Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The station was kept busy today as crews preparred for the worst blizzard of our lives. The calls began at 11am with a RIT run
to Clearwater Lane in Brookhaven. 52-9B arrived with smoke showing but
quickly downgraded the call to a stove fire and returned the RIT. About
an hour later, the Truck and Rescue were out the door on their way to
Avondale Rd. in Nether Providence for smoke in a mid-rise apartment
building. Truck 63 staged in the rear. 65 Command reported unattended
cooking and held the assignment to 65/51 units. Two hours later, Rescue
63 responded to Concord and Gerald for the accident. One minur injury
was found and no FD services being needed. 63 and 72 returned in about
10 minutes. Around dinner time, another accident was dispatched to
Concord and Pennell. 72 command advised there was no need for the fire
co. and fire units were returned. To close out the night, Truck 63
responded to the 2500 block of Concord Rd. in Chester Twp. for the fire
alarm. It was tripped and the company was returned by 47-9. Crews were
also out doing some grocery shopping for the crews in station during
the storm. A huge pot of chili was prepped for lunch on Wednesday to keep the crews well fed. NBC10's Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz reported that we will never see a storm like this ever again in our lifetimes!!!!
