Mobile Home Fire
 

Mar 31st - At 0023 Station 4 was dispatched to 2004 Philadelphia Ave. Across from lot 14 for a mobile home fire. Communications advised they were receiving numerous calls. E45 arrived on the scene at lot 14 with a working fire and quickly put a line in service to the front door where crews were met by heavy fire conditions. Crews knocked the fire down at the door and gained entry into the mobile home where an aggressive interior attack took place. At 0100 hours crews had the fire completely knocked down and started extensive overhaul.  Crews operated in overhaul mode for nearly 2 and a half hours before returning to service at 0333 hours.

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Building Fire, Then Multiple Runs
 

Mar 30th - At 1441 hours SQ41 responded along with Co. 1 units on the 1-04 box for the chemical fire inside a building at 540 Hollywell Ave. Units arrived on the scene with heavy black smoke coming from a two story commerical building.  Crews advanced a line off of E1-4 into the building and found a small flammable liquid fire with extension into some machinery and storage equipment. Command 1 requested the second alarm but since crews already had the fire extinguished the second alarm was not needed. Crews returned to service at 1539 hours.

Other Runs for the day:
 

I-81 and LWE
 

Mar 27th - SQ41 and E45 found 2 autos with one injury at 11:15pm.

784 Kohler Rd
 

Mar 24th - Station 4 had one overturned and one injury at 8:41pm.

Boro Box Alarm
 

Mar 22nd - SQ41 responded along with Co 1 to the 200 block of W. Queen St. for the house. Found a duplex at W. Queen and Federal Streets with fire on an exterior wall with no extension. Command 1 released all units at 2:35pm.

Afternoon House Fire
 

Mar 21th - Firefighters made every effort to save this home located at 5118 Burkholder Rd. The 17-5 Box sounded at 2:46pm sending T42 and SQ41 along with Co 17, 7, 5 and 8. Before it was over departments from around the county would be on the scene to assist with water supply. Members made an aggressive interior attack but were forced to evacuate due to a well advanced fire and partial collapse. Crews would remain on scene for several hours operating in a defensive mode before clearing at 7:03pm.

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Special thanks to Dave's Truck Repair for pulling the Squad out.

Snowstorm Brings 9 Runs
 

Mar 16th - As a snowstorm moved into the area the Chiefs' vehicle was parked safely in the rear of the engine bay. As Franklin County departments became very busy with numerous auto accidents throughout the county.  Station 4 received the first of many calls for the day at 0745hours when SQ41 responded to the intersection of Lincoln Way East and Rocky Mountain Rd for an auto accident, but was placed in service prior to arrival.

At 0825hours T42 was dispatched to 401 West King St. in Shippensburg for an inside investigation of odors, but once again was placed in service prior to arriving.

The next call came at 0850hours to I-81 MM9 northbound for an auto accident, again station 4 units were placed in service before arriving on the scene.

Moments later at 0904hours communications sounded the 881A box at MM16 northbound for an auto accident with entrapment. Units arrived on the scene with one patient confined in the passenger seat. SQ41 crews cribbed and assisted EMS with removing patients, as well as contained a minor fuel leak. Units returned to service at 0925hours.

As units were clearing the previous accident communications was alerting the 781B box to the 24MM northbound for an auto accident. Station 4 was alerted to fill the box but was placed in service before arriving on scene.

Members received a break for lunch before returning to the interstate again.  At 1422hours Station 4 was dispatched to the 14MM for an auto accident with rollover.  AC49 arrived on the scene and confirmed the dispatch as well as advised communications of another auto accident that had just occurred in the southbound lane. Station 4 units handled the southbound incident while Co. 8 units handled the northbound incident. Units cleared at 1438hours.

At 1519 hours units were once again dispatched for an auto accident at the intersection of Sycamore Grove Rd and Philadelphia Ave. Duty 44 arrived on the scene with 2 autos in the intersection.  SQ41 crew assisted EMS with loading the patient into the ambulance. Units returned to service at 1553hours.

At 1638hours SQ41 was dispatched on the 7-05 box to assist on the auto accident at the intersection of Coldspring Rd. and Treher Rd. command 7 placed the box in service prior to station 4 arriving.

The last incident for the day was alerted at 1836hours to 499 West Commerce St. for an auto accident with entrapment. SQ41 arrived on the scene with one vehicle off the roadway into a parked dump truck with one patient trapped. Crews went to work quickly and had the patient extricated within 13 minutes. SQ41 cleared the scene at 2003hours

Interstate 81 MM16 Northbound

Sycamore Grove Rd and Philadelphia Ave

499 West Commerce St

Box Alarm
 

Mar 10th - Number 10 Pine St was the scene of this box alarm at 1:03pm. Units responded for the house. Police Dept was on the scene with an apartment building, smoke in the area and a pt laying in the front yard. SQ41 investigated the interior and found an unknown odor. T-1 found a clogged chimney to be the source. Command 1 released SQ41 to respond on another incident.

MVA
 

Mar 10th - SQ41 responded from a box alarm to this MVA in the 800 block of LWW. Units arrived at 1:20pm to find 4 vehicles and minor injuries.

Photos courtesy of Curtis Bryan

Ken North Does It Again!!!

"Saving Lives and Protecting Property"
 

Mar 6th - SQ41 responded for a trouble breathing call around 8am and arrived to find an infant in cardiac arrest. Members started CPR and awaited the arrival of EMS. Thanks to the quick actions of both the Squad crew and the ALS transport unit, the infant is recovering in an area hospital.

E43, T42 and E45 responded to 850 Salem Rd for the chimney fire at 8:59pm. Enroute HQ advised Command 44 that the assignment was filled with 50 personnel. Units found fire in the walls and floor between the first and second floor. Had a chimney on the inside of the side B wall and another one on outside of the side B wall, leaving a 6" void space for the fire to extend. After some serious overhaul, Command released all units at 11:03pm.

As soon as units were back in their firehouses, the 44-03 box sounded again for a chimney fire but this time it was at 147 Chancellor Dr. Crews found fire contained to the chimney and units were able to return to service at 11:46pm

House Fire in the "Ville"
 

Mar 5th - Co 7 found a working fire on arrival at 57 Midland Drive. Units were alerted at 5:42am for the house and had fire in the attached garage. T42 took care of the normal truck stuff, utilities, lights, ladders, opening the roof, salvage and overhaul. Crews from several departments worked to remove a brick wall in the living room to get to fire running in the void space. Command released all units at 8:28am.

Photos courtesy of Denny Clopper and Steph Bryan

Fatal MVA
 

Mar 2nd - Two people were injured in the MVA to the right when their SUV rolled on its side and struck a concrete wall. SQ41 and E45 arrived at mm 17 on I-81 and after controlling a minor gasoline leak, members assisted EMS with packaging both patients. Units cleared at 6:06pm.

Co 8 removed one person from the vehicle below after it exited I-81 at Swamp Fox Rd, hit the guard rail then flew 25' up in the air and landed 100' off the road. E45 responded for the LZ at 11:43pm. Stat 12 landed and assisted A8-8 with a trauma code.

"Dirty Jobs" with Station 4
 

Mar 2nd - Station 4 started its own version of the Discovery Channels TV show "Dirty Jobs". E45 responded to this "water leak" and found the sewer system backing up into the basement. Members removed the valuables from the basement and left the mess for the Sewer Authority to clean up.