Today Engine 3-13 transferred to Harrisburg City Station 1 around 1230 hrs. while units operated at a 2-alarm row home fire. Engine 3 handled two incidents while on stand by. The first incident Engine 3 responded to was a child locked in a vehicle. While responding, Dauphin County advised there was someone enroute to the scene with a spare key and the fire department could go available. Engine 3 was then alerted with the other transfer companies, Steelton Truck 50, Paxtang Engine 40 and Chambers Hill Truck 456, to an automatic fire alarm in the 100 block of South 3rd St. Units were advised during response of a false trip due to construction work. Units arrived with City Chief 4 to verify a false trip. Units returned to their respective stand by assignments until the City Troops returned from the structure fire around 1530 hrs.

Later around 1800 hrs. Engine 3, Engine 1 and the Duty Chief (Lt. Lubinsky) responded to a reported car fire to the rear of 322 Market St in Lemoyne. Engine 3 arrived first on the scene to find a vehicle with fire in the engine compartment. Engine 3 made the knock, Engine 1 assisted with overhaul and crews cleared in 45 minuts.

Battalion units were dispatched around 2330 for smoke in a structure. Squad (Captain Mose) arrived on scene and took command, sending a crew to 956 Hummel to investigate. Squad crew found a light oil burner smoke condition and secured the furnace. Duty Chief (Lubinsky) arrived and command was passed. Engine 2-13 crew was sent to 954 where they found a moderate oil smoke condition and secured the furnace. Properties were checked for CO and PPV was used to clear the smoke condition and drop CO levels to normal. Truck 14 (Camp Hill) and Engine 2-12 (Lower Allen) crews assisted with air monitoring, check for extension and ventilation. Engine 3-13, Engine 2-10 (New Cumberland), Air 13, and EMS from 74 (Lower Allen EMS) and 85 (West Shore EMS) staged. Thanks to Lt. Kozicki (Manpower) and Captain Knepp (Operations) for assisting with the command structure.

It shouldn’t be any surprise to read that cooking is the #1 cause of residential structure fires on Thanksgiving Day.  The leading cause of these cooking fires is unattended cooking.  Unattended cooking is the leading cause of any cooking fire at any given time of the year, however, on Thanksgiving this statistic increases.  The WSBF encourages everyone to be vigilant this Thanksgiving and keep safety in mind when spending time with your family.

This information is provided by the United State Fire Administration on their website.  The direct link to more information about the Thanksgiving Holiday safety is here.

Thursday afternoon the Squad was dispatched to State St. @ 19th St. in Camp Hill for an auto accident. The Squad assisted Co. 14 (Camp Hill) with patient care and securing power in the vehicles. 1 patient was tranported by EMS to a local hospital.

Monday started off early for the WSBF. A few minutes past 700 hrs Engine 3 was requested for another transfer. This time a crew responded to Co. 23 (Upper Allen Twp.) while they were working a 2 alarm house fire in Monaghan Township. Engine 3 covered the 23 house for 4 hours. No other incidents were handled while Engine 3 was covering.

Around noon, Engine 2 and the Squad were dispatched to Camp Hill for an electrical fire in a house. Engine 2 arrived first followed by the Squad who handled the investigation of a light fixture ballast that overheated. The WSBF cleared the incident in about 30 minutes.

Around 1600 hrs. the Squad and Engine 3 were dispatched to an auto accident involving a motorcycle by Karns Foods at 1200 Market St. While responding EMS went on the scene advising there were no injuries and no need for the Fire Department. Co. 13 went available prior to arrival.