Sunday morning around 330am the first alarm was struck for a building fire on W. Main Street in the Boro of Mechanicsburg.  At the time there was already a townhouse fire in Hampden Township.  Standby crews were enroute to cover Hampden and Silver Spring when this fire was dispatched. Within the next 30 minutes the 2nd and 3rd alarms would be requested.  Air 13 responded to the scene as part of the second alarm assignment.  Engine 3-13 transferred to Station 28 (Washies) as part of the 3rd alarm assignment. Crews worked on the scene throughout the morning and into the afternoon hours before finally clearing the scene.

Roughly 27 pieces of apparatus responded to the incident. 9 pieces of apparatus transferred to the area to cover Mechanicsburg Boro and the surrounding areas.

Saturday morning shortly after 2am the WSBF was dispatched for an auto accident with entrapment at the intersection of N. Front Street and Walnut Street in Wormleysburg.  Engine 3-13 and Squad 13 arrived to find 1 male patient entrapped with a leg injury.  Crews worked for 30 minutes to extricate the patient from the vehicle.

Wednesday Night the WSBF was dispatched as part of the second alarm assignment for a Barn Fire in Fairview Township.  The Squad and the Air responded with crew and assisted with extinguishing and overhauling the barn.  The WSBF remained on the scene for about 2 hours.  Photos can been seen on fairviewfire.net

Saturday February 12th around noon, Squad 13 and the Camp Hill Fire Dept. (Co. 14) were dispatched to Camp Hill in the area of 32nd St. and Chestnut St. for an auto accident with entrapment. Chief 14 arrived, advised it was at 31st and Chestnut and confirmed entrapment. The Squad was next to arrive. Crews from the Squad and Rescue 14 stabilized the vehicle and cut the roof to gain access to the patient. Crews were on the scene for close to an hour.

Struts and cribbing are used to stabilize the vehicle.

The vehicle is stabilized, the crews can now work on cutting it apart.

Co. 14 FF cutting the A-Post with a Sawzall.

Crews flapped the roof to gain patient access.