July 2007 archive
Car
Carrier Fire on 283
July 2
County dispatched Company 54 around 10:15 for a reported working tractor trailer fire on Route 283 East bound about 1/4 mile passed the Toll House Road exit. County then advised rapid calls reporting a car carrier on fire with multiple vehicles involved. With this info Captain 54 (Kandrac) went responding with Tanker 54 and a crew of 4. Tanker 54 arrived and advised of a working fire. Crews pulled an attack line and started to knock down the fire. Engine 54-1 arrived and pulled a foam line and assisted the tanker crew. Command requested Engine 88 for additional manpower. Engine 54 and 88 arrived and assisted with overhaul. Utility 54 set up to close the East Bound lanes until hose could be repositioned to open a lane.
Command: Chief 54-2 (Kleinfelter)
Units: Engines 54, 54-1, 88 Tanker 54
and Utility 54
Wires Down
July 2
County dispatched Company 54 to the intersection of Route 230 and Cedar Ave. for wires arching. Engine 54 (Captain Kandrac) and Engine 54-1 (Deputy Chief Nissley) were just getting ready to start weekly training responded with Staffing of 7. The Company arrived to find one electric pole down and into a building, another pole had sheared off at the top with wires down across an unoccupied vehicle and wires down with burn marks across the grass. Engine 54 and 54-1 crews checked the building the interior of the building for damage. Met Ed was in the area and arrived to secure the scene and the box was placed in service.
