Wednesday night 20 West Shore members loaded up in Engine’s 2 & 3, Squad, Air and Traffic unit and headed to Liverpool for the traditional parade. Engine 3 took 1st place in their category as well as the Air Unit. Engine 2 and the Squad took 2nd place in their respective categories. Congratulations to everyone and thank you for taking the time to clean the apparatus for this annual event.

On Sunday the 13th, WSBF responded to the 3400 block of Green Street in Camp Hill for a Basement fire. The Squad was first on scene. Two lines were pulled and the Squad crew attacked the fire. Engine 3-30 layed a supply line in to the Squad. Engine 3-30’s crew were able to find and rescue the homeowners cat. Fire was in the basement just getting ready to start up the basement steps. Fire was held to the area of origin in the basement.

From Assistant Chief Mulhollan:

Tuesday morning the WSBF was dispatched for an electrical fire in wall. I arrived on scene and had smoke showing. Due to the building being a strip mall I immediately added the next due truck and York Rescue 69 for Rit. Crews pulled 1 line off the Squad after laying in. Interior crews then reported fire in the loft, which is a 15 ft void space. After that was reported I added 2 more engines for manpower. It was then discovered that there was no fire in the loft and I held the box to units on the scene. Fire was held to 2 rooms on the interior. Crews remained on scene awhile to deal with ventilating the large building.

Less then 2 hours after clearing the first crash on I-83, the Squad was dispatched to the same area for another one.  This one turned out to be just north of Exit 40. This crash involved 4 cars and 1 Tractor Trailer.  One of the vehicles, a minivan, had 1 patient heavily entrapped.  The Squad was the first apparatus on the scene.  The crew from the Squad extricated the patient with the help of additional manpower as they arrived.  The patient was flown by Life Lion to a local trauma center.  A second patient from a different vehicle was transported to a local hospital by ambulance. Emergency apparatus began clearing the scene around 430pm, the road was finally reopened at 530pm.