Engine 22 was requested to relocate to Station 21 while Elizabethville firefighters were on the scene of a fire in Millersburg. Engine 22 responded and relocated to Station 21, where they remained without incident until released by Chief 21.
2013
Carbon Monoxide Investigation, 662 Main Street (Box 22-1)
At the request of Chief 22 on scene, Company 22 dispatched class three to the Family Dollar Store at 662 Main Street in Lykens for reports of high levels of carbon monoxide. Engine 22 responded class three with 3 and arrived on side A. Crews vented the building using fans and took CO readings. When the readings were reduced to acceptable levels, command placed the box available.
2015
Standby in Quarters, 560 South Second Street (Box 20-2)
Company 22 requested to go on standby in quarters by Chief 21-1 while they were working a structure fire in Upper Paxton Township with companies 20, 26, 29 and 21. 8 personnel from 22 stood by in quarters until released by command.
At the request of Medic 6 on scene Company 22 dispatched class three to 545 Main Street in Lykens for a lift assist. Chief 22 responded POV and Truck 22 went enroute with 7. On arrival the crew assisted EMS with transferring the patient to their unit and then went available.
The 22-1 structure box dispatched class one to 601 Spruce Street in Lykens Boro for a report of a kitchen fire with possible entrapment, bring companies 22, 23, 24, 21, 27 and Medic 6. Chief 22 responded to the scene POV and on his arrival he had a duplex 3 story wood frame house with smoke pushing out the first and second floors and one person on the front porch roof. Engine 22 responded with 4 and proceeded to the scene up South Second Street and arrived at side A with a hydrant directly in front of the structure. Truck 22 responded by way of South Street and was set up on the A/D corner. Engine 23 proceeded up Spruce Street from Main Street where they laid into the scene. Engine 24 came in South Second Street and staged behind Boyers store. Rescue 21 and Engine and Rescue 27 arrived as well as Rescue 23. Initial attack came thru the front door and they found fire around the kitchen stove extending outward to behind the adjacent refrigerator and up the wall to overhead cabinets. Fire was knocked down quickly while crews conducted primary searches of the 3 upper floors and basement of the building. Several occupants were removed from the building and the resident on the porch roof was rescued with a ladder. Power was secured to the building and crews performed secondary searches to confirm the building was evacuated. Two residents were turned over to EMS with one requiring transport. Crews checked the opposite side of the duplex building and found some residual smoke that was ventilated. Additional ventilation of the fire building was also performed. After confirming that the fire was out and there was no extension, command released most of the fire units. Command contacted Red Cross for assistance for the occupants. After packing hose command placed the box available.
Truck 22 dispatched class one to the Upper Dauphin Area high school at 220 Church Street in Elizabethville for an automatic fire alarm. Truck 22 responded with 4 and was canceled by command while enroute, faulty detector.
Company 22 paged class three to 215 North street in Lykens for broken water pipes in the basement. Chief 22-2 was on scene with 2 other members who all work for the water authority and were handling the situation. He placed the Company available.
Company 22 and Engine 23 dispatched class one to the Israel Building at 601 Main street in Lykens for an automatic fire alarm. Chief 22 had all ready received a call from the building manager advising that there was no fire, just steam from a dryer vent. He placed the box available.
A fire was discovered at 10 p.m. by a night watchman at the Brubaker Tool Corp. When firefighters from the Millersburg Fire Company arrived on the scene, flames were shooting out of the dust collection bin on the roof. Tons of water was used to extinguish the fire which caused several thousand dollars in damage.
2008
Structure Fire - Swamp Poodle Road - Jackson Twp, Northumberland Co, PA
Around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23, 2008, the Herndon Fire Company was dispatched to a structure fire at the dead end of Swamp Poodle Road in Jackson Township, Northumberland County, northeast of Herndon. The all-wooden house was fully engulfed by flames when firefighters arrived. Seven fire companies responded from Herndon, Hickory Corners, Dalmatia, Lower Augusta, Pillow, Trevorton, and Sunbury. To fight the fire, eight tankers were used to truck water from the ponds of the former Mandata Poultry business. Firefighters were on the scene until about 10:30 p.m. The home was a total loss. A chimney and the east wall were all that remained standing after the fire was extinguished. Firefighters returned to the scene twice the next day for re-kindles - once at 6 a.m. and again around 6 p.m.
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