IAFF Local #2045

Category: C-Shift

  • Truck 49 Handles A Transfer To Adams County Fire Station 1

    Truck 49 Handles A Transfer To Adams County Fire Station 1

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    Late this morning, Truck 49 transferred to Adams County Fire Station 1 (Gettysburg) as Company 1 and surrounding units worked a house fire in Straban Township. Truck 49 handled no calls for service in the hour they stood-by.

  • Mild Winter Weather Equates To A Perfect Day For Training

    Mild Winter Weather Equates To A Perfect Day For Training

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    C Shift crews took advantage of an extremely mild late winter day to conduct its regularly scheduled shift training. The new Truck 46 was utilized for aerial master stream operations refresher on Wilson Ave. The 2015 Sutphen SPH 100 is slated to enter service in the very near future.

  • Crews Make Quick Work Of Hanover Fire

    Crews Make Quick Work Of Hanover Fire

    Shortly before 21:00 hrs. on Monday evening March 7th, first alarm units were alerted for a report of a house on fire to the rear of 215 Carlisle St. in Hanover Borough. Hanover PD arrived first and confirmed a “fully-involved” structure to the rear. Engine 46-1 and Assistant 49 (Cromer) arrived to find a small two-story structure to the rear of 217 Carlisle St. with a well-involved first floor. E46-1 advanced a CAFS attack line and made swift work of the fire via an aggressive interior attack. Crews remained on-scene for a little over one hour conducting the investigation and overhauling the structure to look for remaining fire. Mutual-aid units on the “Working Fire Dispatch” included E52-2 (Pleasant Hill) and Adams County Rescue 33 (United). No civilian or fire service injuries were incurred. Photo credits to EMT Pandoli and Google Earth

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  • Units Operated At Maryland Fire

    Units Operated At Maryland Fire

    img_6719-1Sunday afternoon, units from Hanover and Penn Township loaded up and responded into Carroll County Maryland for a reported house fire. Units arrived to a fully involved structure.  Photo courtesy Derrick Potts of 911 Photography

  • Reported Dryer Fire At Local Laundromat

    Reported Dryer Fire At Local Laundromat

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    Shortly before noon, first alarm units (E46-1, E49-2, TRK 49, & EMS) were alerted to Suzi Sudz Laundromat on Poplar St. in Hanover Borough for a reported dryer on fire. First arriving units found that the fire had been mostly extinguished with an in-premises dry chemical extinguisher. Crews overhauled the dryer, checked for extension, and ventilated the structure. Assistant 46 (Crouse) had the Poplar St. Command.

  • Foam 49 Heads South Of The Mason-Dixon Line

    Foam 49 Heads South Of The Mason-Dixon Line

    Around 05:30 this morning, York County 911 contacted Station 49 to determine the capabilities of their foam trailer for an incident in Baltimore County, MD. A determination was made by Chief 61 (Myers), who was on-scene, to have Foam 49 respond to the incident. A tractor trailer carrying truck tires caught fire while traveling on northbound Interstate 83, just south of Exit 36 (Maryland Line area). Foam 49, along with Engine 49-1, made the 27 mile response and staged upon arrival. Upon conferring with the incident commander, it was determined their services weren’t needed. Foam 49 is a trailer that carries (2) 275 gallon totes containing 1/3% Universal Gold AR-AFFF foam concentrate. Numerous other appliances are carried on the trailer to support foam firefighting operations such as attack lines, portable monitors, etc. The trailer is typically pulled by Service 49-2, which is a Ford dually. Foam 49 is a regional asset and is available for response upon request. 

  • Gamewell Box 18 

    Gamewell Box 18 

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    Early this afternoon, Gamewell Box 18 was struck bringing first-alarm units (E49-1, E49-2, TRK 46, and EMS) to R. H. Sheppard on Philadelphia St. in Hanover Borough. Crews arrived to find a dust collector baghouse next to a machine on fire. Plant crews contained a majority of the fire with in-house dry chemical extinguishers. A 300′ pre-connect was advanced to knock down the remaining fire. Truck 46 checked the roof for fire extension with none being found. Incident Commander was Chief 49 (Cromer). No civilian or fire service injuries were incurred.

  • Equipment Servicing

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    After last night commercial structure fire, crews are returning equipment back to in-service status. Here Firefighter Sponseller is cleaning multiple sections of 3″ hose that will be hanged to dry. Once dry, the hose will be rolled and placed into storage.

     

  • Chimney Fire On Blooming Grove Rd.

    Chimney Fire On Blooming Grove Rd.

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    Around 19:30 hours on February 16th, first alarm units were alerted to the 500 block of Blooming Grove Road for a reported chimney fire. Assistant 49 (Cromer) arrived to find intermittent sparks coming from the chimney with no other conditions present. Crews cleaned out the fireplace fire box and checked the flue for blockage with none found. Units were placed in-service a short time later.

  • 46/49 Crews Train On Forcible Entry Simulator

    46/49 Crews Train On Forcible Entry Simulator

    United Hook and Ladder (Adams County FS 33) was gracious enough to loan use of their foricble entry simulator to the HFD/PTDFRS. This afternoon, C Shift crews (along with FF Wysocki from B Shift) made use of the simulator for their regularly scheduled tour of duty training. The forcible entry simulator allowed crews to refresh their skills on forcing inward and outward swinging doors using conventional forcible entry techniques. Additionally, crews were able to make use of the cutting station to refresh rotary saw cutting skills. All three Hanover and Penn shifts as well as volunteers have or will make use of the simulator prior to its return. A huge “Thank you” goes out to UH & L for allowing us use of this invaluable piece of equipment!