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June, 2016
1ST Responder Newspaper - PA
COMMAND VEHICLES
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ES-6 of the Philadelphia Fire Department is a 2015 Chevy.
KEN SNYDER
JACK LITTLE
The hole is shown in the side of the building while track workers try and secure the broken water pipe.
One flown from Gratz Fairgrounds
DOUGLAS KAHN
The Gettysburg Fire Department recently placed this SUV into service for their duty officer.
Gratz Borough, PA. On the sunny afternoon of April 16th, an AMA Motorcycle race was taking place at the mile long oval track at the Gratz Fairgrounds. At 3:37 p.m., an accident occurred when two riders clipped each other while going into turn one. One rider laid his bike over on the track, while the other rider went off a ten foot embankment. After going off the embankment, the rider slammed into a block wall of a horse stable. The result
JUMP TO FILE #041616109 of the collision knocked a hole in the side of the wall and broke a water spout that was sticking out of the ground. MICU 6-6 was on standby for the races and was on scene in under a minute. Due to the nature of the crash, a second MICU was requested to the scene to assist. The crew of MICU 6-6 and track
workers worked together to get the motorcycle off of the rider and the track workers were able to stop the constant spray of water coming from the broken pipe. After a few minutes, Life Lion was requested to the scene and Engine 27 was dispatched to set up a landing zone in the infield of the oval track. The patient was transferred to Life Lion and flown to a local trauma center. - JESSE SHUTT
DARIN SMITH
Command 1 of the Clearfield Fire Department is this 2013 Ford Expedition.
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Downed tree ignites brush fire in Limerick
DARIN SMITH
Command 5 of the Lawrence Township Fire Company, Clearfield County is this 2014 Ford Explorer with police interceptor package.
High winds contributed to a brush fire from a downed electric wire in Limerick Township on Saturday, March 28th. A large dead tree severed a high tension wire as it fell across Steinmetz Road not far off Swamp Pike. Engine 54 responded, secured the area, and was able to safely extinguish the brush fire away from the downed wire. The crew also cut the tree to open the road for the electric company crew. It was the second incident of its kind over a ten day period.