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1069 Old Route 30 | PO Box 172 | Cashtown, PA 17310 (717) 334-3838 | Fax (717) 334-2872 www.cashtownfire.org |
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1069 Old Route 30 | PO Box 172 | Cashtown, PA 17310 (717) 334-3838 | Fax (717) 334-2872 www.cashtownfire.org |
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| February 1, 2009 |
| Company 4, Engine 5-1, Ambulance 1A, and Franklin Medic 7 were dispatched at 1546 hrs to the intersection of Cashtown Road and Boyers Nursery Road in Box Area 4-6 for a vehicle into a utility pole. Assistant Chief 4 (Mayers) and E5-1 arrived first to confirm dispatch. E5-1 began securing the vehicle as SQ4 and E4-1 arrived back to back staffed with 7 and 5 personnel, respectively. A patient refusal was obtained and PSP was on the scene to investigate. All units were clear by 1633 hrs.
Units: Squad 4, Engine 4-1, Engine 5-1, Utility 5, Ambulance 1A, Franklin Medic 7 |
| February 12, 2009 |
| Company 4 and Ambulance 1A were dispatched at 1218 hrs to the rear of 1539 Old Route 30 in Box Area 4-2 for a brush fire. Shortly after Brush 4 and Chief 4 (Herring) responded, Engine 27 came on the air advising they were in the area getting fuel and were added to the call. B4 arrived to find a small area of leaves and light brush burning on a hillside to the rear of the residence. E27 arrived and deployed a handline to assist B4 with confining and extinguishing the fire. The fire started when the homeowner's controlled burn spread to the adjacent wooded area due to high wind conditions. E27 cleared the brush fire at 1251 hrs to handle a call for wires down in front of 220 Old Route 30 in the village of McKnightstown in Box Area 4-1. B4 cleared at 1305 hrs.
Units: Brush 4, Engine 27, Ambulance 1A |
| February 16, 2009 |
| Brush 4 was dispatched at 1531 hrs to assist with a field fire at 2080 Mummasburg Rd in Franklin Twp, Box Area 5-1. Company 5 arrived to find approximately 5-6 acres of field burning with winds pushing the fire toward a wooded area. B4 and B5 made their way through the muddy field to get to the head of the fire where crews were able to make a knock and prevent any further spread. Additional units and personnel arrived and worked the flanks to ensure extinguishment. While making its way around the field, B4 hit a very soft area and sunk in up to the axles and had to be pulled out by the homeowner's front-end loader. B4 cleared at 1638 hrs.
Units: Brush 5, Engine 5-1, Engine 6-2, Tanker 6, Brush 4, Brush 27, Mini-Pumper 7, Ambulance 6A |
| February 16, 2009 |
| The pre-alert was sounded for Box 4-1 at 1934 hrs sending Companies 4, 1, and 27 to 761 Flohrs Church Rd in Franklin Twp for a possible house fire. Lieutenant 4 (Six) arrived on the scene to find a clothes dryer malfunction with the fire out. After confirming no fire extension into the exhaust ducts, the box was quickly reduced to Company 4 only. Personnel removed the appliance to the outside of the structure, checked the immediate area with the TIC, and returned to service at 2001 hrs.
Units: Engine 4-1, Engine 4-3 | canceled en route: Quint 1, Engine 1-1, Engine/Tanker 27, Ambulance 1A |
| February 23, 2009 |
| Just before 1100 hrs, Company 6, Brush 5, and Mini-Pumper 7 were dispatched for a brush fire in Butler Twp on Goldenville Road in the area of the railroad tracks in Box Area 6-1. As units were responding, Adams County Control advised they were getting ready to dispatch a second brush fire also in Butler Twp, in the area of the 3100 block of Biglerville Road in Box Area 6-5. Company 4 was dispatched at 1103 hrs on the second brush fire to replace the units already committed to the first fire. Brush 4 and Engine 4-1 responded with 7 personnel. By the time Company 4 units arrived, several other units had diverted from the first fire to the second and advised to make access using a dirt road running through the Knouse Foods property off of N Hanover St, just north of the borough line. B4 worked with Company 27 units to mop-up around the south edge of the fire while Engine 4-1 deployed the 300' 1" preconnect to work on hitting the central area and northern edge. Company 4 units were available at 1211 hrs.
The two fires were located approximately 2 miles apart with the same set of train tracks run directly through the areas of both fires, so the fires were presumably set by a passing train. Units: E6-1, E6-2, T6, B5, MP7, E7-2, B4, E4-1, B27, SU27, B19, E1-1, AMB 6A-1, AMB 9A |