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Written by Chris Simpson
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| March 28, 2012 |
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| While crews were preparing a well cooked dinner for the evening meal, Company 5 along with an Engine from Company 8 (Pleasant Gap) were dispatched to the 3500 Block of E. College Ave in College Township for the reported fire in the rear of an industrial complex. Engine 510, Truck 516, Rescue 518 and Command 5 responded on the run within a minute of initial dispatch. Engine 510 arrived on scene along with Engine 810 to a large industrial complex with nothing showing. By standers and police advised incoming units to make their way to the rear of the building. The crew from 510 pulled a 200’ 1 ¾” pre-connect to find a contents fire located inside the rear of the building. Crews quickly knocked down the bulk of fire. 810, 516 and 518 assisted in ventilation efforts due to the size of the building. The run was scaled back to the engine after ventilation to assist the fire marshal. |
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Written by Chris Simpson
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| March 28, 2012 |
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| At approximately 0100, the Alpha Fire Company was dispatched for the reported working trailer fire located in the area of Franklin Manor Lane in Patton Township. Engine 510, 514, Quint 527, Truck 516, Rescue 518, Fire Police 536, 537 and Command 5 responded within moments. Command was the first to arrive on scene and reported the corrected address of a well involved single trailer with a partial involved detached adjacent trailer. Truck 516 arrived on scene and made their way to the adjacent trailer to keep the fire in check and perform searches while Engine 510 laid a supply line to secure their own water supply. The crew from 510 pulled a 200’ 1 3/4” pre-connect and made their way to quickly knock the fire on the adjacent trailer and started extinguishing the well involved trailer. Engine 514 and Quint 527 arrived on scene moments later to assist the initial crews in pulling multiple lines, opening up and extinguishing the remainder of the fire. Rescue 518 arrived and sent their crews to assist. Thank you to Company 8 (Pleasant Gap) for standing by at our main station until Company 5 units were released. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 29 March 2012 )
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Written by Chris Simpson
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| March 26, 2012 |
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| Shortly before midnight, Company 5 was dispatched for a reported dwelling fire located at 140 Haverford Circle in Patton Township. Engine 510, 514, Quint 527, Truck 516, Fire Police 536, 537 and Command 5 responded on the run. The Engine Captain arrived on scene first with a two story, single family end of the row townhouse with nothing showing. Upon further investigation, there was a moderate smoke condition on the second floor. Engine 510 arrived on scene and pulled a 1 3/4” 200’ pre-connect to the second floor where they located a small contents fire in the bathroom area and extinguished the same. Truck 516 arrived on scene simultaneously and split crews performing searches, opening up to check for extension, throwing multiple ground ladders and began ventilation efforts. Engine 514 arrived on scene and laid a supply line to secure 510’s water supply while Quint 527 assumed second arriving truck. Command scaled the incident back a short time later to 510 and 516. 527 took in additional outside rubbish fire call while returning to quarters. 510 remained on scene for approximately an hour to assist the fire marshal. |
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Written by Chris Simpson
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February 17, 2012 |
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The Alpha Fire Company would like to apologize for the lack of recent news and updates to our website. We are currently experiencing technical difficulties and are in the process of renovating the site. Alpha Fire Company ended the 2011 year with several fires and multiple pin jobs concluding with our Santa Run. Below are some recent fires that the company has responded too in 2012. Thank you for visiting our site and bearing with us as we update our website. |
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Written by Chris Simpson
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February 17, 2012 |
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At 0600 this morning Company 5 was dispatched to the area of mile marker 69 of Interstate 99 for a large vehicle fire. Within minutes Engine 510, 512, 514, Tanker 520, Rescue 518, Command 5 and multiple fire police units responded on the run. Fire Director 5500 arrived on scene to the corrected address of the 3000 block of North Atherton Street with an approximately 8000 gallon tractor trailer hauling gasoline that rolled over and was fully engulfed. Engine 514 laid its entire hose bed securing the scene’s water supply. Multiple agencies were dispatched including Penn State Hazmat, PennDot, PSP and EMA. In a multiagency coordination effort, command decided, with the weather cooperating, to allow the gasoline to burn off. This minimized environmental pollution. Once the fire significantly decreased in size, crews extinguished what was left and were placed available. |
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