Canal Road fire - 4-16-2013

At 15:55 hours on April 16th Station 22 along with Station 23, Station 24 and Station 26 were alerted for a residental structure fire at 1480 Canal Road in East Manchester Township.  Engine 22 and Tanker 22 responded on the initial alarm.  Crews arrived to find the back side of the residence fully involved.  Engine 22 and Engine 23 crews along with Truck 24 crews made an interior attack of the fire that had spread into the attic area of the house.  The working fire assignment brought Rescue 9  and AIR35 to the scene.  With the residence being in a non-hydrant area additional tankers (Tanker 27, Tanker 6, Tanker 31 and Tanker 28) for water and a second alarm bringing Attack 22, Engine 26-1, Tanker 68 and Tanker 21 were requested.  Crews had extensive overhaul and clean up and cleared the scene around 18:00.

Remember 9/11..........

Eagle Fire Company asks that everyone remember the effects of 9/11 this day and takes an opportunity for reflection.  Eagle Fire Company will forever be grateful to the hero's of the New York City Fire Department who lost 343 firefighters this morning 11 years ago.  You will never be forgotten!

Firefighter 5K was a success!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this years Firefighter5k a HUGE success! Below is a picture of our medal winners from the 5K race.

Chlorine Leak - East Manchester Township

At approximately 2:12pm Eagle Fire Company was alerted for a Hazardous Materials Incident at 305 Riverview Drive, East Manchester Township.  Upon the arrival of Chief 22 (Brenneman) command was established and confirmed reports of 4 patients requesting Advanced Life Support.  A full Haz-Mat box was requested bringing in Ambulances from Northeastern EMS, Manchester Township and Wrightsville.  Paramedic units from Memorial and York Hospital were also requested.  Engine 22-2 arrived on scene with 5 personnel and began patient assessment with the EMS crews and started to gross decontaminate the patients prior to them being loaded into the ambulances to go to the hospital.  Tanker 22 with a full crew arrived on scene next and began to assist Engine 22-2 crew as well as gear up for recon of the leaking cylinder.  An immediate evacuation radius was established near the leak.  As the incident progressed the wind speed and direction changed resulting in further evacuation of homes and re-routing of school buses.  Mutual Aid Units from Manchester Borough, Manchester Township, Hallam Borough and Wrightsville were brought in for manpower and to assist with route alerting for the affected homes.  York County Haz-Mat team assisted by Lancaster County arrived on scene and assumed Haz-Mat branch.  The unified command was established in MCU-91.  Branch Groups were established and Chief 22-1 served as accountability, while Chief 22-2 served as the incident safety officer separate from Haz-Mat.  Deputy 41 headed up the evacuation group from MCU-91.  A private Haz-Mat cleanup company was requested to the site for removal of the leaking cylinder.  Upon successful removal the box was placed in service.  Units from all over York County were brought in to back fill the units operating on scene.

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