Fire alarm sounded at 11:15 AM on Saturday, January 13, 1906 and the company responded to the scene of fire at R. Coble's & Son's store on Main Street. Connections were made to the plug at the corner of Main and Market Streets, but water was not needed. The fire had been caught in time and extinguished with a small garden hose.
1995
Car Fire, 500 Bl Main St (Box 22-19)
1996
Transformer Fire, 500 Bl Pottsville St (Box 23-19)
At the request of Command 27 and EMS, Utility 22 dispatched class three to 100 South West Street in Gratz at the Park Terrace Apartments for a medical assist for lifting. Utility 22 responded class three with 5, and on arrival, assisted members of Rescue 27 and Medic 6 with lifting an extremely large patient from his apartment into their transport unit, and then went available.
Company 22 dispatched class one to 617 Arch Street in Lykens for a child choking and EMS coming from a distance away. Chief 22 responded POV and Truck 22 went enroute with 4 and Utility 22 with 2. On arrival, crew started patient care until the arrival of EMS from Medic 6 and 24. Command then placed the company available.
Company 22 dispatched class one to the area in front of 415 Main Street for a child struck by a vehicle. Chiefs 22-2 and 22 responded to the scene and Engine 22 went enroute with 4. Patient care was started until the arrival of the Engine and Medic 6. After transferring care to EMS command placed the box available.
Company 22 alerted class three to 575 South Street directly behind the fire station for a transformer fire. Chief 22 responded POV to the scene and Engine 22 responded with 3. Seven additional members went to the scene POV. Chief 22 on arrival found a pole fire now out and called in the pole number to the communications center. The box was then placed in service. Cause was a squirrel who did not survive the event.
Engine 23 and Truck 22 dispatched class one to 1619 Pottsville Street in Wiconisco Township for an automatic fire alarm in a residence. Truck 22 responded with 7 and was canceled by Chief 23-1 while enroute.
Company 22 dispatched class three to the Rattling Creek Apartments at 15 South Second Street in Lykens for a person stuck in an elevator. Truck 22 responded with 4 and on arrival staged on side A of a 4 story brick multiple family apartment building. Crew went interior and using an elevator key freed the occupant and then went available.
Millersburg Fireman were called to South Front Street at 8:50 p.m. when a street light at Allman's Grocery Store started burning. Wires were burned off of the pole and power was knocked out to the area. Then twenty minutes later, a street light started burning at Pine and Walnut Streets, setting the pole on fire.
In Oak Orchard, Delaware, eleven family members died when fire swept through their home at 3 a.m. on January 3, 2001. Fire started in the kitchen in the single-story ranch house near Indian River Bay. One of the family members called 911 to report the fire. Firefighters quickly put out the blaze and found body after body. Rescue workers performed CPR on some of the victims in a failed effort to revive them. The deceased represented four generations of the family, and included seven children ranging in age from an infant to a 6-year-old.
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