Company 22 was dispatched to South Street at the Lou Miller residence for a chimney fire. Engine 22 responded, and when arriving on scene, laddered the building and sent a crew to the roof to attempt to extinguish the fire. Numerous attempts were made with chimney "bombs" and CO2 extinguishers, to no avail. During the process, one attempt was made with a dry chem extinguisher, which caused some problems on the first floor. Finally, as a last resort, water was applied and the stubborn fire was put out.
Company-22 was dispatched for an accident involving two vehicles in front of 26 Main Street, the home of Chief 22-2. Engine-22 responded class-1 and found two vehicles, one in the middle of the east bound lane, the other pulled off into a business parking lot. The driver of the vehicle which was still on the highway stated that she was not injured. The other driver was complaining of back and neck pain. Fire personnel assisted with treating the injuried driver until the arrivel of EMS. Fire personnel secured the scene until the arrival of State Police and a wrecker. The street was cleaned up, and the highway was reopened.
Truck-22 was dispatched in place of Truck-20 on a report of a working garage fire on Route-209 near Millersburg. The truck was canceled before response when Truck-20 went responding.
At the request of medic 6 on scene, Company 22 dispatched class three to 318 Market Street in Lykens to assist with lifting. Engine 22 responded with 2, and Chiefs 22 and 22-2 and Captain 22 went directly to the scene. On arrival, the crew assisted EMS with bringing the patient down from a second floor bedroom to the transporting unit, and then went available.
Company 22 and Engine 23 dispatched class one to 601 Main street in Lykens to the Israel Building for an automatic fire alarm. Chief 22 responded to the scene and on arrival at a 40 by 100 foot 3 story apartment building found the building evacuated with audible and visible alarms sounding. Investigation found the alarm to be coming from the first floor lobby by the clothes dryers. There was no fire just steam from the dryer vent that triggered the alarm. Command 22 held the box to Engine 22 non emergency. Engine 22 responded with 5 and arrived on side A and went interior to assist with investigation. The building manager had arrived on scene and having found no other issues in the building it was turned over too her and the box was placed available.
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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