Engine 22 was dispatched for a car fire near the intersection of West and North Second Streets. Engine 22 responded and found a small passenger car with the engine compartment on fire. One hand line was pulled to extinguish the fire, which was located about five feet from a side porch of a property at the corner of West and North Second Street. The fire was contained to the engine compartment, and the car was later towed away.
At the request of Chief-21, Engine-22 was dispatched to relocate to Station-21. All Company-21 apparatus was on a multiple structure fire scene in Berrysburg with Companies 20, 27, and 28. Engine-22 responded with six personnel and stood by in Station-21 until released.
Engine-22 was dispatched to the Borough of Elizabethville for a reported structure fire. The engine was canceled before response. Companies 21, 20, and 26 were on the call.
2010
Accident with vehicle in a pool, 600 Parkview Lane (Box 22-2)
Engine 22 and Rescue 23 and EMS dispatched to 600 Parkview Lane in Lykens Boro for a report of a vehicle accident, van dangling over a swimming pool. Chief 22 and 22-1 responded POV to the scene. Engine 22 responded with 4, and Truck 22 was requested to respond driver only by command for cribbing. The Engine arrived on scene to find a mini-van with two occupants that had gone backwards through a fence, down an embankment and was dangling partly over the edge of an in-ground swimming pool. The Engine set up on the Market Street side of the incident, and Rescue 23 came in from the rear of the property and set up on Laurel Lane. The crews from both companies set up to secure the van by using chains and strapping secured to the Rescue, while EMS evaluated the patients. Neither one was injured, but were unable to exit the vehicle. After the vehicle was stabilized, the front seat passenger was removed and the crew went to work to attempt extrication of the driver, who was extremely obese. Command requested Chief 21-2 to the scene with his wreckers, and he responded with two and arrived on scene after the victims were removed from the van. Using two wreckers, he winched out the van and removed it. PSP had two units on scene, and Company 23 fire police secured the scene for traffic control. After the vehicle was removed the Rescue was placed available. The 22 crew remained on scene to assist EMS with moving the large patient to his home across the street. After he was successfully returned home, command placed the box in service.
Truck 22 dispatched class one for Truck 20 on the 20-3 box for a reported chimney fire at 1020 Klinger Road in Upper Paxton Township. Truck 22 canceled almost immediately when Truck 20 went responding.
2022
Smoke from a structure, N Market and E Main (Box 21-1)
Company 21, Engine 26 and Truck 22 dispatched class one to the area of North Market Street and East Main Street in Elizabethville for a report of smoke coming from a roof. Truck 22 responded with 5 and was canceled while enroute.
Company 21 and Truck 22 dispatched class one to 123 Elm Street in Washington Township for an automatic fire alarm. Truck 22 responded with 5 and was canceled by Command 21 while enroute.
On April 15, 2007, around 3 p.m., Susquehanna Township's Rescue Fire Company Engine 37-1 was responding to a vehicle accident at Route 322 and Interstate 81, when it was involved in an accident of its own. The engine was traveling north on Sixth Street with lights and sirens, when about a half a mile from its station, a Chevrolet Blazer, driven by Adam Golden, age 20, of Mechanicsburg, pulled out from Lucknow Road into its path. The driver of the engine swerved to the left to avoid the collision, but the Blazer hit the engine's front passenger side and then ran into a tree, while the fire engine hopped a curb and rolled over onto two parked cars along Finney Avenue. The three injured firefighters crawled out of the wrecked engine and went to the aid of the driver who had hit the tree. Golden was flown to Hershey Medical Center, where he died from his injuries three days later. The firefighters were taken by ambulance. Progress and Edgemont fire companies stood by in their own stations to handle township calls while firefighters from Halifax stood by in the Rescue fire station. After a 3? month investigation, Golden was found to be at fault and the fire company was cleared. No charges were filed.
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