3XUT2YZ5LSFY.

All donations will go to thehouse, apparatus and equipmentfund. Thank you all for yourthoughts and help over the lastfew days. Thank You From theMembers of the Moonachie firedepartment.



Warminster holds a mutual aiddrill with SEPTA

Warminster Township, PA. TheWarminster Fire Department inconjunction with SEPTA held atraining session on October 28. Thescenario involved a SEPTA traincontaining two train cars, hitting apassenger car on the train tracks.

The morning started out withbreakfast and a safety briefing atStation 90 attended by approxi-mately 200 people. SEPTA stoppedall train traffic between WillowGrove and Warminster and allpower was de-energized.

Bucks County dispatched com-panies for a train accident and theevolution was underway.

As chief officers started arriv-ing, it was determined the incidentwas on the tracks just north ofCountyline Road. The scene wasassessed and it was determined thatthere was a two car passenger trainderailed on the tracks and a car was

overturned down an embankmentafter being struck by the passengertrain.

Crews were tasked with scenesafety prior to entering the traintracks. Companies were detailed tothe overturned vehicle with twosubjects inside.

Once crews made it to the trainand made access, it was determinedthere were approximately 25 pa-tients on board with different levelsof injuries from walking woundedto class five patients. WarminsterAmbulance was the first EMS onsite and started to triage the pa-tients. Additional resources weredispatched and all hands went inservice.

Ground ladders had to be

placed on the slopes of the terrainto allow for ingress and egress.Firefighters worked with the EMSpersonnel to package and removevictims as needed. It was deter-mined that the train conductor wasejected from the train and trappedunder train number two. Crewsworked with SEPTA safety crews touse airbags to lift the train from itswheels so they could gain access tothe conductor.

After the evolution was com-plete, a critique of the incident washeld and lunch was provided.

Participating departments in-cluded Hartsville, Hatboro, WillowGrove, Warrington, UpperSouthampton and Northampton.EMS units included Warminster,Warrington Community, Tri-Hamp-ton and Central Bucks.

- JOHN ENGLAND IV

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School bus mass casualty drillOn September 26, 2012 , four

fire companies from Erie Countyfound themselves faced with achaotic scene. An overturnedschool bus, crying kids and fran-tic parents made the scenario asclose to real life as possible.

Boy scouts from Troop #133slathered in fake blood with evis-cerations, impaled objects, cuts,bruising, fractures and moreclimbed into the overturned busand waited to play the roles of in-jured students. Before the drillstarted a safety briefing was held,then the dispatch, “Waterford, ve-hicle accident…”

Set to run like an actual emer-gency, all dispatch protocols werefollowed. After additional infor-mation of a school bus rolloverwith multiple patients and entrap-ment, more companies were sum-moned. Each of the othercompanies responded.

Being a drill, captains andlieutenants were placed in com-

mand as company officer roleswith guidance from chief officers.Captain 152 arrived on scene andreported one school bus on itsside. A closer inspection of thescene revealed entrapment and12-15 students on the bus. Ascrews arrived, EMS/triage/treat-ment areas were set up. Appara-tus staging and extrication crewswere set. Crews gained access,treated, extricated and transportedpatients from the scene to “Stan-cliff Trauma Center” set up at thefire station.

The drill was well received byall agencies involved. Companiesfrom Waterford, Edinboro, UnionCity and Kuhl Hose were present.

- RYNE RUTKOWSKI


This 1940 Chevrolet pumper first saw service with the Ralpho FireCompany, in Overlook, PA. The park purchased this engine in 1972to help with the clean up after the 1972 flood.

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This 1946 Seagrave engine once served Hellam, PA.

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Wheatfield Township house fireWhile Duncannon Squad 2 was

clearing from a crash on Routes 11and 15 on October 20, Box 2-04sounded for a reported structure fireat 105 Paradise Road in WheatfieldTownship bringing Company 2, En-gine 8 and Tanker 9 at 7:15 p.m.

Squad 2 cleared the MVA andresponded and was advised of aworking basement fire, requestingthe working fire dispatch. Respond-ing were Rescue 8 and 9, Tanker 8,

Engine 9 and Cumberland Air 45. Engine 2 pulled 150 feet of one

and three quarter inch attack line,followed by another 200 feet of oneand three quarter inch for an aggre-sive interior attack, with DeputyChief Worner establishing Com-mand 2.

Crews encountered heavy fireconditions in the basement, spread-ing to the first floor.

Due to a false floor, crewsworked well into the night to verifyall fire was extinguished.

Control was marked just after 8p.m., and crews began extensiveoverhaul.

- DYLAN HOOVER

DON WALKER


Allentown, PA. On the evening of October 29, HurricaneSandy’s winds blew the roof off the Mack Southside fire sta-tion located at Lehigh and Vultee Streets. No one was injuredwhen the roof came off, as firefighters were out on a call. Dueto the damaged station, apparatus was then relocated to an-other station. Throughout the night, the fire department re-sponded to 186 calls, of which, about 70 calls were for roofdamage or collapses. Of the homes that had roof collapses,about one third of the residents had to be evacuated. Duringthe storm, the city experienced numerous power outages,downed trees and wind damage.

KEN SNYDER

Sandy damages firehouse

Lafayette Fire Company of Lancaster County received mul-tiple calls reporting a car into a house with entrapment.Once on scene, crews discovered a two car crash with per-son, who had fled the scene. The crash took place on EastKing Street in Lancaster Township. The car struck the hous,leaving two people trapped. Crews immediately went towork freeing all occupants. The house sustained damage tothe porch and supports. All victims were transported to areahospitals via Lancaster EMS. Another person was arrestedfor fleeing the scene.

FRANK ROBINSON

Lafayette responds to car into house

Eagle Scout project benefits StancliffWaterford, PA. The Stancliff

Hose Company was recently ap-proached by Garrett Holden, alocal boy scout from Troop 58, in-quiring about the fire departmentbeing the beneficiary of his EagleScout project. Garrett had noticedthe need for hydrants in the Water-ford borough to be repainted andwanted to make this endeavor hiscontribution to the community.After a meeting to discuss the par-ticulars, it was agreed that hewould clean, paint and map hy-drants in the borough.

Garrett talked with the Water-ford Municipal Authority to gainapproval to paint the hydrants andrequested paint donated. The firedepartment also provided paint,traffic cones and safety vests. Gar-rett’s first step was to map the cur-

rent hydrants and mark which onesneeded painted or remarked. Heassembled several working partiesof scouts and began painting.

After getting a majority of thehydrants painted after school andon weekends, the scouts finishedup the last of the painting just be-fore the rains of Hurricane Sandyhit. A total of 43 plugs were givena new coat of paint.

Firefighters and residents ofWaterford have been quick to no-tice the rejuvenated hydrants.

Garrett commented in his finalpresentation that he had many res-idents coming up to him whilepainting to express their gratitude

and say how much better thestreets looked with the fresh painton the hydrants. The main goals ofthe Eagle Scout project are to bet-ter the community in some wayand for the scout to demonstrateleadership abilities. Garrett hit thenail on the head with this project.

The new maps have beenadded to each engine’s map bookand a large borough map has beenadded to the radio room in the sta-tion. Garrett was also able to suc-cessfully lead groups of youngerscouts in a painting project.

The Stancliff Hose Companywould like to thank Garrett and thescouts from Troop 58 for their hardwork and betterment of the hydrantinfrastructure.

- RYNE RUTKOWSKI

RYNE RUTKOWSKI



TERRY RITZ

Working dwelling for PennsburgOn October 5, 2012 at 12:35

a.m., Pennsburg Fire Departmentwas dispatched to a dwelling fire at464 Penn Street in Pennsburg,within a block of the fire station.

Chief 65 discovered flames andsmoke coming from the basementwindows and smoke coming fromthe first floor, setting up command.Assisting were neighboring firecompanies and several other fire

companies from Montgomery,Bucks and Berks Counties as wellas EMS units from the UpperPerkiomen area.

The fire was fast moving in na-ture and spread to the second andthird foors of the dwelling as well

as the third floor attic of the adja-cant dwelling of the double home.The first floor of the first dwellingwas heavily damaged and accesshad to be made from the rear of thedwelling due to the collapse of thefirst floor. Access to the adjacantdwelling was gained through thefront and the roof.

- TERRY RITZKIRK NEIDERMYER

Upper Leacock Township, PA - Station 61 and 31 along withEMS were dispatched to the area of Route 772 and HorseshoeRoad for an MVC with entrapment. Assistant 61-2 reported atwo car crash with one patient heavily trapped. He also re-quested his second due rescue company. Rescue 61 startedcribbing the vehicle and then began extricating the patient.Rescue 39 assisted with operations. Two patients were trans-ported to local trauma centers. The road was closed for hourswhile the local Police department crash team investigated.

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Firefighters from four counties battle four alarm in Mount CarmelMount Carmel, PA. On No-

vember 7 at 8:11 a.m., MountCarmel and AREA EMS were dis-patched to 244 East Second Streetfor a possible house fire. Policefound smoke coming from the threestory row home. The Rescue 5 cap-tain confirmed it is a working fireand requested the second alarm.

The first interior attack crewfound the fire spreading to the thirdfloor. Smoke could then be seenventing from the two fire buildingsand west exposure home’s roof.Command determined the fire wasjumping homes and dispatched thethird alarm.

Command then determined thatadditional manpower and waterwas going to be needed. He or-dered the fourth alarm.

Altamont and Englewood wereRIT. A number of tanker trucksfrom Northumberland, Schuylkilland Columbia Counties establisheda dump site a few blocks away.

The conditions of the third floorand attics of the initial fire and ex-posure building worsened and wereat risked of backdraft. Commandordered all interior firefighters toevacuate the structure for account-ability.

In minutes, the fire vented outthe upper floors and roofs of the in-volved homes. Multiple large exte-rior hose lines and a deck gun weredirected to the venting flames.

The second and third alarm en-gine crews re-entered all fourhomes to extinguish the fire.

The main fire building and Dside exposure became structurallyunsafe and the interior crews wereremoved again.

Mount Carmel Ladder 2,Shamokin Ladder 32 and SunburyPlatform truck placed their elevatedwater pipes into service and at-tacked the fire from the sky. Waterfrom the tanker shuttle operationssupplied the elevated master streamoperations.

The fire conditions in the mainand exposure homes were finallyknocked down. The smoke condi-tions in the homes improved and al-lowed the interior crews to reenter.

It took firefighters almost anhour to overhaul and extinguish allhot spots in the destroyed homes.The incident was under control by10:11 a.m., allowing the fourth andthird alarm units to be released.The first alarm units cleared thescene before 2:00 p.m. and norekindles occurred.

The fire investigators believethe fire started on the first floor andwas caused by a faulty woodburner. Overheated pipes causedthe wall to catch fire and spread tothe attic of the home.

The abnormal freezing temper-atures for November made some ofthe firefighting efforts difficult.AREA EMS and Sunbury rehabunit took care of the exhausted andcold firefighters. Shenandoah Lad-der 745 stood by at the AnthraciteFire Company.

Three homes were destroyedand the other three received majorto moderate damaged.

- STEPHEN BARRETT


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“Training Firefighters to Stay Alive”Jersey Guys fire service training is op-

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Passaic (NJ) Fire Department and cur-

rent Brewster (MA) and retired City

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Brindlee Mountain on Extreme Makeover

On December 3, 2012, ABC’s Ex-

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Personally, this hit close to home for

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fire department. He is thankful to Ex-

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unique Makeover.

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Tanker spills contents into creekA tanker truck caring 4,500 gal-

lons of treated frackwater crashedalong Route 44 North, spilling itscontents onto the road and into PineCreek.

Christopher M. Hollis ofCatawissa was traveling North,when he lost control of the truck.The truck owned by MinutemanEnvironmental Services out of Mil-ton, hit a rock cliff and traveled 150feet, slamming into the rock wallagain.

The contents spilled onto the

road along with five gallons of oilfrom a ruptured oil pan under thetruck. The liquids found their wayto a storm drain, where it ended upin Pine Creek.

Members of the IndependentHose Co. and Citizens Hose, of Jer-sey Shore, placed booms in thecreek to contain the oil sheen thatwas flowing downstream.

DEP and the Department ofConservation and Natural Re-sources were on the scene to takesamples of the water to find out ifthere an environmental impact fromthe spill.

There was no fish kill as a re-sult of the incident. The tanker wasin route to a fracking site operatedby Anadarko Petroleum Inc.

Hollis sustained minor injuriesin the crash.

- PAUL GARRETT

Independent Hose Chief Robert Sheets, (Top of Photo) and Dave Marshall, (center) also with the In-dependent Hose and Jeff Raab of Citizens hose, place a "boom" in the water to absorb the oil sheenflowing down Pine Creek.

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Halifax Fire Department has taken delivery of their 2012KMe/International Urban Interface engine. engine 29has a 1500 gpm Hale pump with a 500 gallon water tank

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Wissahickon Fire Company Squad 7 is a 2012 e-Oneequipped with 1,500 gpm pump, 500 gal tank and 30 galfoam tank.

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The exeter Township Fire Department has taken deliveryof this 2012 Mack granite/Seagrave tanker. Tanker 25 isequipped with a 1,000 gpm pump and 3,000 gal tank.

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1st Responder Newspaper - PA December, 2012 PagE 31

Adams County mobile home fireOn the evening of November 3,

2012, the Southeastern Adams Vol-unteer Emergency Services FireDepartment was dispatched for ahouse fire in the Edge Grove Sec-tion of Conewago Township.

Assistant Chief 29, Jack Shaf-fer, reported heavy smoke and fireshowing from a mobile home.

Engine 29 laid a five inch sup-

ply line from a hydrant at the end ofthe home’s driveway. Hand lineswere stretched to the porch and anattack began on the well involvedunoccupied mobile home.

Tanker 29 stretched additional

hand lines to the rear of the burningtrailer.

The fire was placed under con-trol within twenty minutes, with thehome being a total loss.

The Pennsylvania State Policefire marshal was requested to re-spond to the scene.

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