| Wednesday morning April 20th just after 0330hrs the company along with Concordville (59), Talleyville (NCC 25), Claymont (NCC 13), Medic 66-7 (Crozer EMS) and the rapid intervention team (RIT) from Aston Township (17) were dispatched to the 3700 block of Foulk Road for a building fire with entrapment.
The residence was located two houses away from the firehouse. Truck 66 made the response, secured their own water supply dropping 700 foot of 5 inch supply hose from the hydrant located at the firehouse. The residence was fully involved upon arrival with Truck 66 placing the aerial main in service and 2 ½ and 1 ¾ hose lines in service to protect a neighboring residence and funeral home. The occupants were able to safely evacuate the residence. With the residence fully involved an exterior operation was ordered.
A second alarm was requested which brought in units from Boothwyn (40) and Chester Heights (71).
Aerial mains from Bethel, Claymont and Aston Township were utilized to extinguish the fire building with hand lines utilized to protect the neighboring buildings. Engine 59 placed their deck gun in service and Engine 40 staged across the street at the Siloam Church handling issues with falling embers.
All crews worked to bring the fire under control within an hour under the command of Chief Mike Heacock (66-9) with Bethel crews committed on scene for 3 hours. |
