Volunteer Fire Company Reports

Penn Forest Township VFD #2 throughout the incident. Special thanks to Palmerton Fire Department who stood by our station with Engine 714 with additional manpower and helped us clean up equipment when we returned.

4-18 Rescue 2255 and Engine 2210 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 534. PFTVFD#1 and Lehighton ALS also responded.

4-15 Brush 2244 and Tanker 2233 assisted District 17 with additional hotspots from yesterday’s brush fires on Interstate 80 and Route 940, Kidder Township.

4-14

Brush 2244, Engine 2210, and Tanker 2233, with 12 volunteers, responded to multiple brush fires on Interstate 80, Kidder Township. Crews arrived to find multiple fires between Carbon and Monroe Counties. Units operated for over five hours before turning the scene over to DCNR. Our Fire Police assisted with keeping the highway down to one lane duration the operation as well. Carbon Districts 17, 4, 11, 12, 16, 19, 20, Monroe Stations 35, 41, Luzerne Stations 113, 116, 123, 136, 186, Lackawanna Station 54, DCNR, Lake Harmony EMS, and Lehighton ALS also responded. An additional seven volunteers staffed Ladder 2222 and Rescue 2255 for any other calls in northern Carbon County

Burn Ban

A burn ban has been placed in effect for all of PENN FOREST township until further notice

4-12 Engine 2210 and Tanker 2233 responded to a dwelling fire on Russell Court, Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County. Monroe Stations 42, 35, 43, and Lehigh Valley EMS-West End also responded.

4-12 Brush 2244, Command 2277 with UTV 2278, and Tanker

2233, with 15 volunteers, responded to a brush fire on Turkey Path Trail, Kidder Township. Crews operated for approximately two hours in duration. Carbon Districts 16, 17, Lake Harmony EMS, and Luzerne Stations 123, 186, and Victor 9 also responded.

4-11 We made a quick stop at Carbon County 911

We would like to thank them again for their work.

4-9 accident on Old Stage Road. PFTVFD#1 and Lehighton ALS also responded. and provided pizzas to the dispatchers and admin for National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week.

Engine 2210 and Ladder 2222 established a landing zone for LifeFlight 6 on Meckesville Road with PFTVFD#1 and Lehighton ALS.

4-7 Rescue 2255 and Engine 2210 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Stony Mountain Road with PFTVFD#1 and Lehighton ALS.

4-1 Engine 2210 and Tanker 2233 responded to a tree and wire fire on Tapuco Drive in Mt. Pocahontas. PFTVFD#1 also responded.

3-29 Rescue 2255 and Engine 2210 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Twin Lake Road in Indian Mountain Lakes. PFTVFD#1 and Lehighton ALS also responded.

4-5 Rescue 2255, Tanker 2233, and Brush 2244, with 15 volunteers, responded to a motor vehicle accident on Drakes Creek Road. PFTVFD#1, 17, Lehighton ALS, and Carbon County EMA also responded.

4-2 Rescue 2255, Engine 2210, and Ladder 2222 responded to a motor vehicle

3-25 Tanker 2233, Ladder 2222, Engine 2210, and Rescue 2255, with 23 volunteers, responded to a working dwelling fire on North Shore Drive Indian Mountain Lakes. Crews deployed two handlines for extinguishment and Ladder

See FIRE REPORTS, page 11