The third fire of the year occurred at Gibble's Store, located at the corner of Main Street and Liberty Ave. The alarm sounded at 4:40 PM on December 11, 1900. The company responded and made connection to the plug at the corner of Main and Market Streets. No water was used. Damage was very slight.
Members of Company 22 rushed to the station when they heard the siren blow from a hand pull activation at the pull station on front of the municipal building. The first arriving crew to the station found no one at the pull station, and nearby residents stated that they thought they saw a teen pull the alarm and run off. Members waited to see if a true emergency was located somewhere in the Borough, and after confirmation by the Chief that this was a false alarm, they returned home.
1996
Search Party, Powells Valley & Lykens Rds (Box 216-81)
Companies 22 and 23 were dispatched to the area of the state game lands to assist PSP with a search detail. Chief 22-1 and Chief 22 responded POV to the scene. PSP advised all units to respond non-emergency, reporting that they believed they had located the missing person. Engine 22 and Squad 23 responded and staged in the parking lot at the top of the Lykens Mountain. The missing person was confirmed to have been located by PSP and the box was placed in service.
Company 22 dispatched class three to 801 Market Street in Lykens to assist EMS with lifting an extremely obese patient. Truck 22 responded with 5 and requested Rescue 23 to be added to the call. Rescue 23 responded with 4, and Chiefs 23 and 22-1 responded POV to the scene. On arrival, crews assisted EMS with removing the patient from their ambulance and into his home, and then went available.
Companies 23 and 22 dispatched class one to 501 Center Street in Wiconisco for a report of black smoke coming from the second floor. Engine, Rescue, and Tanker 23 responded along with Chief 23 POV, who arrived on scene and took command. Truck 22 responded with 4, Engine 22 with 5, and Utility 22 with 2. The Truck took the A side and went to the roof to vent while the rest of the crew laddered the building. Engine 22 arrived from the South Street side C and pulled one hand line to the rear of the structure. The rest of the crew assisted 23 crew members. The utility arrived on side C and sent it's manpower to assist the Engine. On arrival, there was heavy black smoke coming from the second floor of the structure and spreading towards the rear of the building. Engine 23's first line in reached the main fire in a second floor bedroom and did a quick knockdown. Command requested Engine 24 to the scene, and they responded with 4 and on arrival, staged their apparatus and sent their manpower to side A. Crews opened up the building quickly, and started overhaul while the Truck crew tarped the interior. One Engine 22 firefighter that became ill was transported to the hospital by Medic 6. Crews continued with salvage until released by Command 23.
The 27-5 box dispatched class one for a structure fire at 502 Indian Trail Road in Lykens Township bringing companies 27, 26, 28, 21, 23, and Truck 22. Truck 22 responded with 7 and while enroute was advised by command 27 of a column and the box was upgraded to a first alarm, bringing additional resources from 20, 216, 35 for an air unit, and Schuylkill County for an Engine from Klingerstown and one from Sacramento. Utility 22 also responded with 1. Command instructed the Truck that upon their arrival they should proceed in the first driveway and set up on the C side of the building and ventilate. Truck 22 arrived on scene of a 35 by 100 foot 2 story commercial building with heavy fire blowing out the C side and heavy black smoke coming from the roof. The Truck set up on the C/D corner and vented the D side Gable, pulled the roof ridge vent, and set up ladders on the C side of the building while crews from the other companies were attempting a knockdown of the fire. When conditions worsened Command ordered everyone out of the building and they transitioned to an external defensive attack from multiple sides. When the bulk of the heavy fire was knocked down crews re-entered the building and began transitioning back to an offensive attack. An extended period of extinguishment was needed before Command marked control. Crews then began extensive overhaul. The Truck was eventually re-positioned to the B/C corner and set up to extinguish any visible fire from the roof area while overhauling the C side second floor walls. Chief 22 requested that Schuylkill County Rescue Engine 22-11 from Muir be relocated to Station 22. They responded with 3 and relocated to Station 22 where they remained until the return of the Truck. Engine 32 transferred to Station 21 for the event as well. Command released the Truck and the Company went available.
Units on the call:
Dauphin County
Engine, Rescue and Tanker 27
Rescue and Tanker 28
Engine and Tanker 26
Engine, Rescue, Tanker, and Utility 21
Engine, Rescue, and Tanker 23
Truck and Utility 22
Truck 20
Tanker and Squad 216
Air 35
Engine 32 to Station 21
24 EMS
Schuylkill County
Engine 14-10
Engine 65
Rescue 13-50
Engine 22-11 relocated to Dauphin Station 22
Truck 22 dispatched class one on the 21-1 box for smoke in a structure at 125 East Main Street at the Special Place Restaurant in Elizabethville Boro. Truck 22 went enroute with 6 plus one and 1 member POV. While enroute command 21 downgraded the response to class three. On arrival side A of a 1 story commercial restaurant in a 200 by 50 foot multi occupancy building that was evacuated, the crew went to the roof to examine the HVAC systems for the building. They discovered a burned up rubber belt to the air handler that caused the smell inside the restaurant and some smoke on the first floor. The building was cleared and command placed the box available.
At the request of Lykens PD, Company 22 dispatched class three to the Lykens Senior Center at 200 Main Street for a lift assist. Chief 22 responded POV and Engine 22 went enroute with 6. On arrival at a 100 by 200 foot 1 story brick multi purpose building housing a senior center, police station and Boro office, the crew entered through the A/D door and assisted a person from the floor back into their motorized wheel chair, and were then 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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