Quakertown Fire Co. No. 1

Field 17 was dispatched to assist Station 58 (Trumbauersville) with a brush fire on Camp Rock Hill Rd on April 19th at 1630 hours. Station 58 units arrived on scene with a fully involved shed several hundred feet from the road with extension into a travel trailer and multiple exposure problems. Field 17 made its way back to the fire and 58 personnel went in service with two of its lines, performing a quick knockdown.

Engine 58 stretched a 3″ line with a wye up the hill and connected and continued stretching an 1.75″ apartment pack and brought it into service. Field 17’s crew stretched a 1.5″ supply line back to the wye and continued operations. Two additional field trucks and a tanker were added.

On March 30th, 2008 at 0455 Hazmat 17 was dispatched to assist station 49 (Ottsville) with run-off from a building fire. Crews dammed two channels of run-off and treated with skimming pads and filtering pillows for multiple chemicals of varying specific gravities.