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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.
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
Sunday 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
Dispatched Tuesday afternoon to assist SAVES on a working structure Fire. Engine 46-1, Rescue 49 and Car 46-3 responded as RIT.
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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.
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.
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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.
Hanover Borough Mayor Ben Adams swears in newly hired probationary firefighter Adriel Garibay to the Hanover Fire Department. Garibay will start with the department on March 14, 2016 for orientation and then report to the HACC fire academy in Harrisburg March 15th for sixteen weeks.
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.
Firefighter;s from Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments assisted United Hook and Ladder on a commercial building fire just before 02:00 hours Saturday morning at the Brethren Home Retirement Community Complex at Cross Keys in New Oxford. 911 Photography Gallery
