Engine and Tower Goes to Exeter Twp.

 
By Fire Chief Chris Bickings
March 3, 2012
 

04:04 Hrs: Engine 7 and Tower were alerted with Company 25 (Exeter Twp), Tanker 6 (Monarch), and Rescue 49 (Amity) for RIT to the 400 blk of S. Baumstown Road, Exeter Township, for a report structure fire. Assistant 7-1 (M. Hernandez) arrived and confirmed a working house fire with possible entrapment; he requested 2nd alarm. Engine 7 laid 1200 feet of 5 inch supply line from S. Baumstown Road back to the house. Tower 7 setup for master stream operations next to the house. It was then found that all occupants were out of the structure. Crews worked seamlessly with members of Company 25, 1 (Mt. Penn), 6 Monarch, & 15 (Friendship Fire Co. of Boyertown) to extinguish this stubborn fire. Crews were cleared of the scene at 11:01 hrs.

Special Thanks to Chester County Ladder 69 for covering our local and cleaning 1200' of 5 inch hose for us. Also, thank you to Exeter Twp for sending a crew to help repack every hoseline back onto Engine 7.

 
Units: Engine 25, Tower 25, Rescue 25, Engine-Tanker 25, M630
 
Mutual Aid: Tower 7, Engine 7, Utility 7, Tanker 7, Tanker 6, Quint 6, Rescue 49, Rescue 1, Engine 15, Tanker 23,