Fire alarms rang at 2AM for a fire at 325 North Second Street in Lykens. Liberty Hose Company No. 2 responded followed by Wiconisco Fire Company and arrived to find the house engulfed in flames. There was heavy snow on the ground at the time and the hydrants were buried and had to be dug out before connections were made. 13 year old Janice Ramer was killed in the fire. Her father, Ronald Ramer, and her three sisters escaped the fire by jumping from a second floor window into the snow below. The fire had started on the first floor of the house and spread to the neighboring mobile home of Betty Kupp, destroying a bedroom. Shop-n-Play provided food for the firefighters.
Engine 22 was dispatched to 316 Main Street for a chimney fire. Air temperature was -10?F. Engine 22 responded to the scene, Chief 22 responded POV. The engine arrived on side-1, and the crew was met by the Chief who determined that there was a malfunctioning furnace in the building. The owner was advised to contact a repair service, and the engine went available.
Fire broke out at 308 Main Street on January 21, 2004. Company 22 was dispatched for a working structure fire. Engine 22 enroute was advised of heavy fire and front windows blown out. Engine 22 laid hose from a hydrant at the corner of Main and West Streets and arrived on scene to find heavy fire. Engine 23 connected the hose laid by Engine 22 to the hydrant and sent their manpower to the scene. An interior attack was attempted, but due to the unstable condition of the structure, evacuation tones were sounded. Firefighters evacuated the structure and fought the fire from the exterior. Truck 22 arrived at Main and Edward Streets and assisted in engine company operations with the deck gun and pre-connects. Other units were placed with assignments given to their officers. A defensive attack was used until a knockdown was achieved and then massive overhaul was begun. The Truck 20 crew served as RIT. All units were working. No injuries were reported. PSP Fire Marshall on scene advised the cause was electrical in nature. Red Cross was notified for family assistance.
Company 22 dispatched class one to 201 Division Street in Lykens for a medical assist. EMS had an extended ETA. Chief 22-1 went POV to the scene and Engine 22 went enroute with 2. Three additional members went POV to the scene. On arrival the crew initiated patient contact and took the first set of vitals until the arrival of EMS from 24. After transferring the patient to their unit the Company was placed available.
Truck 22 dispatched class one on the structure box to 323 West Wiconisco Avenue in Muir Porter Township Schuylkill County for a possible structure fire. Truck 22 responded with 5 and while enroute was given the assignment to come to side A and go to the roof to check the chimney. Initial crews found the chimney to be partially blocked from a wood burner. Crew went to the roof and ran chains and a chimney brush to clear it while other crews cleaned out the fire box and vented the structure. After the chimney was cleared Command placed the Truck available.
A small area of the roof on the home of Charles Ditty in Elizabethville caught fire on January 21, 1952. Mr. Ditty called the fire company and reported the fire. A minute after that, Mr. Ditty called back and requested that the fire company cancel their response. Mr. Ditty and his father had put the fire out using buckets.
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