Fire alarm sounded at 6:20 PM on Thursday, August 7, 1902. The company responded and took the cart as far as McKay corner. No connections were made. The fire started from an electric light wire at Rev. Kahlen's residence. It was put out with a garden hose before any damage was done.
EMS was dispatched to 421 Walnut Street in Wiconisco for a possible drowning, with Rescue 23 also dispatched to the scene. At their request, Engine 22 was dispatched to set up a landing zone for an incoming helicopter at Station 23. Engine 22 responded with 5. On arrival, the crew set up the LZ and landed Life Lion 3. EMS arrived at the LZ and a signal 12 (deceased person) was called. Life Lion cleared the scene, and Engine 22 went available.
2017
Commercial structure fire, 387 Arch Street (Box 23-1)
Company 22 along with Companies 23, 24, 21, 27 and 20 dispatched class one to 387 Arch Street in Wiconisco Township in the area of station 23 for a report of a brush fire endangering a structure. Company 23 placed the box in service, they were performing a controlled burn.
The 27-4 box dispatched class one to 496 Luxemburg Road in Lykens Township for a sawmill on fire.Truck 22 responded with 7 and Utility 22 with 4 and one member POV to the scene. On arrival of the Truck, they had a one story steel fabricated 100 foot by 500 foot saw mill that was completely involved. The Truck was assigned to the A/D corner where they set up for master stream operations being supplied by Rescue 28 thru a 5 inch line. The Truck flowed master stream operations for well over an hour, darkening down a significant portion of their side of the building. Truck 20 was assigned to the B side and worked on that portion of the building at the same time. Crews assisted with pulling metal sheeting from the side of the building and extinguishment of visible pockets of fire. With both Zone 2 Trucks committed to this fire, Company 20 relocated Dauphin Truck 91 to their quarters while Company 22 relocated Schuylkill Truck 58-25 from Pine Grove to Station 22 while also placing Company 24 on standby in their own quarters. After the bulk of the fire was knocked down, an excavator was brought in to tear out the collapsed tin roof and expose pockets of fire for extinguishment. Crews assisted with working the pile until eventually released by command 27.
Units on scene:
Engine, Rescue and Tanker 27
Engine and Tanker 26
Rescue and Tanker 28
Engine, Rescue, Tanker, and Utility 21
Truck and Tanker 20
Truck and Utility 22
Rescue 23
Company 24 standing by in quarters
Perry Tanker 9
Engine, Tanker and Squad 216
Cumberland Tanker 20 at Station 21
Schuylkill Engine 22-11 at Station 21
Schuylkill Truck 58-25 standing by in Station 22
Northumberland Engine, Attack, and Tanker 65
Schuylkill Engine 14-10
Northumberland Tanker 64
Truck 91 standing by in Station 20
EMS ambulance 24-2, QRS 24, and Rehab 24
Ambulance 6-4
Truck 22 dispatched class one on the 27-1 box to 20 West Market Street in Gratz along with companies 27, 26, 21, and 23 for a reported fire in the wall. Truck 22 responded with 7. On arrival the Truck set up on the A/B corner nosed into Engine 27 in front of a 2 and one half story wood frame single family dwelling with interior crews from 27 checking for a possible short around an electrical outlet. The Truck crew staged on side A until released by command 27.
Company 23 and Truck 22 dispatched class one to 417 Center street in Wiconisco Township for a CO alarm sounding. As Truck 22 was responding with 5 Command 23 placed the Truck in service.
On the morning of August 7, 1882, a working train on the Summit Branch Railroad, near Lykens, ran over a cow and was thrown from the track. John Townsend, Supervisor, and Charles Horner, a workman, both residents of Lykens, were badly injured.
Sparks from a fire built in a stove at the home of Isaac Deitrich in Wiconisco ignited the roof, and in a comparatively short time virtually destroyed the entire covering at 8:30 on Tuesday morning, August 7, 1934. The flames were extinguished by the Wiconisco firemen. Little damage, other than the roof, was done.
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