Truck 22 dispatched class one on the 216-1 box to 1346 Tourist Park Road in Jackson Township for a structure fire. Companies 216, 29, 21, 20, 19, 26, 27, 23, Perry 2 also on the call. Truck 22 responded with 7 and Utility 22 added on with 5. On arrival of the Truck to a 28 foot by 54 foot 2 story wood frame single family dwelling they were assigned to ladder the building and ventilate. The Utility went to the tanker fill site at Noblits farm to assist Rescue 21 with setting up for tanker fills. Crews continued with suppression activities and filling tankers until released by command.
At the request of Medic 6 on scene Company 22 dispatched class three to 570 North Second Street in Lykens to assist with patient extrication from a second floor apartment. Truck 22 responded with 7 and one additional member POV to the scene. On arrival the crew assisted EMS with patient removal. After completing the task the Company was placed available.
Engine and Truck 22 dispatched class one to 512 Market Street in Lykens for an appliance fire. Chiefs 22 and 22-2 responded POV to the scene and Engine 22 went enroute with 3. On arrival at a 3 story 20 by 50 foot wood frame multi family apartment building one of the residents of the basement apartment was outside advising that the living room baseboard heating unit had caught fire and he had dumped water on it. Investigation confirmed his statement and power to the baseboard was shut off and the TIC was used to check for any hot spots with none found. Resident contacted building maintenance and the box was placed available.
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Accident with injury, 620 West Market St (Box 24-3)
Engine 22 dispatched class one to 620 West Market Street in Williams Township for a one vehicle accident with injury. Engine 22 responded with 5 and was canceled by EMS while enroute.
Company 22, Brush and Tanker 23 dispatched class one to the 216-8 box for a report of a brush fire on Berry Mountain. Caller advised they could see it from the parking lot at Boyers in Lykens. Engine 22 responded with 4, Utility 22 with 4, and 4 additional members POV. Chief 23 called on the air and advised of a controlled burn on Coaldale Road that was visible from the callers location and was the likely location. Command 22 placed the box in service.
Company 22 dispatched class three to 300 Main Street in Lykens for a flooded basement. Chief 22 went enroute POV and Utility 22 responded with 4. On arrival at a 2 1/2 story multi family dwelling, the Chief found several inches of water in the basement. Utility 22 arrived on scene side D, and the crew set up a submersible pump and removed the water from the basement. When the task was completed, command placed the box available.
Engines 23 and 22 were dispatched to Machamer Avenue in Wiconisco Township in the area of the Snyder residence for a tree limb that fell on the roadway and took down some power lines. Heavy rains and sleet were coming down in the area at the time. Engine 22 responded with a crew of five, followed by Engine 23 responding. Chief 22-1 on the scene advised Engine 23 that the incident could be handled by one engine, and Company 23 placed Engine 22 in service.
Truck 22 was dispatched to assist Companies 27 and 26 on a report of a possible barn fire in the area of Route 25 and Cedar Lane. Chief 27 responded POV, and held all companies in quarters. Upon his arrival on scene, he placed the box in service.
The Wilberg Mine near Orangeville, in Emery County, Utah, caught fire on December 19, 1984. The fire claimed 27 lives: 18 miners and 9 company officials. The disaster was the worst coal mine fire in Utah history. The escape route of the 27 persons was cut off when the fire quickly engulfed the intake of the 5th Right longwall. The fire was caused by a faulty air compressor, which was allowed to run unattended in an area that was not fire-proofed.
A coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pennsylvania, killed 239 workers on December 19, 1907. The Pittsburgh Coal Company's two-mile deep Darr Mine was on the side of a mountain near the Youghiogheny River. At about 11:30 a.m. workers were below the surface when a huge explosion rocked the mine, shaking homes and shattering windows in Jacobs Creek. Thick black smoke poured out of the mine before the entrance collapsed. The victims died from a variety of causes: Some were crushed to death from the collapse of the mine, others suffocated, and the rest were killed by the blast itself.
Fire was used to destroy a Narragansett fort during the battle of the Great Swamp Fight. The Great Swamp Fight was a crucial battle fought during King Philip's War between the combined colonial militia of the Plymouth, Connecticut, and Massachusetts Bay Colonies and the Narragansett tribe. Long story made short: After 30 years of peace, the encroachment of the growing colonial population and the colonial push for religious conversion collided with native resistance to assimilation. John Sassamon, a converted "Praying Indian," was found murdered. Three Wampanoags were arrested, convicted, and hanged for his muderer. The allied warriors of the Narragansetts and Wampanoags subsequently waged a guerilla war against the colonists. After just a few months of fighting, the native forces had successful attacks on settlements in Massachusetts and Connecticuthad and had burned the settlement of Newport to the ground and heavily damaged Providence. The allied native forces began to run low on supplies and retreated to northern Rhode Island to open a cache of corn. Another native tribe allied with the colonists, told the colonists about the cache, and guided them on an ambush of the warriors. After which (presumably in revenge for the burning of Newport and Providence), on December 19, 1675, the colonists converged on southern Rhode Island, in the Great Swamp, where the Narragansetts had built a palisaded fort that housed the women, children, and elderly of the tribe. The massive fort, which occupied about five acres of land and initially housed over a thousand Indians, was over run after a fierce fight. The fort, including 500 to 600 wigwams, was burned, its inhabitants killed or evicted, and most of the tribe's winter stores were destroyed. From 300 to 1000 natives were killed. The colonists suffered about 70 of their men killed and nearly 150 more wounded.
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