“C” Shift crews spent some time this morning reviewing patient packing techniques such as placing a patient on a long backboard, using the KED device, and setting up the LSP half backboard. Thanks to Medic Christensen and EMT Stork for assisting us with this shift training!
As FF/EMT Arnold was returning with Engine 49-2 from maintenance in Cumberland County, he came upon an accident on Carlisle Pike in the Hampton Fire Company box area. FF/EMT Arnold assisted with traffic control and EMS functions until the arrival of Adams County fire and EMS units. This just goes to prove that our members …
Late this morning, Fire Station 49 was visited by a mother duck and her eight ducklings. They safely traversed the parking lot enroute to the nest without falling into the storm drain. Captain 46A (Spickler) was retained on stand-by in the event a duck rescue was needed.
Truck 46 and Quint 29 prepare to go back in service after being alerted to UTZ Quality Foods on High Street in Hanover Borough for a fire on the roof. A fire was found in one of the stacks. The box was placed in service in about thirty minutes.
Stations 46 & 49 responded Sunday evening for a three car auto accident in the intersection of Clearview Road and Eichelberger Street in Hanover Borough. One patient was flown to York Hospital onboard Stat13. Photos by 911 Photography’s Derrick Potts
This morning, PTFD Clover Lane staff handled a fire prevention detail at South Western High School. As the second part of our annual fire prevention program for the Preschool Program, staff set up the “Squirt house” and gave a tour of Engine 49-1. Roughly a dozen children “extinguished” a fire and toured the apparatus.
For the second time in less than twelve house Hanover and Penn units responded to assist on a house fire, this one Box 33-101 on Maple Grove Road in Paradise Township. Dispatched on the working fire and then for RIT. PHOTO GALLERY
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.
Saturday morning, Stations 46 & 49 were alerted to a house fire on Pumping Station Road in West Manheim Township, Box 52-13. Units arrived to station 52 firefighters beginning an attack on a well involved duplex. As crews were battling this fire, Air 46 was involved in a crash while responding to the fire, sadly, …
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.
