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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – At 5:18 AM on Thursday, June 27, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched Fire District 64 (Shenandoah) with District 48 – Station 5 (West End) and Medic 64 to 222 South Jardin Street in Shenandoah for a house fire with entrapment. Responding crews noticed a header from a distance and requested a ladder be added from Mahanoy City (Washington H&L 48-25) and quickly after that a full second alarm. Squrt 64-20 arrived on scene to find a working fire in the middle of a row with black smoke pushing from the eaves and heavy fire showing from the … Continue reading →

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – At 5:42 AM on Friday, April 19, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 sent out Box 52 for the 600 Block of North 3rd Street in Pottsville for a reported house on fire. First responding units were advised that police were on scene reporting a well involved house fire. Chief 68-8 requested a Rapid Intervention Team from Schuylkill Haven. Crews arrived to find fire venting from the first floor of a two story single family dwelling with no exposures. Engine 68-13 arrived on scene and went past the address followed by Ladder 68-25. Engine 68-14 came down Fairview Street … Continue reading →

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – At 3:34 AM on Sunday, March 24, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 sent a first alarm assignment to 100 West Center Street in Ashland for a reported structure fire. The fire was reported in the area of M&M Sandwich Shop. Fire Districts 38 (Ashland) and 45 (Girardville) were due on the call. The first responding chief advised he had fire visible from uptown. Chief 38 arrived on scene shortly after dispatch and immediately requested a second alarm. Within seconds of requesting the second alarm, a third alarm was requested. The second and third alarms brought in apparatus from … Continue reading →

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – At 9:31 PM, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched a first alarm assignment to 22 Pike Street in Port Carbon for a reported house fire with possible entrapment. Fire Districts 59 (Port Carbon), 57 (Palo Alto), 68 Stations 20, 30 & 60 (Pottsville – Phoenix, Humane and Yorkville) and 62 (Saint Clair – Alert). Marshal 59 was immediately on the air reporting smoke showing followed by Chief 59 who called on scene with a working fire. The chief immediately struck a second alarm. The second alarm brought Pottsville Engine 68-11, Ladder 68-25, Saint Clair Engine 62-12 and Schuylkill … Continue reading →

CARBON COUNTY, Pa. – At 6:17 PM, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 sent out a first alarm assignment for Banks Twp., Carbon County to 1479 Berwick Street for a house fire. The first alarm included Fire Districts 49 (McAdoo), 9 (Sheppton-Oneida) and 25 (Hometown). Beaver Meadows Engine 21-11 was also due out of Carbon. Carbon County also sent out requests for a tanker out of Hazle Township and a tanker from Weatherly. Chief 49 was advised of a propane tank on fire in the basement upon responding. Chief 49-08 arrived on scene and confirmed a working basement fire. The Chief radioed that … Continue reading →

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. – At 8:26 PM on Saturday, January 12, Luzerne County 9-1-1 sent 183 Fire (West Hazleton) with 577 EMS (Sugarloaf) and Medic 26 to 101 East Green Street in West Hazleton for a reported building on fire. Shortly after dispatch, communications sent out alert tones advising of multiple calls reporting a working fire.  183 Safety arrived on scene and confirmed fire showing from the second floor of a two and a half story duplex. 183 Engine 1 went responding and was advised to secure a water supply in front of the building and stretch a blitz fire.  … Continue reading →