| Rekindle.....After 5 Years...... |
| Sat. Mar 14th 2009 |
Not really. But a structure box was dispatched to the 400 block of Main St for a fire in a vacant building that burned 5 years ago. The building was in the process of being demolished, when a contractor, cutting a steel beam with a torch, set the basement on fire. The 126 Engine ar...
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| Main Street MVA With Entrapment... |
| Tue. Mar 3rd 2009 |
The 126 Engine and Chief, along with the 963 Ladder, 112 Rescue, and EMS 512 were dispatched to the area of Main St, near Duryea Auto Parts for a two car MVA. EMS 512 arrived and advised the incoming fire units of multiple injuries and entrapment. Subsequently, two more BLS units wer...
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| Engine and Chief Respond into Moosic on a Second Alarm Fire... |
| Wed. Feb 4th 2009 |
On a frigid Wednesday morning, the Engine and Chief were called to Birney Ave in Moosic on a working fire. When the Engine crew arrived they found the 1st alarm companies chasing the stubborn basement fire up the walls of the balloon frame structure. The fire ...
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| Engine Sent to Exeter on a Commercial Structure Fire... |
| Tue. Feb 3rd 2009 |
The 126 Engine was requested into Exeter Borough for large commercial structure fire. Due to initial Hydrant problems around the fire scene, the Engine would relay pump more than 3500 feet of five inch supply line. Normally this wouldn't be a huge deal to pump that amount of five inch sup...
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| Working Fire at Crossin Towers... |
| Sun. Jan 25th 2009 |
What started out as an automatic fire alarm dispatch, turned into a working fire on the second floor at Crossin Towers. Crews made their way to the second floor and found heavy smoke in the south hallway. They quickly realized that it would not be just an alarm. The 963 Lad...
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| Engine Sent to Dupont for a Chimney Fire... |
| Thu. Dec 25th 2008 |
After returning from a structure box on Main St in Duryea, the Engine was sent to Main St in Dupont for an attic fire. Initial reports stated smoke was coming from the attic window. The 112 Rescue confirmed it was a chimney fire that had extended into division 2 of the structure. T...
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| Engine Responds into West Pittston... |
| Sat. Dec 13th 2008 |
The 126 Engine was dispatched into West Pittston to assist on a working structure fire in 200 block of Linden St. While units were enroute, County advised that the occupants may be entrapped. Units arrived to find all occupants out of the structure, assisted by PD.
The intial atta...
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| Engine Assists The City of Pittston with a Working Fire... |
| Mon. Dec 8th 2008 |
The 126 Engine was requested on a second alarm assignment into the City for a working structure fire. Initial reports from Luzerne County stated that there were two people on a roof trapped and possibly more still inside the structure. The Engine arrived and the crew was assigned to over...
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| Engine Assists on a Townhouse Fire... |
| Sat. Nov 22nd 2008 |
The 126 Engine was dispatched to a structure fire in the area of Stauffer Heights in Hughestown. While the engine was enroute, Luzerne County advised the incoming units that the PD was onscene reporting a fully involved fire in one of the units in a five unit occupancy. The fire was...
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| Engine Assists Old Forge FD on a Working Fire... |
| Fri. Nov 14th 2008 |
The Engine was dispatched Friday Morning to assist Old Forge FD with a working structure fire in the 1100 block of South Main St. The Engine would arrive and be assigned to relieve the crew on the attack line. The 126 crew would overhaul and extinguish hot spots inside the stru...
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