The Millersburg Fire Company is proud to again partner with ABC27 WHTM-TV and Kidde to help distribute smoke detectors to the citizens of Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township at no charge. If you would like a smoke detector, please stop by the firehouse or give us a call. We will have them on hand at various public events throughout the year.

Weekly training was coordinated with Company 21 (Elizabethville) tonight at their training house across the street from Station 21. Truck 20 and Utility 20 made the trip and joined with Engine 21 and Engine 21-1 working as teams to extinguish a simulated structure fire. This was a good night working together and gave the junior members some good training in the duties they would perform on an actual incident. Senior members worked together to refine their skills during these training evolutions. The truck crew set-up and performed vertical ventilation and assisted with a rescue of a patient from the second floor. Crews switched out and practiced advancing hose lines into the structure and performed search and rescue. We look forward to our next joint training! Thanks to the gang from E-vllle for the evening!

Three members have recently finished requirements for certification as Rescue Technician-General Requirements and one to the Firefighter I level.  Firefighter/EMT's Chris Hardy, Sean Grimm and Assistant Chief Doug Snyder completed the requirements to certify as Rescue Technician-General Requirements, NFPA 1006-2003 Edition.  Firefighter John Koppenhaver completed his requirements and certified to the Firefighter I Level.

Company 20 was dispatched to a commercial structure fire at the Quaker State Farms in Hubley Township in Schuylkill County.  Truck 20 was out the door first with a crew of 6 and while enroute given an assignment to set up on the C/D corner of the structure.  The Engine, Tanker and Attack were quickly placed in service as command only needed the Truck at the scene.  Perry Truck 2 was requested to relocate to Station 20 to cover Upper Dauphin County.  Truck 20 arrived to encounter heavy smoke conditions at the scene and assigned to stage behind Engine 27 (Gratz).  After staging, it was determined by Command that the Truck was not needed and was released at 21:28.

Shortly after midnight, Box 29-4 was struck for a reported working trailer fire on Kip Road in Halifax Township.  The caller reported that the porch was on fire and shortly thereafter called to report that the entire trailer was afire.  Chief 29 (Stout) responded and upon arrival confirmed a working fire and called for a first alarm.  Engine 20 responded with 6 and was the first arriving Engine.  Chief 29 called for two lines to be pulled and to attack the fire on sides Bravo and Delta.  One line was pulled by the Engine crew and one line was pulled by Chief 29-3 (Bisking) and one of the Engine crew.  Ventilation was also provided by the Engine.  A third line was pulled after the trailer was ventilated.  Tanker 20 pulled in behind the Engine and supplied it with a 3" line.  Engine 29-1 laid a 5" line from Engine 20 down to the intersection of Kip Road and South Elmer Avenue where a port-a-pond was set up.  Mutual Aid also arrived from Companies 21 (Elizabethville) and 216 (Fisherville) to aid with the extinguishment and overhaul of the trailer. 

Photos courtesy of Sue Nornhold (Ambulance 13-1) and Jess Williams.  Thank you!

For company level weekly training, water rescue was the topic.  Members who are certified entered the water to act as victims as the other members drilled on throwbag techniques and shore based rescue efforts.  The water current was swift through the ferry wall and offered an excellent scenario.

Truck 20 was dispatched to Mifflin Township for a Silo Fire this evening.  Initial reports stated that smoke was coming from the silo and upon arrival Chief 26 (Mace) confirmed  that report.  Truck 20 staged behind Engine 26 and sent the manpower to the silo.  Due to wires running nearby, the Tower was unable to go in service.  The fire appeared to be approximately 30-40 feet up the silo in the chute.  After contacting representatives from the Penn State Ag Rescue team, it was decided to flow water up the chute in an attempt to extinguish the fire.  Further investigation showed that only the corner of the door to the silo was burning. 

Tanker 20 was dispatched this morning to the Clarks Ferry Truck Stop in Reed Township (Box 69-1) to assist with a fuel spill that was a result of an earlier crash.  Over 7,500 gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel leaked from the tanks of the fuel truck and the Dauphin County HazMat Team was called to handle the incident.  Multiple companies were involved with the clean-up efforts which included boats to set booms to collect fuel that spilled into the Juniata and Susquehanna Rivers.  The Tanker was released from the scene at 12:36.

Units:

Ambulances: 13-1, 9-1, Perry 29, 109, 69; Boats: 37, 37-1, Cumberland 102, 103; Brush: Cumberland 20; Canteen 29; Car 216 (Jackson/Reed/Wayne Township EMA); Captain 77; Engines: 33, 38, 29-1, Perry 2, 10, 8 (Fill Site) ; FM 1; Foam: Cumberland Wagon 20; Haz-Mat: 77-1, 77-3; Medic 81; Rescues: 38, Perry 2, 9, ; Squads: 37; Special Units: 37,
Tankers: 29, 20, Perry 2, 12, 9, Cumberland 19, 20; Trucks: Perry 2; Utiliy's: 77, 59, 29,; Transfers- Dauphin Tanker 59 and Dauphin Engine 40 to Perry Station 2; Engine 23 to Station 38; Lebanon Engine 1-1 to Dauphin Station 29; Cumberland Engine 2-39 and Cumberland Tanker 31 to Cumberland Station 20

Fire was dispatched tonight to assist EMS and Police with a water rescue in the area of the Power Company building along the Wiconisco Creek.  The Utility responded with water rescue gear and upon arrival was notified that the victim had been pulled ashore.  Lifting assistance was needed to move the patient through the bushes and up a nearby path to the ambulance.  Units were then released by Chief 20 (Petery).

Engine 20 was dispatched to assist Company 62 on the scene of a vehicle accident in front of 824 Route 147.  Engine 20 responded with eight and assisted Company 62.  Units arrived on scene and found a vehicle had struck a utility pole dropping a fiber optic line.