| Duryea Vacant Bar Hit By Fire |
| Sun. Oct 18th 2009 |
A Sunday night fire damaged a vacant bar in Duryea. A Duryea structure box was dispatched at around10:30 p.m. for a commercial structure fire. 963 Chief arrived reporting a one story wood frame with smoke showing. The 963 Ladder and the 126 Engine were next to arrive, while the 126 Engine establishe...
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| Afternoon Hughestown Job |
| Wed. Sep 2nd 2009 |
The Ladder responded on a first alarm structure assignment to Parsanage Street in Hughestown. While in route the 911 center advised Hughestown chief of a working structure fire. The 143 Engine was the first in establishing a water supply and putting a hand line in place. The 963 Ladder arrived next ...
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| Construction Incident |
| Wed. Sep 2nd 2009 |
The chief and ladder where sent out around lunch time for a report of wires down .The chief arrived first to find a construction crew installing sewer lines next to a utility pole, when the pole decided to tip over into some trees causing a major power outage in the area.The ladder staged up the roa...
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| Busy Morning for the ladder co. |
| Sun. Aug 23rd 2009 |
Approximately 45 minutes after clearing an early morning car fire the ladder was back on the street headed to Hughestown on a working structure fire. Chief 143 was first to arrive reporting a 2 story double block vacant home with smoke showing. The 143 engine arrived next establishin...
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| Early Morning Vehicle Fire |
| Sun. Aug 23rd 2009 |
Around 5 am, Duryea Fire was dispatched to the corner of Foote Ave and Green St for an investigation of a gasoline odor. While units were enroute, a firefighter on scene reported a working vehicle fire near the structure. The 963 Ladder arrived on scene and found fire on the exterio...
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| Lunch time vehicle fire |
| Wed. Aug 19th 2009 |
The Ladder responded to the 400 block of Grove Street in Avoca for a lunchtime vehicle fire. While in route Avoca PD advised Luzerne County 911 of a fully involved vehicle fire. The 112 Engine arrived to find a van with an engine compartment fire. The 112 boys established a water supply and stretche...
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| Sunday morning vehicle accident |
| Sun. Aug 16th 2009 |
Just after 9 am crews were dispatched to the 600 block of Main St for a two car MVA with injuries. The ladder arrived to find two cars with moderate damage from a head on collision with patients still inside. 96 crews worked with 126 crews to remove one patient from each vehicle. P...
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| Working Garage Fire Duryea |
| Sat. Jul 4th 2009 |
At approx. 2115 hours, A Duryea structure box was sent out to 725 Ann Street for a reported structure fire. Chief 963 would arrive first reporting a large One story detached garage fully involved in the rear of the residence with possible extension to the residence. 126 Engine was next to ...
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| Late afternoon dumpster fire |
| Mon. May 25th 2009 |
A box was sent out at approx. 5:30p.m. for the report of a dumpster fire. Duryea chief arrived first confirming the working dumpster fire. The Duryea Ladder arrived next, it's crew went to work containing the fire with a pressurized water can. Till the 126 Engine (Duryea) arrived to extinguish...
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| Working Residential Fire in Avoca |
| Sat. May 16th 2009 |
At about 1:30 A.M. the ladder would be dispatched to Plane St. in Avoca for a residential structure fire. Police would arrive first and report heavy smoke showing. The ladder arrived to find a heavy smoke condition and fire showing from the left side of the structure. Crews wo...
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Last weekend was confined
space and rope drills.
This weekend found local
rescuers tackling a
trench rescue scenario.
Members...
Crews from
Duryea,Avoca,Moosic,OldFo
rge and Taylor would take
part in a full scale
confide space drill. The
simulation invol...
This weekend, May 2-3,
saw members refresh their
skills with a Truck Ops
class at LCCC.
Class was run by Capt,
Bob Morr...
