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Oct. 2007

125 Mile Trip

October 31st - At 2:53pm, Truck 42 transferred to Smithfield Fire Co. # 1 in Huntingdon County. Shortly after, SQ41 responded to 2 MVA's. The first was at 3:15pm in the intersection of Wayne Rd and Kriner Rd. Co 17 handled that one with 2 BLS units. The second MVA at 3:35pm was in the 1500 block of Orchard Drive. E1-4 and SQ41 arrived to find 2 SUV's involved with one on its roof. Occupants were able to self extricate. SQ41 returned to service at 3:55pm. Truck 42 arrived Smithfield's firehouse to find 2 truck companies already there. Three hours and 125 miles later Truck 42 returned to quarters at 6:08pm.

House Fire   October 25th - Units from Co 1, Sta4 and Co 17 were alerted for a house fire across from E1-4's new home. Members arrived at 7:30pm to find fire running between the first and second floor of 248 E. McKinley St. SQ41 searched then assisted with opening up and advancing the attack lines. The fire was held to a small area and SQ41 returned to service at 9pm.

MVA   October 23rd - SQ41 and E45 responded to 801 LWW for a MVA. Members arrived at 6:30pm with 2 vehicles blocking the west bound lane. EMS transported 1 patient and units went in service before 7pm.

Multiple Runs

October 19th - With heavy rainfall hitting the area, Station 4 responded to several incidents in the first due area. It would start with a reported auto fire on I-81 at mm19 around 3:30pm. E45 found an overheated Jeep and placed all units in service. The second run was at 5:08pm to 3524 Letterkenny Rd for a MVA with multiple entrapments. Communications had reports of up to 4 people trapped. Command 44 requested an additional BLS and ALS unit enroute bring the initial response to Squad 41, Engine 45, 4 BLS, 3 ALS and 1 Helicopter. Units arrived to find a passenger car with heavy damage to the drivers side and a pick up truck with heavy damage in the front. Both vehicles were off the roadway. Members found 2 persons trapped in the car and quickly extricated them by removing the rear door to free their lower extremities. An additional BLS unit was requested once Command was able to get a true count of the patients. As EMS units from 1, 73, 11, 7, 100, 118 and 8 arrived, the patients were transported in order of priority. While crews operated on this incident, E43 would handle an AFA at 1246 Lacebark Circle. E43 found food on the stove and placed all units in service at 5:36pm. SQ41 and E45 cleared the first MVA to respond to another MVA at Nottingham Dr and Shortcut Rd. Units arrived at 6:10pm to find a minor accident and awaited EMS to transport 1 patient. SQ41 made it back to the station just in time to head back out to 3524 Letterkenny Rd to assist the accident reconstruction team with lighting at 7:33pm. The Squad missed a third MVA at 328 Sollenberger Rd. E45 arrived at 7:57pm to find a pick up truck into a house. The truck left the roadway, went air born off a 20 foot embankment, landed on top of another truck then into the side of an SUV and finally came to rest in the corner of a house. SQ8 assisted E45 with checking the structural stability of the home then transferred to Station 4 until SQ41 returned at 8:55pm. After a short break, SQ41 was off to Letterkenny Rd again. This time it was for a fall victim turned cardiac arrest at 3842 Letterkenny Rd around 11pm.

	Picture taken from where the truck went air born.

Double Fatal MVA

October 19th - 3524 Letterkenny Rd

Building Fire

October 13th - T42 and E45 responded to 1215 Mont Alto Rd for a barn fire at 11:17am. Co 7 found a building with heavy fire showing. T42 opened the roof while the engine companies tried to gain access to the attic. Crews found the access points blocked by stacks of lumber and were forced to evacuate due the heavy fire load. T42 went to ladder pipe operations and knocked down the bulk of the fire. Members then finished opening the roof and extinguished the remaining hot spots. Units operated on the scene for 3 hours.

While returning to the station, T42 stopped by the FM101.5 free car wash on LWE. The radio station was running this to promote their new format. Rock Hard!!!

Extra Crispy   October 12th - Units responded to 1226 LWE at KFC for a reported building fire. Station 4 arrived around 4:30pm to find fire in the mulch outside the restaurant that extended into the walls. E45 opened up and made quick work of the fire. Command 44 held units for about an hour for overhaul. E45 and T42 were still on scene when communications put out the 7-5 box for a mobile home fire. Members gathered their equipment and responded on the box. Co 7 found fire under the floor of the home. Crews opened up and held it to a small area. Command 7 released all units at 6:05pm. Just after 11pm, SQ41 and E45 responded to I-81 at exit 14 for the pick up rolled over. Crews confirmed the roll over but the driver fled the scene. Units returned to service at 11:26pm. One minute after midnight, E45 and E43 responded to another fire in a fast food establishment back in Co 7's area at 1950 LWE. Command 7 reported smoke visible and found a grease fire in the kitchen. Station 4 assisted with checking for extension.

House Well Off

October 10th - E45 and E43 responded on the 3-08 box for the trailer fire at 12:12pm. Upon arrival units found a double wide with an attached 3 car garage well off. Station 4 was assigned RIT until operations turned defensive then members assisted with overhaul and mop up. Station 4 went in service at 4pm.

Running All Day

October 9th - An AFA started what turned out to be a busy day for members of Station 4. E45 responded to the 1:34am AFA at 5274 Sunset Pike. Crews got back to bed just after 2am but were back up at 5am another AFA at 3055 Black Gap Rd. Upon returning, members started getting ready for a LODD funeral (story below). E45 and SQ41 left the station in the hands of the Six Mile Run Volunteer Fire Dept from 8am-2pm. Shortly after ET-36 left the runs started coming out again. SQ41 and E45 handled a minor MVA at 801 LWW around 3:30pm then at 4:10pm SU44 assisted EMS with a cardiac arrest at 169 Sollenberger Rd. Units from Co 7, Station 4 and ET14 returned to Sunny Lane(10-8-07) for more of the woods fire at 4:23pm. E45 and SU44 assisted with hitting hot spots for an hour and a half before going in service. As a thunderstorm rumbled through the area around 6:30pm E45, T42 and E43 responded to 1600 LWE for another AFA. Units were just backing into the station when the 7-1 box came out for the barn fire at 6:45pm. Co 7 arrived at 2071 Mt Pleasant Rd with a storage building full of square bails 50 percent involved. E45 laid 900' of 5" and E43 picked up the hydrant. Members operated handlines in a defensive mode as side C started to collapse when the bails fell over. Heavy equipment was brought in to tear apart the burning hay. Station 4 remained on scene just after midnight.

Photos by Curtis Bryan

Firefighter Adam Cole Laid To Rest

October 9th - Members from the Franklin Fire Company along with numerous fire departments from the area attended a Line Of Duty Death funeral for Firefighter Adam Cole of the Buchanan Valley Volunteer Fire Department Adams County Co 27. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Cole family on their loss.

E45 and SQ41 left the station in the hands of ET-36 Six Mile Run Volunteer Fire Dept from 8am-2pm.

Photos by Sta4.com	Photos by Denny Clopper
Photos by Denny Clopper	Photos by Denny Clopper
Photos by Denny Clopper	Photos by Sta4.com

FireFighter Remembered

October 6th - www.whptv.com

Barn Fire

October 6th - T42 responded into Co 15's area at 1:48am for the barn fire. Co 15 arrived in the 4300 block of Roxbury Rd with fully involved structure and began a defensive operation. With little to save, Command 15 started releasing units early. Truck 42 was placed in service at 2:17am. E43 handled a transfer to Co 13 at the same time and returned at 2:28am.

Other runs for the day:

Photos by Denny Clopper

FireFighter LODD

October 5th - Information available at www.buchananvalleyfd.org

Firefighter killed en route to fire is identified

By DON AINES  chambersburg@herald-mail.com

FAYETTEVILLE, Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police in Gettysburg, Pa., were investigating a vehicle accident Thursday night in which a firefighter en route to a mountain fire in Greene Township in Franklin County was killed.

Adam Cole, 24, of Biglerville, Pa., was pronounced dead at Gettysburg (Pa.) Hospital following the 8 p.m. accident on Buchanan Valley Road. Buchanan Valley Fire Co. Deputy Chief John Parr said Thursday evening that one of the company’s firefighters had been killed in an accident.

Police said Cole was driving a 2005 Subaru Impreza west on Buchanan Valley Road when he lost control on a curve. The Impreza crossed into the eastbound lane and collided with a 1997 Chevrolet 1500 pickup truck driven by Charles Amick, 66, of Roaring Spring, Pa.

The airbags in the Impreza deployed, but police said Cole was not wearing a seat belt. Amick, who police said had moderate injuries, was wearing a seat belt and the airbags in the truck also deployed, police said.

Cole was responding to a mountain fire in Michaux State Forest in Greene Township in Franklin County at the time of the accident, Parr said. Cole was a firefighter and emergency medical technician with Buchanan Valley for the past three years, according to a statement from the company. He was in the process of being hired as a career firefighter in Washington, D.C.

While the fire was being fought, rescue personnel from Fayetteville and Mont Alto were called to an area off Irish Plantation Road in Guilford Township where a hunter had fallen from a tree, Monn said. That was called in at 6:48 p.m. and an all-terrain vehicle from Mont Alto was used to help get the unidentified man out of the woods, he said.

The man appeared to have sustained injuries to his ribs and was taken to Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital, Monn said.

MVA

October 4th - SQ41 and E45 responded to this MVA at 6:38am. Units arrived at Philadelphia Ave and Sunset Pike to find a pick up truck and an SUV head on.

Engine Out Housing

October 2nd - Members held a first ever "Engine Out Housing" as E1-4 moves to its new location at the Mckinley Street station starting this date at 8am.

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