The second fire in the borough (third for the year) was on Wednesday, November 8, 1899 at the house of A. Kuntzelman on North Second Street. The company responded and made attachment, but did not use any water. The fire was under control. Damage was slight.
While company members were enroute to the Elizabethville Cemetery for grave side services for deceased Chief of Fire Police Barry Esterline, Tanker-22 was dispatched to respond to a structure fire at 21 James Street in Washington Township. The funeral procession drove near-by the location of this incident and saw a fully involved garage fire. The tanker responded with a crew of two, while several company members left the funeral procession to return to Station 22. Engine-22 was dispatched to respond, and responded with a crew of six, several of whom had returned from the funeral procession. The Engine was staged, and manpower was sent to the structure to assist in suppression activities and overhaul. The crew assisted companies 21, 20, and 26 until released by command. An assistant chief from Elizabethville, reported that flames from this fire were visible from over a mile away while he was responding to the call. Elizabethville's Chief Galen Lentz directed the hose teams through the garage and into the family room attached to the rear of the house, where it was found to be fully ablaze. Quick work prevented extension to the main portion of the house. The garage and family room were totally destroyed. The cause of the fire was determined to be an improperly installed and maintained wood burner.
1993
Standby, Ray St (Box 24-11)
2007
Structure Fire, 114 N 4th St., Tower City (Box S.C.)
Truck 22 was dispatched to assist Schuylkill County Companies 66, 647, 650, 655, 659 and 810 on a structure fire at 114 North 4th Street in Tower City. Truck 22 responded with a crew of six, who observed a large smoke column coming from the scene as the truck was entering Sheridan. The crew was instructed to stage the truck at the intersection of 4th Street and Colliery Avenue, where all ladders were removed from it and set up around the fire building, which was observed to have fire blowing across the entire second floor. Crews went to the roof and put two vent holes in it and also assisted with suppression activities. Dauphin County Tankers 23 and 24 were special called to the scene, followed by Engine 23 for RIT. Engine 21 was relocated to Station 22. On their arrival at Station 22, a crew from Company 22 was manning Engine 22, so Engine 21 relocated to Schuylkill County Station 647 per request of Command. Crews continued doing overhaul and assisting on scene until released by command. Apparatus on the scene included: Engines 66-10, 647, 650, and 655 surrounding the structure, Tankers 650, 810, 23, and 24, Schuylkill Air light 66-60 to the rear of the structure, and Rescue 66 in front with Truck 22. EMS staged at Colliery Avenue and 4th Street. This property was also the scene of a structure fire on December 26, 2003.
Box alarm on the 24-1 box dispatched class one to 232 Vine Street in Williamstown for a report of an outlet with sparks and flames coming out of it. Truck 22 responded with 7, and on arrival took the address and laddered the building and sent a crew interior with the TIC to investigate. A crew from Rescue 23 was inside and located the outlet while other crew went to the basement and secured the power. On arrival of Tanker 24, Chief 24-1 assumed command and held the box to the units on scene. After further investigation isolated the power source to the outlet in question, power was secured to that circuit and command released the mutual aid units.
At the request of 24 EMS, Company 22 dispatched class one to the Top Star Mini Market parking lot at 646 Main Street in Lykens to assist on a medical call. Chief 22 responded from his home across the street, Utility 22 went enroute with 4, Truck 22 with 4, and 5 members arrived on scene POV. Crew initiated patient care and continued until the arrival of EMS. After assisting in moving the patient to their transport unit command placed the box available.
Chief 24 received reports of a smoke condition near Williamstown and went to investigate. The heaviest concentration of smoke was found to be in the Greenland tract of the Weiser state forest and he requested a brush assignment. The 216-8 box was dispatched to his location bringing Engine and Utility 22, Tanker and Attack 23, Brush 19, and Tanker 24. Chief 22 went enroute POV and assumed command of the incident. Engine 22 went enroute with 6 and Utility 22 with 2 and numerous members POV. All other dispatched units also responded. Initially Utility 22 went into the tract and searched for the source. Engine 22 went in by way of Radar Road and staged at Berry Mountain Road and Radar Road, eventually meeting up with Brush 19. Chief 23 with Attack 23 eventually located the source of the smoke coming in off the Greenland Road. An area approximately one half acre in size had some hot spots from a previous DCNR controlled burn a few days ago of 138 acres. After the arrival of Forestry and DCNR units at that location the rest of the units were placed available by command.
Clayton Peters, of Lykens, received wounds on his right leg and abdomen on Saturday, November 8, 1943, while hunting near Elizabethville. The shooting happened in a corn field, where visibility was poor. Peters absolved the shooter of all blame, stating that the incident was purely accidental.
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