May 15th, 2012

Capt. Flickinger Honored by County Commissioners

May 15 – Monroe Fire Company Captain and Vice President Devin Flickinger was one of several emergency medical service providers honoroed by the Cumberland County Commissioners this week.  Devin, who is a Paramedic with West Shore EMS, was one of several EMS providers who made a “clinical save” last year.  A “clinical save” is when an EMS provider provides pre-hospital care to a patient(s) who is in respiratory or cardiac arrest and is later discharged from the hospital without any significant neurological impairment. In addition to Devin, other EMS providers honoroed were:

  • Mark Boland, EMT-P -  West Shore EMS
  • Dewitt James Cline, EMT -  West Shore EMS
  • Janette Cota, EMT –  West Shore EMS
  • Robert Houser, EMT - West Shore EMS
  • Steven Stilo, EMT-P  - West Shore EMS
  • Charlene Wood, EMT-P  - West Shore EMS (2 clinical saves)
  • Christopher Bowers – EMT - East Pennsboro Ambulance Service (2 clinical saves)
  • Jonathan House – EMT - East Pennsboro Ambulance Service
  • John Myers – EMT - East Pennsboro Ambulance Service

In their regular meeting, the Cumberland County Commissioners also proclaimed May 20 – 26 as EMS Week in Cumberland County.  For more information, check out the Cumberland County Dept. of Public Safety blog.

May 3rd, 2012

Monroe Fire Co Assists on 4 Alarm Carlisle Blaze

Carlisle 4 Alarm Blaze

Engine 25 operates alongside Truck 39 at the scene of a 4-Alarm blaze in the boro of Carlisle. Photo by Capitalcityfirephotos.com. Click on the photo for a photo gallery from Capitalcityfirephotos.com!

May 2-3 – It was a blaze that will go down in the history books of Carlisle and Cumberland County. Wednesday, May 2, shortly after 22:15 hours, Engine 25 was alerted to assist at an industrial building fire in the old Lear facility at 50 Spring Rd. The complex also once housed the Masland carpet plant and spanned nearly 50 acres according to some reports.

While initially dispatched on a pre-planned Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) assignment, Engine 25 was assigned to drop it’s 5″ supply line and lay in to the fire scene.

Monroe was one of numerous departments from Cumberland, Perry, Adams, and Dauphin Counties who were alerted to the 4-Alarm fire. Crews worked feverishly throughout the night to try and keep the fire in check and prevent it from spreading to residential exposures across the street. Several homes did suffer heat damage, but no additional structures outside of the industrial complex were lost to fire.

Engine 25′s crew spent all night at the fire scene, returning home during the morning hours.

No injuries were reported as a result of the blaze which remains under investigation by the PA State Police and ATF.

Additional incident media

911 Photography

Central PA Bravest (Matt Miles Photography)

The Sentinel (Cumberlink) Incident Photo Gallery

The Patriot News (Pennlive) Gallery

ABC 27 Slideshow

Fox 43 Slideshow

CBS 21 Video

April 20th, 2012

Tanker 25 Responds to Adams County Sawmill Fire

April 20 – Tanker 25 was dispatched at 02:24 to transfer to Adams County Company 7′s quarters (Bendersville) while they operated at the scene of a large saw mill fire in Menallen Twp.

Tanker 25 was later requested to the scene to assist with water supply operations.

After hauling several loads of water, Tanker 25 was placed available at 11:06.

 

 

April 11th, 2012

Dirty Side Up on W. Lisburn RD; Fire Alarm Follows

 

Single Vehicle Accident - West Lisburn RD

Crews from Monroe Fire Company and West Shore EMS operate at the scene of a single vehicle rollover accident on West Lisburn RD. Photo by Curt Werner.

April 11 – Engine 25, Rescue 27, and West Shore EMS were dispatched to a rollover vehicle accident on West Lisburn RD in the area of Fairway Drive at 12:47.

An off-duty transport ambulance happened upon scene and assisted the patients who had self-extricated from the vehicle, before handing patient care over to West Shore EMS.

Command 25 (Farrell) placed Rescue 27 available when it was determined all occupants were out of the vehicle.  Engine 25′s crew assisted with traffic control and fluid and debris control at the scene.

Command placed the box available at 13:37.

At 13:58, Headquarters dispatched a residential fire alarm in the 800 block of Tamanini Way in the Trindle Station development.  While en route, Headquarters advised Engine 25 and Chief 25 (Heckert) that the alarm company reported a false alarm and cancellation request.

Engine 25 continued into the scene non-emergency and confirmed there was no emergency.  The engine’s crew also used the time to familiarize themselves with the new development’s construction and hydrant system.

West Lisburn Road Rollover

Monroe firefighters prepare to assist with fluid and debris cleanup at the scene. (From left: Deputy Chief, Mark Farrell, Firefighter Jonathan Anschutz; Firefighter Heath Swab - on ladder). Photo by Curt Werner.

 

April 8th, 2012

Monroe Fire Company Assists with Perry Co. Wildfire

Perry County Mountain Fire

Monroe Fire Company assisted with the Piney Mountain Strike Team at the scene of this mountain fire in Perry County. Photo by Tim Knepp - CentralPABravest.com

April 8 – Monroe Fire Company was alerted as part of the Piney Mountain Strike Team to assist with a mountain fire in Perry County.  The large fire was located in the 3000 block of Laurel Road in Southwest Madison Township.  Crews assisted with cutting fire line and extinguishment and overhaul.  Crews cleared the mountain at sundown and the incident was turned over to the PA Bureau of Forestry.

Photos - From CentralPABravest.com

April 1st, 2012

Swab Honored as Monroe Firefighter of the Year

2011 Banquet Awards

From left: Top Responder - Jeremy Ziegler; President's Award Recipient - Jonathan Anschutz; Firefighter of the Year (2011) and tied for 2nd place for Top Responder - Heath Swab; Top Responder (tie for 2nd place) - Chris Beecher. Photo by Janine Farrell.

March 31 – Monroe Fire Company members and their families gathered for an evening of fellowship at Allenberry Resort to reflect on the Company’s many accomplishments in 2011.

Monroe Fire Company responded to 422 incidents in 2011 – the busiest year ever.  Increased mutual aid assistance and significant severe weather events in 2011 helped spike the incident total for the year.

Chaplain Gene Woodward opened the meal with a blessing.

After the dinner, Monroe Fire Company President Mark Farrell, Fire Chief Dave Heckert, and Assistant Fire Chief Clint Murphy presented awards to several members who made significant contributions in 2011.

The first to be honored were the top responders of 2011.  Chris Beecher and Heath Swab were tied and the first place responder award went to Jeremy Ziegler.

The next award, the President’s Award, was presented to Jonathan Anschutz in recognition of his administrative contributions during 2011.  In addition to being an active firefighter, Jonathan is a member of the fire company executive board as Assistant Secretary.  He also handles several other duties including website administration, social media, grant writing, public relations, and technology systems for the company.

Finally, Heath Swab was presented with the 2011 Firefighter of the Year Award.  Swab earned the honor for a number of reasons, most notably for going above and beyond with many tasks around the station and successfully balancing his family and career committments, volunteer service to the community outside of the fire company, and his fire company responsibilities.  Heath is currently Chief Engineer for the department, as well as an active firefighter and an EMT.

A special thank you to the members of Perdix Fire Company (Perry County Company 11) for manning our station so members could have a night off and maintain emergency coverage for the township.  Prior to the banquet, the stand-by crew responded to a medical assist call.

March 31st, 2012

Vehicle Crashes into Churchtown Home

Members from companies 25, 33, and 45 operate at the scene of a vehicle into a home in the 1200 block of Boiling Springs RD, in Churchtown.

Members from companies 25, 33, and 45 operate at the scene of a vehicle into a home in the 1200 block of Boiling Springs RD, in Churchtown.

March 30 – At 20:23, Headquarters dispatched an incident for a vehicle into a structure in the 1200 block of Boiling Springs RD in the Village of Churchtown (Box 25-03).

(C125) Farrell had command and C25 (Heckert) had operations.  After a size-up of the scene, command held Engines 25 and 233, as well as traffic units from Carlisle Borough and Companies 33 and 36.  Crews made entry into the home to assess the condition of the driver and perform stabilization operations on the vehicle.  A short time later, the driver self extricated and was placed into the care of EMS and the PA State Police.

Command then requested a representative from the Cumberland County Technical Rescue Operations Team (Team 500) respond and the team be placed on standby.  Team 500 representatives responded along with Air 45, Rescue 45 and Cave-In 45 (collapse trailer).  Once the stability of the home was verified, the vehicle was removed from the structure.

In addition, three German Shephards were in crates in the rear of the SUV.  A representative from the Cumberland County Animal Rescue Team (CART) responded and transported the dogs to a facility for overnight boarding.

None of the occupants in the home were injured; however, one member of the family was in the living room when the SUV plowed through the wall.  He was thrown, but uninjured.  The driver of the SUV was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

Crews remained on the scene and assisted with removing items from the home for the family and securing the residence.  The American Red Cross is assisting the family.

March 27th, 2012

Engine 25 Responds to 3 Alarm Carlisle Fire

March 27 – Engine 25 was dispatched as part of a second alarm assignment for an apartment building fire in the first block of West High Street in Carlisle Boro.  The fire was located at 49 1/2 W. High St, above Blondie’s Bar.

Company 25 staged on the North Pitt Street side of the structure as a Rapid Intervention Team (RIT).  Our mutual aid and RIT training partners, New Kingstown Fire Comany and Upper Allen Fire Department, also handled RIT assignments at other sides of the fire building.

After nearly a year of training together, this was the first joint RIT assignment for all three fire companies.

No injuries were reported as a result of the fire; however, 13 people were displaced.  The American Red Cross is assisting those fire victims and a State Police Fire Marshall was summoned to investigate.

More:

Cumberlink

PennLive

CentralPABravest

March 14th, 2012

Double Duty in South Middleton

Firefighters from Companies 36, 41, and 25 operate at the scene of a building fire in the 1700 block of W Trindle RD. Photo by Andrew Carr/The Sentinel.

March 14 – At 13:19 hours, Headquarters dispatched a first alarm building fire assignment for the 1700 block of W Trindle RD (South Middleton Box 241-104).  Included in the first alarm were both Engine and Tanker 25.  Command 2 found a fire outside the building with a light smoke condition inside.  The entire first alarm was kept on the box for manpower.

Engine 25 arrived on scene at 13:31 and sent its crew forward to assist with overhaul activities.  Tanker 25 was released a short time after arriving on scene.

Not long after the W Trindle incident was cleared,  at 14:38, Headquarters dispatched a brush fire against a structure in the 600 block of Gutshall RD (South Middleton Box 236-102).  Tanker 25 was due on the box assigment.  Tanker 25 was available at 15:19.

March 8th, 2012

Anschutz Honored for Community Service

Monroe Township Supervisors present Jonathan Anschutz with the Monroe Proud Award. From left: Supervisor Phil Kehoe, Supervisor Bill Castle, Jonathan Anschutz, Supervisor Sam Simmons.

March 8 – Firefighter and Assistant Secretary Jonathan Anschutz was honored by the Monroe Township Board of Supervisors for his service to the township during several flooding events in 2011.  Anschutz is the township’s emergency management coordinator.  Anschutz was also honored, the Supervisor’s noted, for assisting in the delivery of a baby boy over the phone in his job as a 9-1-1 dispatcher.

The Supervisors presented Anschutz with the Monroe Proud Award at their regular meeting on March 8.

 

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