At the request of EMS, Company 22 dispatched to 443 North Second Street in Lykens for a medical assist for a patient with difficulty breathing. Truck 22 responded with 7 and Chiefs 22 and 22-1 responded POV to the scene. On arrival, the crew assisted EMS with removing the patient from her home to the awaiting ambulance for transport to the L & W ballfield in Wiconisco where the patient was transferred to Life Lion for a trip to the hospital. The LZ was handled by Engine 23. Truck 22 then went available.
Company 22 dispatched class three to a blown transformer to the rear of the old fire station in the alley across from the current Station 22. Chief 22 responded POV, Engine 22 with 6 and 6 other members walked across from the station to the scene on foot. On arrival, a transformer had the tap fuses blown from a squirrel that had walked across it. Command called the pole number into PPL and placed the box available.
At the request of Schuylkill County, Company 27 and Truck 22 dispatched class one to Hubley Township 80 Skinny Lane for a structure fire. Truck 22 responded with 7 and Utility 22 with 4. The units were canceled while enroute when it was determined to be a controlled burn.
At the request of Medic 6 Company 22 dispatched class three to 801 Market Street in Lykens to assist with lifting. Chiefs 22 and 22-1 responded POV to the scene along with 2 other members and Truck 22 went enroute with 5. On arrival the Truck staged on Park View Lane and the crew assisted EMS with moving a patient to their litter for transport to a hospital. Command then placed the Company available.
Truck 22 dispatched class one on the Sheridan structure box for a reported house fire at 15 Beagle Road in Porter Township. Truck 22 responded with 5 and on arrival was staged out on 4th Avenue and manpower was to report to side A. Crew assisted with extinguishment and overhaul on a very stubborn deep seated fire in a 75 by 40 rancher style home with fire throughout the structure. Company 21 was placed on standby in their quarters while 22 and 23 and 24 were on the scene. The crew continued until released by command.
On Monday afternoon March 26, 1934, at 2:15, a Cook & Byerly wholesale meat truck, driven by Monroe Miller of Elizabethville, collided with a pleasure car, operated by Clayton Travitz of Lykens. The accident occurred at a curve about a quarter mile east of Elizabethville. Although the drivers escaped injury, damage to the truck was estimated at $100, while the sedan was damaged to the extent of $150. Travitz later sued Cook & Byerly for $1,966.65, $966.65 for expenses and other items and $1,000 for Mrs. Travitz, who alleged injuries and nervousness as a result of the accident.
The section of calls we've responded to has been compiled from fire company records, newspapers, and other sources. Listings for years prior to 1981 might be incomplete.
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