10:25 hrs: Company 7, Quint 6 (Monarch), Ladder 1 (Mt. Penn), Tanker 23 (Gibraltar), Engine 25 & Rescue 25 for RIT (Exeter Twp), and Medic 680 (Southern Berks EMS) were dispatched to the 300 block of S. Walnut Street for a reported house fire. FM-29 (K. Templin) arrived and reported a working fire. Chief 7 (C. Bickings) arrived shortly after reporting a single story rancher with heavy fire visible. He assumed Birdsboro Command.
Engine 7 and Tower 7 arrived within 6 minutes of dispatch. Engine 7's crew deployed handlines and began an interior attack while Tower 7 started ventilating the roof. Quint 6 arrived and laid a supply line from 3rd and Walnut Streets and assisted the interior crews. Heavy fire conditions in the attic area required firefighters to withdrawal from the interior for a brief period of time. Crews worked together to gain access to the fire in the attic and to bring the fire under control.
Fire was brought until control at 11:15 hrs. Crews remained on location until 13:15 hrs completing overhaul. The Birdsboro Fire Marshall declared the fire to be accidental.
Units:
Engine 7, Engine 7-1, Rescue 7, Tower 7
Mutual Aid:
Ladder 1, Quint 6, Rescue-Engine 6, Tanker 23, Engine 25, Rescue 25, M680-7, M680-9, Engine 49 & Chester County Ladder 69 on standby at Station 7
