Tuesday, February 14, 2012 The 15 House was dispatched at 23:52 Hrs. along with Lewisburg (CO2) to Modern Way Trailer Court for a report of smoke from a trailer. Pottsgrove Chief 1201 who lives in the same court arrived on the scene and advised he had a working trailer fire. Shortly after Lewisburg's Chiefs arrived they requested a second alarm. Engine 15-1 responded with six and arrived on the scene assisting Lewisburg's engine crew with a water supply and extensive overhaul in the trailer. There were no injuries reported but a family pet was lost in the fire. The State Police Fire Marshal ruled the fire electrical in nature and believes it started in a lamp. Units from Lewisburg, White Deer Township, and Pottsgrove operated on the scene. Company 15 was on the scene for about two hours.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 At 19:27 Hrs. Company 15 was dispatched mutual aid to assist Liberty Township (Montour County) for a reported working barn fire. Command 100 arrived to find a barn that was well involved with multiple exposures and requested additional Engines and Tankers to the scene. Engine 15-2 arrived and assisted Pottsgrove (CO12) on the back side of the barn with fire attack and started pulling tin to gain access to the fire. Crews kept the fire contained to the one end of the barn but there was still damage to a combine and other equipment inside. Rescue 15-1 also assisted with the fire attack and overhaul operations until a trachoe arrived to pull the bails of burning hay out. The State Police Fire Marshal was on the scene later that morning and determined that the fire was arson. Tanker 15-1 was also on the scene. Units from Pottsgrove, Lewisburg, and a number of Montour county units operated on the scene. Company 15 remained on the scene for a little over two hours.
Sunday, February 5, 2012 At 04:00 Hrs. The 15 House was dispatched to Rt. 147 South of Mahoning Street (Turbot Twp.) for a reported vehicle rolled over down an embankment. Chief 1501 arrived to find a Jeep that had taken out a section of guiderail, rolled several times, and a driver that was entrapped. The Chief advised Rescue 15-1 of the entrapment and that they would need to remove the roof, driver and passenger doors, and the steering wheel due to the patient’s foot being stuck in it. The patient was removed in about 10-15 minutes and transported with moderate injuries. The driver was also pulling a small utility trailer that had also flipped over. Units remained on the scene for just over an hour.
Saturday, February 4, 2012 At 14:05 Hrs. Company 15 was dispatched to the intersection of Front and Locust Street in the borough for a vehicle accident with entrapment. Chief 1501 (Shaffer) arrived to find a van that had struck a tree and was on its side. The Chief than advised incoming units that there was no entrapment and that the patient was out of the vehicle. The person that occupied the house where the crash occurred pulled the victim out before the fire dept. arrived. The patient was transported with minor injuries. The Rescue and Engine crew took care of vehicle hazards.
Saturday, January 28, 2012 At 21:50 Hrs. Company 15 was dispatched to 25 Poplar Ave. in the borough for a reported kitchen fire. Union County 911 dispatched a working fire box from the start due to the information they received. This brings the second alarm units on the initial dispatch. Fire Police Capt. (Mabus) arrived and reported smoke showing with fire visible in the rear. Engine 15-2 and Truck 15-1 arrived at the same time and went to work. Engine 15-2 laid in from down the block, stretched a 200' 2” smooth bore, and made a quick knock on the fire. Truck 15-1 took care of a primary search finding two dogs and started ventilation for the engine crew. The fire was contained to the kitchen with no major extension. Crews from Warrior Run, White Deer Twp., and Lewisburg assisted on the scene and with some overhaul. Rescue 3-1 from Mifflinburg stood by as RIT. Turbot Township (CO17) also assisted. Company 15 remained on the scene for two hours.
Monday, January 2, 2012 At 22:06 Hrs. Company 15 was dispatched to its first call of the New Year along with Pottsgrove (CO12) for a reported working fire on Creek Road in West Chillisquaque Township. Once Pottsgrove's chiefs responded, Union County 911 advised them that it was a fully involved barn. Command 12 than requested third alarm tankers be dispatched. As crews arrived there was an exposure on the C side that became involved. Engine 15-2 responded with 6 and was the second piece on the scene and went to work deploying their preconnected step gun, 2 1/2" bomb line, and a 400' 2" smooth bore line. Engine 12-1 also deployed their Blitz Fire and some hand lines. After about 15 minutes from arriving on the scene the main barn collapsed into the lower levels of the structure. Crews worked for a couple of hours until a trachoe arrived to assist in overhaul operations. Apparatus on the scene and at fill sites: Engines 12-1, 15-2, 5-1 (White Deer Twp.), 17-1 (Turbot Twp.), 2-2 (Lewisburg), Tankers 12-1, 9-1 (Warrior Run), 17-1, 2-1, 5-1, Rescues 15-1, 2-1 along with engines and tankers from Montour County. Company 15 remained on the scene for about 4 hours.
Thursday, December 29, 2011 At 21:45 hours The 15 House along with Turbot Township (CO17) was dispatched to the Penn 80 Truck Stop in Turbot Twp. for a tractor trailer fire. Chief 1502 and Fire Police Capt. (Mabus) arrived to find a small fire in the engine compartment of a truck tractor. Fellow truck drivers alerted the driver that was asleep in his bunk that his truck was on fire. The other truck drivers dumped numerous fire extinguishers on the engine but the fire was oil fed and would not go out. Engine 15-1 arrived just behind the townships tanker and assisted them with one line for extinguishment. Crews working on the scene were available in 45 minutes.
Sunday, December 25, 2011 On Christmas day at 21:30 Hrs. Company 15 was dispatched to the 100 block of Sodom Road for a reported vehicle accident with unknown injuries. Chief 1503 (Shaffer) arrived minutes later to find one car on its roof with the driver trapped inside. Rescue and Engine 15 responded together and was advised by command the driver was entrapped. Units arrived and stabilized the vehicle and prepared to start the extrication. The Rescue crew removed the passenger door, the B and C post and removed the driver via the back window area. Due to the patient going in and out of consciousness command requested Life Flight to the scene. Engine 15-2 left the accident scene to go set up a landing zone for the chopper. The total extrication took about 15-20 minutes. The vehicle involved left the road, rolled several times, and struck a telephone pole before coming to rest on its roof. Units remained on the scene for an hour and a half.
Saturday, December 17, 2011 At 07:46 Hrs. The 15 House was dispatched to Interstate 80 East Bound at Mile Marker 214 for a vehicle accident involving a passenger bus. Chief 1502 (Stump) arrived to find one car into the guiderail and no bus involved. Apparently the bus stopped to check on the driver of the car and then continued on. Rescue 15-1 took care of vehicle hazards while the patient was checked out in the MICU. Crews cleared in about 45 minutes.
Thursday, December 8, 2011 At 14:58 Hrs. Company 15 was dispatched along with Lewisburg (2), Mifflinburg (3), White Deer Township (5), Warrior Run (9) and Turbot Township (17) for a reported working house fire. Chief 1503 arrived minutes later to find a one story house with heavy smoke and some fire starting to show through the roof. The Chief was advised by neighbors and PD that the homeowner might be home and possibly inside. Truck 15-1 and Engine 15-2 arrived at the same time and went to work. Truck 15-1 did a quick primary search and was than advised from the mother next door that nobody was home. Engine 15-2 laid in and started off with a 200' 2" Smooth bore. The Rescue crew from Lewisburg and the Engine crews from Warrior Run and White Deer assisted with two more 2" hand lines. Mifflinburg arrived and set up as RIT. One of the lines was then moved to an exposure on the bravo side to check for extension. The only extension on the bravo exposure was through a window frame. Luckily the house on the bravo side that was only 8 Ft away had aluminum siding. The house on the delta side only had the vinyl siding melted off with no extension. Crews had the bulk of the fire knocked down in about 10 minutes. This fire was just five doors down from an earlier fire this summer and just 3 weeks after the fire on Filbert Street. An Engine from Point Township and a Truck from Northumberland stood by and the 15 House.
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