Firefighters from Penn Township and Hanover Fire Departments were dispatched for smoke in the attic at a private residence on Allegheny Avenue in Hanover Borough Monday. Chief 79 arrived to the odor of smoke and burning wood, but no smoke was visible. it was determined to be electrical in nature. Photos by EMS providers
Box alarm 083 was received via the Gamewell System in both Hanover and Penn Township Fire Stations at 04:58 hours Saturday morning. Units responded from all three stations to the IWM International facility at 500 East Middle Street in Hanover Borough. Engine 46-1 arrived with a working fire visible from the roof of the commercial structure. Captain 46-A requested the working fire assignment. The stubborn fire took several hours to completely contain.
Units responded to a two vehicle collision Friday evening at the intersection in front of Chilpoltle on Wislson Avenue.
Tonight Instructor Brad Tracey from the Pennsylvania Boat & Fish Commission was training our members on Water Rescue Awareness. This is the first class in a series to better prepare our members for urban flood that may occur in our local area. 17 members from Hanover Borough and Penn Township attended along with three other members from surrounding departments.
Firefighters from both Penn Township and Hanover Fire Departments, career and volunteer participated in the annual Fill The Boot Drive for MDA today. Equipment and firefighters were staged at both ends of Hanover at the shopping center on Baltimore Pike as well as on Eisenhower Drive collecting money from the very generous donators passing by our apparatus and members. The MDA boot drive is an annual fundraiser where IAFF Local 2045 donates to each year.
Engine 46-3 established the water supply with portable tanks this afternoon at a barn fire on High Rock Road in Berwick Township, Adams County. Engine 46-1 had the fill site for the tankers in the water supply shuttle. Both engines worked the scene for 3.5 hours. One week ago “A” shift covered rural water supply in our daily training. Yesterday training prepared our crew for today’s emergency!
Members of “A” shift drilled today on pumping operations. Training consisted of drafting, running rural water supply, and hand line operations
Crews from Hanover and Penn Twp. Fire Departments conducted training Monday evening with our newest “Denver Drill” prop at the old Tanger’s Building on High Street. Multiple scenarios and techniques were practiced. By the end of the night, crews were performing a rescue in less than 2 1/2 minutes.
Stations 46 and 49 were alerted to respond to Adams County box 33-4 at 06:10 hours on Monday March 27th for the commercial building fire at the old Keystone Diner (now the New Oxford Family Diner) on the York Road. Truck 46 was put to work on the “Alpha” side while other crews from stations 46 and 49 served in other roles including RIT.
Today’s “A” shift training was a construction worker that fell and was saved by his safety belay line. Crews went over three different ways to remove this employee from this situation. Crews used a 4:1, 3:1, and a 3:1 piggy back haul systems to raise the construction worker and then used a figure 8 and rappel rack to lower the victim to the ground where Emergency Medical Services took over patient care!