Category: C-Shift

Hay & Straw Bale Fire Equals Long Night In Township

At approximately 22:30 hours on Monday evening, a local alarm was transmitted for a reported woods fire in the area of York Street and Deagen Road in Penn Township. Car 49 arrived several minutes after dispatch and requested an upgraded assignment due to a large fire involving hay and straw bales. Additional engine and brush …

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Small Fire at Ross Orthodontics

Thursday morning, Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments along with Penn Township EMS responded to 135 Elm Avenue in Hanover Borough at Dr. David Ross Orthodontics for a reported basement fire. Units arrived on location with nothing showing from the exterior. Upon investigation, firefighters found cardboard boxes on fire caused by a battery operated drill …

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Hanover & Penn Train With ATR

Firefighter Sponseller of Hanover Fire Department works on cutting the concrete floor during ATR training exercises today at the old Faulkner Auto Dealership on Eisenhower Drive. Both Penn and Hanover Fire Depts. have been using this facility for training for several weeks before the building is demolished. 911 Photography Photo Gallery

Acquired Structure Training Continues

Crews continue to make use of an acquired structure on Eisenhower Drive in Hanover Borough for training. This morning, C Shift crews spent some time refining their forcible entry skills on interior doors. The buildings are slated for demolition in the near future, so both departments are maximizing their training time before they are reduced …

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Fire Alarm At A Local Business

Early this evening, crews were alerted via the Gamewell system of a fire alarm at a local multi-use fitness facility. Crews checked a rooftop HVAC unit due to the alarm being reported as a duct detector activation. No problem was located in the facility or on the rooftop unit and crews cleared a short time …

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Sutphen Aerial Ladder Demo At FS 49

Sutphen sales rep John Lawver stopped by Fire Station 49 this morning with a demonstrator aerial ladder for crews to look over. The Sutphen SLR 75 is Sutphen’s first venture into the straight ladder market. PTDFRS currently has an apparatus committee in-place to look at all of the current aerial options with the hope of …

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Roof Ops & Stokes Basket Drills

Hanover and Penn Townships career and volunteers were back at the old Faulkner Car Dealership on Eisenhower Drive again this evening for more training on cutting commercial building roofs as well as using a stokes basket to remove an injured person from atop a building via basket and ladder truck. Some good training on a skill we seldom …

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“Bug” Jumps Curb

Stations 46 and 49 were dispatched for a vehicle accident with fire in the parking lot of Giant Foods on Eisenhower Drive this evening. Engine 49 arrived to find a Volkswagon up over the curve into a bush, all occupants were out of the car, no injuries. Hanover Borough Police investigated.

Department Training

Volunteer and career firefighters from Penn Township and Hanover Fire Departments trained this evening on breaching walls and large area search techniques at the old car dealership on Eisenhower Drive beside Bay City. Over the next few months, many training sessions will be held in this building along with the old Pizza Hut before they …

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Dryer Fire 

Hanover and Penn Township Fire and EMS responded Wednesday morning at 07:41 hours for a reported dryer on fire inside the Suzi Suds Laundromat at 810 Carlisle Street in Hanover Borough. Photos by Harrison Jones