Newsletter

Saturday, March 13, 2010  Around 530pm, Lt. Robertson (63-13) heard a loud crash while inside his house. He investigated and found a tree had fallen into his home.  He requested the fire company for a service call to assist in removing the tree from the roof of the house. Truck and Chief 63 responded and were quickly able to remove the tree from the house with a chainsaw.  Unfortunately, the Robertson family pool was a total loss.  The house only suffered minor damage to the gutter and some flashing.

 

Monday, March 8, 2010  Just before 1900 hrs the 2nd alarm street assignment was struck for the 2500 block of Larkin Rd in Upper Chichester on the working house fire. Truck, Rescue and U63 responded on the assignment. Upper Chi units were on scene with a 2 story SFD with heavy fire showing from side “C” Charlie of the building. Crews encountered heavy smoke conditions and no visible fire on the interior sectors and Command reported heavy fire conditions visible on the exterior and evacuated the building to go defensive. Once the 2nd Alarm Companies arrived and a brief defensive attack with Tower 61 and multiple hand lines crews went back in to open up and extinguish the fire. Crews worked for several hours before being released. 63 Crews operated under the Command of Chief B. Herre. Other units on scene were:

1st Alarm- 40, 55, 61, RIT 45, M667
2nd Alarm- 63, 66, 71, 72, NCC RIT 13 A687
Ogden Chief 55-9 C. Small had the Larkin Rd Command.  Thank you L65 and E20 for covering our local.
 

Today the Engine was requested to cover NCC 23 Minquas while their members attended the LODD funeral of Wilmington, DE Fire Inspector. The engine covered until the afternoon with no runs logged. Once the engine returned to our station we covered the rest of the night until midnight for Brookhaven Fire Company as they attended their annual awards banquet.

 

Wednesday, March 3, 2010  Tonight for drill a few members and officers got a chance to look at some of the products made from Elkhart first hand as we are winding down our process of purchasing new nozzles for E63. Members got to try a few of the nozzles out and got a basic overview of the construction and dynamics of Elkhart nozzles. A special thank you to Ron from Elkhart and Dave from Smiley Fire Equipment for coming down and setting everything up.

 

Saturday, February 27, 2010  This afternoon and late into the early morning the members and their family and friends were at the station for a party for the new Engine 63 a 2010 Pierce Arrow XT Pumper. This was a chance for the members and the families to see what two year process of meeting and writing the specifications was all for. The Committee also got to show off the new engine to some of our mutual aide companies who stopped over to see the engine and have some food and drinks. The Engine Committee also met with J-Tech and Halo to finalize the compartment layouts and placement of the electric equipment needing to be installed. A special thank you to the following local businesses who donated to help us celebrate our new engine: Scarrino’s Pizza, Cocco’s Pizza, Peppino’s Pizza, Barnaby’s of Aston, Goodale Beverage and Dexter’s on the Five. A big thank you also goes to East Lansdowne and Reliance H & L for covering Aston Twp while we celebrated.   

 

Friday, February 26, 2010  Just before 1700 hours the Commercial Fire Alarm Box was struck for the 100 Block of Commerce Dr. in Chester Twp. Truck 63, E63 and R63 made the response. Units were advised while enroute of reports of a fire in the rear of the complex with the building being evacuated.  47-12 arrived on scene with smoke showing from side “C” Charlie and established the Command. Truck 63 arrived first and stretched in to the building with two hand lines. The crew from Truck 63 found a medium smoke condition inside and had additional crews from Q52 and R40 assist with locating the source. After determining the fire was extinguished and that there was need for ventilation crews began opening up and trying to determine what had actually been on fire. E63’s crew talked to the workers who reported the fire and were shown the source and room of origin of the fire which turned out to be a fire explosion caused by a rupture disk safety on a hydrogen reactor. The explosion and fire was controlled by a worker with eight fire extinguishers prior to the FD arrival. Crews ventilated the building and were released a short time later. Other Companies on scene were 47, 52, 40, 61, 57, RIT 39, RIT 23 M83-7. Brookhaven Car 1 was on scene for the investigation.

 

Wednesday, February 24, 2010  The rescue assignment was dispatched to Pennell Rd. and Glendale Blvd. for an accident with entrapment. An off duty PSP officer was on the scene confirming entrapment. Utility 63(A/C Schmid) was on the street with in seconds and arrived to find a 3 car MVA, with one subject confined in a mail truck.  The crews stableized the vehicle and worked to free the patient for ten miniutes. The crews assisted EMS with securing the patient, and securing the hazzards. The company opperated for 30 minutes before being released by Pennell Rd Command(Deputy 72).

On a side note the Officers and Members would like to wish a speedy recovery to Lt. Junkerman and F/F Dills families that where involved in this accident.
 

 

Tuesday, February 23, 2010  Just after 1600 hrs the Co was dispatched for RIT to the 3100 block of Court  Ave. in the Claymont section of New Castle County to assist on a working building fire. 13 Units were on scene with smoke showing and put a line in service. Truck 63 with a staffing of 6 made the response under the Command of Truck Lt. C. Repine. As the Truck crossed the state line the fire was placed under control and the RIT was diverted to cover from 13's station. The Truck covered until just after 1700 hrs before being released. 

 

Friday, February 19, 2010  Tonight just before 2300 hrs the Rescue Box was dispatched to the 5600 Block of Pennell Rd for the accident with entrapment. ATPD and an off duty firefighter were on scene confirming one person trapped. Chief 72 arrived next and established the Pennell Rd Command. Chief 72 had R63 on our arrival he needed stabilization and needed a door popped to free the driver. R-63 and QRS-63 arrived on scene stabilized one vehicle and started extrication and hazard control of the two vehicle accident. The driver’s door was popped and the driver extricated to awaiting EMS. Units cleared the scene within 35 minutes. R63/QRS 63 operated under the command of Deputy 63 M. Evans. Other units on scene were: Aston Beechwood Fire & EMS 72, M100, M1047, ATPD and 1st & 11th District Fire Police.

 

Friday, February 19, 2010  It's here! Chairperson Tiger advised the general membership earlier today that the new Pierce engine was picked up and delivered from Glick to the station to an awaiting crowd. The engine will go in service in a few weeks after the members get trained and familiarize themselves on it and the equipment and radios have been installed. Halo and J-Tech will be handling that. The officers and members would like to Thank Chairperson Kurt Tiger and the Engine Committee for their hard work and diligence in this process and to Pierce Manufacturing for making this state-of-the art engine. Look for more pictures and information to come as it gets closer to going into service.

 

Saturday, February 13, 2010 

Engine 63 responded to Pennell and Concord Roads for an auto fire this morning. The owner escaped injury as the Engine crew found a engine compartment well involved and put a line in service. Crews were on seen for approximately 40 minutes and worked under the command of A/C K. Dawson (63-9B). Around 1900hr the Twp. companies were dispatched to Dexter’s on the Five for the fire alarm as a result of smoke in the kitchen. Truck 63 and Engine 72 responded to confirm there was no fire and the alarm was reset. The Company also went to two fire alarms and a gas leak inside to Chester Twp throughout the day and evening. Video courtesy of Tom Brady



 

Wednesday, February 10, 2010  As the snow began to fall again and another huge snow storm hits Delco today and through the night the station was staffed with 15 snow crew members. The crews stayed busy all day handling numerous emergency calls in and out of Aston. Crews responded to multiple CO and fire alarms, numerous wires down calls, one CO leak, EMS assists, a RIT run to Bethel and a building fire investigation in Middletown Township. The crews enjoyed interesting conversations with FF Coupe, home cooked meals and of course a little fun on the snow mobile and stokes basket. As the snow stopped and crews began to dig out crews answered numerous calls including a kitchen fire in Lower Chichester and an apartment fire in Upper Chichester.