At 16:03 Tanker 62 was dispatched as part of the first alarm assignment to assist station 48(Ronks) with a reported dwelling fire, 48 units where on the scene by 16:07 and reported the fire knocked and held the assignment to their station only, seconds after Tanker 62 the pre-alert went out for a apartment building fire on Granger Rd in Station 61’s(Upper Leacock) first due, engine 62-2 was on the first alarm assignment and made the response with 6 firefighters on board. Chief 29(West Earl) was in the area and arrived on scene within minutes and reported heavy smoke on the second floor of a multi unit townhouse, E62-2 arrived simultaneously with Truck 204 with E61-1 , E62-2’s crew advanced a handline while 204 laddered the building and made entry into the apartment and 61-1 dropped a supply line from the hydrant, crews encountered heavy smoke due to a kitchen fire in a second floor apartment and made a quick knockdown of the fire and opened the walls to make sure it doesn’t extend into the attic. crews also encountered fridgid tempts turning water into ice on the outside within minutes adding to the challenge, great job to everyone involved!
The third building assignment and second working fire of the night came at 2304 when Engine 62-2 was once again dispatched to Station 61’s first due this time it was for a automatic fire alarm at Skyline Manufactured Housing while 61 was currently working a CO alarm elsewhere in their due, Deputy Chief 62 arrived first on the scene and reported a smoke condition on the Bravo side and Countywide Communications quickly upgraded the assignment to a building fire box alarm. In the first mintutes crews had a difficult time finding the fire due to it being a very large building and it being secured, once crews gained access to the building they determined that there was heavy fire coming from a mobile home that was being constructed inside the structure. Crews remained on the scene completing extensive overhaul for a lengthy period of time, once again great job to all involved!
