Companies 22, 23, and 24 were dispatched to 131 North Second Street for a furnace malfunction. Engine and Truck 22 responded to the scene and found normal conditions. Companies 23 and 24 were requested to continue their response non-emergency. Investigation inside found a problem with the furnace. The furnace was shut off, and the owner was advised to get a repairman to fix it. The box was placed in service.
At the request of Chief 24, Company 22 placed on standby in Station 22 for Dauphin County companies 23, 24, and 19, and Schuylkill County companies 66, 650, 655, and 810 as they worked an outside fire in the mountain between the DeHart Dam and Bendigo Airport in Rush Township. Company 22 stood by in quarters with 14 until released by Chief 24.
Company 22 dispatched class one to 300 Main Street in Lykens for an automatic fire alarm. Engine 22 responded with 4 and approached from Main Street and staged on Edward at the A/D corner. Truck 22 responded with 3 and approached from South Second Street and staged on the C/D corner. Utility 22 responded with 1 and Chief 22-2 POV. On arrival the crew entered the building, a 38 by 54 foot multi family apartment duplex with nothing evident from the outside. A search of the interior found nothing and no alarms activated. After confirming no issues inside the box was placed available.
Company 27 and Truck 22 dispatched class one to the area of Picnic Road and Route 25 in Lykens Township for a chimney fire. Truck 22 responded with 4 and was canceled by Command 27 while enroute.
At 6:30PM on Wednesday, March 14, 1947, John Weaver, a farmer, walked a quarter of a mile to use a neighbor's telephone to notify the Elizabethville fire company that his house was on fire. Reliance Hose Company promptly answered the call and searched for half an hour, using smoke masks, to find the source of the smoldering fire in the cieling above a stove pipe in the kitchen. The damage caused by smoke and fire was estimated at $150, covered by insurance. The cause of the fire was an overheated stove pipe.
Two Penn Central freight trains collided in Herndon on Sunday, March 12, 1972. The trains were each traveling 30 m.p.h. when they hit head-on. A northbound freight train was hauling pulp board, clay, and fertilizer from Enola to Wilkes-Barre in 102 cars. A southbound train was carrying coal in 104 cars from Renovo to the Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. in York Haven. The trains stretched for a mile in either direction from the impact point, at which forty-five cars were piled two deep over the four engines. Four men died in the crash. Rail cars were into structures, and a fire broke out in a car load of fertilizer. The engine's diesel fuel also burned for hours.
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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