Category Archives: Accidents

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. – At 6:00PM on Tuesday, January 18, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched Fire District 19 (Nuremberg-Weston) to 1564 Tomhicken Road in Black Creek Township. Firefighters arrived on the scene in Engine 19-10 and Squad 19-60 to find a two-vehicle head-on collision with both drivers still in the vehicles. Personnel found one driver to be unresponsive, popped the door and were able to quickly extricate to EMS. Crews found the second driver was trapped under the dashboard but conscious. Command requested Sugarloaf Rescue 177 be added to the incident and two helicopters to respond to the scene. Sheppton-Oneida Engine … Continue reading →

LUZERNE COUNTY, Pa. – A 1965 Ford Mustang rolled onto its roof in the village of Nuremberg in the evening of Sunday, April 5. Nuremberg-Weston firefighters were dispatched to the area of 170 Nuremberg Mountain Road at 7:25 PM and found the vehicle on its roof on 1st Street and leaking gasolin. The driver was self extricated and not injured. State Police arrived on-scene and released all fire units. Click here for photo gallery

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – The McAdoo Fire Company was out escorting Santa around the community in his sleigh when the pager went off for a motor vehicle accident at Lofty Road and Mile Hill Road (SR 309) around 6 PM on Thursday, December 12. Chief 49 was advised of a single vehicle crash with a vehicle down an embankment. The call was upgraded to a crash with entrapment which added Hazle Township Fire. Crews arrived to find an SUV around 50 feet down an embankment. From a mark on a nearby tree, it appears the vehicle left the roadway, went … Continue reading →

Orders are now being accepted for the 2020 Fire & Film Calendar. 12 different apparatus action shots are included captured throughout the last year around Northeast Pennsylvania. Orders being accepted at this time are pre-orders and should ship around early December! Fire & Film Stickers and Can Koozies are still available

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – A massive fire ravaged a row of homes in Ashland Thursday afternoon. The first alarm went out just before 3 PM and sent District 38 (Ashland) and District 45 (Girardville) to 1112 Brock Street for a reported house fire. Initial reports were of multiple calls reporting a house fire at this location. Police arrived on scene and found heavy fire showing from the middle of a row. Chief 38-02 was given the update and requested a second alarm. Upon arriving on scene, the chief found heavy fire consuming three homes that were attached to roughly 5 … Continue reading →

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SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – At 4 PM on Tuesday, August 28, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched a first alarm assignment to the area of White and Oak Streets in Shenandoah for a reporting building fire.  The Shenandoah Fire Department was due as was Mahanoy City Rescue 48-50. Chief 64-2 was immediately on radio stating he was a block away and had smoke visible.  The call was upgraded to a working fire with an updated address of 35 South White Street. The Chief arrived on scene and assumed command of a two and a half single family dwelling with fire in the … Continue reading →

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, Pa. – Just before midnight on August 5, Schuylkill County 9-1-1 dispatched Fire District 19 (Nuremberg-Weston) to Mountain Road and Millers Road in North Union Township for a tree down on top of a car. Fire units arrived on scene to find multiple large trees down on the roadway and suspended on utility wires.  Underneath the trees were a passenger car that was traveling toward Nuremberg when the trees came down. The driver of the car was able to escape without injury but the car suffered moderate damage. PPL Electric was dispatched the scene as the village of … Continue reading →