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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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| March 1, 2011 |
| Company 4's operating year ended on February 28 with a total of 350 calls: 148 fire/rescue calls, 139 medical assist calls, and 63 fire police calls. Calls for the year included 16 working fires and 3 vehicle extrications. Apparatus responses were: Squad 4, 145; Engine 4-1, 109; Engine 4-3, 22; and Brush 4, 20. |
| March 6, 2011 |
| Franklin Twp Box Area 4-1 |
| Company 4, Rescue 1 and Ambulance 1A were dispatched at 2342 hrs to the 2600 block of Chambersburg Rd for a vehicle accident with unknown injuries. Asst. Chief 4 (Six) arrived to find a pick-up truck on its side in a ditch after crossing the roadway and dropping down a small embankment. The driver was self-extricated. SQ4 (Chief Nagle) w/5 and E4-1 (FF Mooney) w/4 arrived with Amb 1A and checked for injuries and hazards. R1 was placed in service while responding. Company 4 cleared the scene at 0027 hrs.
Units: SQ4, E4-1, AMB 1A, TRAF1 | canceled en route: R1 |
| March 20, 2011 |
| Franklin Twp Box Area 4-5 |
| Company 4 and Ambulance 1A were dispatched at 1219 hrs to 375 Crooked Creek Rd for a brush fire. B4 (FF Hochberg) w/3, E4-1 (D/C Bowling) w/5 and E4-3 (Chief Nagle) w/2 responded and were advised that the property owner had started a controlled burn that had spread due to the windy conditions. B4 arrived to find an approximately 40' x 100' area of burnt grass, with the fire already out. Crews soaked down the area and returned to service at 1255 hrs.
Units: B4, E4-1, E4-3, AMB 1A |
| March 24, 2011 |
| Engine 4-1 was dispatched at 0703 hrs to transfer to Company 10 while they operated at the scene of a fatal house fire in Company 11's area. E4-1 (Capt. Strasbaugh) transferred with three personnel. The transfer crew took in two runs while transferred to Hampton: an EMS call at 0758 hrs on Hunterstown-Hampton Rd (Box Area 10-8) and a vehicle accident at 1351 hrs on Lake Meade Dr (Box Area 26-1). E4-1 cleared the transfer at 1458 hrs.
Units: E4-1 |
| March 29, 2011 |
| Franklin Twp Box Area 4-3 |
| Company 4, Engine/Rescue 2, Ambulance 2A and Medic 28-1 were dispatched at 0819 hrs to the intersection or Orrtanna Rd & Sunset Rd for a vehicle accident with entrapment. SQ4 (Chief Nagle) responded with two personnel and were met on the scene by six additional responders and two fire police. SQ4 found a two-vehicle accident, including a pick-up truck and a dump truck that had been loaded with stones rolled onto its driver side with the driver entrapped. Engine/Tanker 27, Ambulance 1A and Medic 28-2 were dispatched to assist. The crews from SQ4 and ER2 performed the extrication while E5-1 was dispatched to establish a landing zone at the Cashtown ball field for air medical. The decision was later made to transport both drivers by ground and E5-1 and air medical were placed in service. All units cleared after the extrication was completed with the exception of SQ4 which remained to assist with the removal of the dump truck and cleared at 1139 hrs.
Units: SQ4, ER2, E5-1, ET27, AMB 2A, AMB 1A, M28-1, M28-2 |
| March 31, 2011 |
| Hamiltonban Twp Box Area 16-3 |
| The box alarm was sounded just after 0500 hrs
for a structure fire in the 1600 block of Newman Rd, an unimproved portion of
roadway in a very remote area that runs through the Michaux State Forest. At 0513 hrs, Engine 4-1 and Squad 4 were alerted to the fill the assignment for failed units. E4-1 (D/C Bowling) and SQ4 (FF Mooney) responded on the run with 8 personnel as well as FP 4-2. Engine/Tanker 27 (A/C 27 - Elliot) was first arriving to find a single-story cabin well involved and began attacking the fire as additional units arrived. Due to structural
instability, including a significantly sagging roof, the operations was declared exterior only. E4-1 and SQ4 crews
set up lighting and then began assisting with the time consuming task of removing the metal roofing so the fire could be completely extinguished. Overhaul was performed and Company 4 units were clear at 0757 hrs.
Adams Co Units: E4-1, SQ4, E5-1, E7-2, ET27 |
