Busy Afternoon
Tuesday May 29th brought a busy afternoon with 3 calls in 2 hours. Around 1430hrs the Squad and Engine Co. were dispatched along with Camp Hill, New Cumberland, and Lower Allen to a reported house fire in Camp Hill. Crews investigated and found charred siding on the structure around an air conditioner unit. The damage was caused by a series of blown transformers in the area causing power outtages throughout the Camp Hill area.
Less then 3 minutes after the alarm for the possible house fire was struck, the second Engine from Co. 13 was hit out with Lower Allen and Hampden for a transformer on fire that reportedly caught a vehicle on fire. Lower Allen Township- Squad 12 and Hampden Township- Rescue 30 handled this call while Co. 13 assisted with the possible house fire. This incident was a few blocks from the first.
While crews were wrapping up at the reported house fire the Squad and Engine Co. were hit out with Camp Hill, Lower Allen, and Creekside for an auto accident with entrapment in Camp Hill at 21st and Market Street. Crews arrived to find a vehicle overturned and the driver self extricated. Crews assisted EMS with patient care and went available.
Later in the evening around 1800hrs, the WSBF was hit out for a full company response to an auto accident with a vehicle in to a structure in the Borough of Lemoyne. Camp Hill, New Cumberland, and Lower Allen assisted with assessing the structure. There were no injuries, units cleared the scene around 1830hrs.