The following are photos and articles of the Lingohocken Fire Company in action. To view the archives of previous years click here. Also, to view our call logs click here.
2007-12-14 Garage Fire - At 0321 hours, Tanker 35 was dispatched to assist Midway firefighters on Tactical Box 5-27 at 5501 Mountain Top Road for a garage fire. Police saw the fire and initially reported it from over a mile away. Units arrived on scene down a long narrow roadway with significant icing on trees/wires to find a garage heavily involved in fire. At 0329 hours, Engine 95 responded to assist as the call was upgraded. Tanker 35 was the first arriving tanker and provided water supply to the scene. Engine 95 personnel filled the manpower pool and assisted with extinguishment/overhaul. Unfortunately, a victim was found DOA in the remains of the building.
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2007-11-06 Auto Extrication - On November 6, 2007, at 0935 hours, the Lingohocken Fire Co. was dispatched for an auto extrication in the 1000 block of Swamp Road in the Rushland section of Wrightstown Twp. for an auto extrication. Crews had been sent for an auto extrication in the same area at 0744 hours just 12 days earlier. This time, units arrived on the scene in 8 minutes to find a Chevy Malibu vs. a Peterbilt tri-axle dump truck. Rescue 35’s crew removed the driver’s side door of the Malibu, and assisted the medic with removing and packaging the patient while Engine 35 and Utility 95’s crews controlled hazards and provided fire protection. The extrication was completed 10 minutes after arrival with transport handled by the medics. |
2007-10-16 Auto Fire - At 0116 hours, Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Lingohocken units were dispatched to the intersection of Edison-Furlong Rd. and Route 263 in Buckingham Twp. for a report of an auto fire. Enroute, units were advised that a vehicle was smoking as a result of a police chase, and to standby on Swamp Road to await notification that the scene was secure. E95, E35, U95 and the Chief/Deputy were standing by when the police requested lighting to the scene. E95 and U95 went to the back of the parking lot of the offices/stores on the SW corner of Edison-Furlong and 263 and set up lighting. After conferring with the police, sent E35 and R35 to the Heritage Business Center on Route 263 to provide lighting there for police officers searching the wooded area. Multiple PDs on scene, including Buckingham, Warwick, Doylestown Twp., Doylestown Borough, Solebury, New Britain, and Warminster plus canines. The perp had allegedly burglarized the Buckingham Wawa and was pursued to this location when apparently his engine blew and he ditched his vehicle in the woods. Eventually requested Tower 66 (Warwick Fire Co.) to assist in aerial surveillance of the wooded area with a thermal imager, and New Jersey State PD helicopter for FLIR survey of the area (Phila. PD and PA State were unavailable). Units cleared the scene around 0600 hours.
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2007-10-06 Auto Extrication - On Saturday, October 6, 2007 at 2231 hours, Lingohocken units along with Medic 135 from the Central Bucks Ambulance were dispatched to the 700 block of Swamp Road for an auto extrication. Originally it was reported in the 700 block of Swamp Road in Wrightstown Township (near Neshaminy St.), but the accident was located in the 700 block of Swamp Road in Buckingham Township, near Apple Hill Road, which is also Lingohocken’s coverage area, albeit about 2 miles apart. Rescue 35 and Engine 95 arrived along with the Chief and the Deputy to find a pickup truck off the road into the trees, with 1 subject entrapped. Crews removed the driver’s door of the pickup, and assisted the medic with removing the patient. Extrication was completed by 2247 hours and the patient was transported by the Medic to St. Mary’s Hospital.
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2007-09 -21 Lingohocken Firefighters Respond to Ultralight Crash - Just before 7 pm, on Friday, September 21, Lingohocken firefighters responded along with Central Bucks Ambulance Medic 135 to a report of a small plane down with the pilot reported to be entrapped on Township Line Road in Buckingham. Units arrived on scene to find an ultralight plane down in the field with 1 occupant. Rescue 35’s crew assisted the medics with freeing the pilot and packaging him for transport. Engines 35 and 95 responded, but were not needed on the scene. Medic 135 transported the victim to St. Mary’s Hospital in Langhorne with multiple injuries.
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2007-07-21 Bucks/Chester/Montgomery County Firefighters in West Hancock, MS.
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2007-07-18 Dump Truck Extrication - At 0448 hours, on Wednesday July 18, 2007 Lingohocken firefighters were dispatched with Central Bucks Ambulance Medic 135 to Route 413 and Worthington Mill Road in Wrightstown Township for a dump truck on its side with the driver entrapped. Rescue 35, Engine 35, Engine 95, and Utility 95 responded and confirmed a 10-wheel dump truck loaded with screenings on its side with much of the screenings dumped along the roadway and a small fuel spill. Chief 35 had command. The vehicle's windshield was removed to gain access to the driver, and a portion of the fiberglass roof was removed to allow the driver to be extricated. The extrication was complete within 35 minutes of dispatch and the patient transported to St. Mary's Hospital in Langhorne. Fire police assisted police in closing this busy stretch of road for several hours while the investigation was completed, truck uprighted, and spilled material removed. |
2007-07 Pump Testing at Tyler Park
- Members of the fire company testing fire truck pumps at Tyler State Park while local residents watch. Each year the fire company is required to recertify fire pumps on its apparatus. The two fire engines located at the Wycombe and Forest Grove stations are required to pump at least 2000 gal/minute. Testing demonstrated that the trucks could pump over 2300 gal/minute.
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2007-07 Perry Lane Flow Test - firefighters test water supply on Perry Lane under the direction of the Wrightstown Fire Marshal. Wrightstown, along with the other townships serviced by the fire company, requires developers to address water supplies for fire protection. In this Wrightstown development, the developer installed a 15,000 gal holding tank capable of delivering 1000 gal/minute flow. The under ground tank is filled by a dedicated well.
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2007-06-29 - On Friday, June 29, a 4-alarm fire in Quakertown called upon many of Bucks County's tankers to respond to handle the incident, along with tankers from Montgomery and Northampton Counties. Tanker 35 was requested to relocate originally to Midway's Fire Station 5, but then redirected to cover Hilltown Township Station 61. The crew stood by with Montgomery County Rescue Engine 12 (Colmar) from 1830-2300 hours but was not needed to respond to any calls while on standby. This relocation arrangement is part of the County's emergency management procedures for major incidents. |
2007-05-30 Tanker 35/Engine 95 Work Doylestown Dwelling Fire - At 0114 hours on Wed., May 30, 2007, Tanker 35 was dispatched with Tanker 66 (Warwick Fire Co.) to assist Doylestown Fire Co. for a well-involved dwelling fire in a non-hydranted area of Edison-Furlong Rd. A short while later, Engine 95 was added to the assignment and Lingohocken's fire police were also requested to assist. On arrival, Battalion 95 was assigned to be the Incident Safety Officer and dealt with downed electrical wires that had burned through and dropped into the front yard. Tanker 35 shuttled 7000 gallons of water from a hydrant on Swamp Rd. in Sta. 95's local, while E95's crew assisted with running lighting, extinguishment and overhaul. Units cleared shortly after 4 a.m.
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| Lingohocken firefighters Jeff Choi and Karl Bromm and Captain Dan Gilmartin taking a breather in "Division C" at the house fire on Edison-Furlong Road. |
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2007-05-01 Fire at Second Street Pub - On Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at 2256 hours, Box 35-14 was transmitted by Bucks County Communications for a building fire at the Second St. Pub, 2296 Second Street Pike in Wrightstown Twp.
The initial dispatch brought:
Lingohocken Fire Co. - Engine 35, Rescue 35, Tanker 35, Engine 95
Newtown Fire Assn. - Engine 55
Northampton Fire Co. - Engine 3, Tower Ladder 3
With a total of 33 firefighters (including 5 chief officers).
A PECO pole next to the building, or the building, was struck by lightning and ignited the wall in/around the electric service. Chief 35 on-scene with smoke showing side B. Crews stretched several handlines into the pub/bar area on the 1st floor and the apartment on the 2nd floor while verifying no extension in this balloon-frame building beyond the immediate area of the electrical service in the wall. Crews were in service for a little over 1 hour. As part of our ongoing training program, the fire company had used this building as an example incident during an incident command simulations drill in 2004.
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2007-04-29 Auto Extrication - At 1741 hours, Sunday, April 29, 2007 the Lingohocken Fire Co., along with Rescue 66 from the Warwick Fire Co. and Central Bucks Ambulance Medic 135, were dispatched to the 1600 block of Swamp Road in Buckingham Township for an auto extrication. Units arrived to find a full-size pickup truck with the driver’s door into a tree/pole and a female heavily entrapped. The medics requested an aeromedical helicopter, and PennStar 1 was dispatched from Blue Bell with an 8 minute ETA. While crews removed the roof and the door of the pickup to allow for the patient to be removed, Lingohocken personnel established a landing zone in the field directly to the North of the accident scene. The patient was extricated 33 minutes from dispatch and transported by PennStar 1 to a local trauma center.
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2007-03-25 Tanker Shuttle - On Sunday morning, March 25, 2007 volunteers from the Lingohocken Fire Co., with assistance from water tanker trucks from the Northampton Fire Company, Midway Vol. Fire Co. of Lahaska, Eagle Fire Co., and Upper Makefield Fire Company "showed their stuff" to Wayne Press, a field representative from ISO, a leading supplier of risk information to insurance companies. The companies performed a number of demonstrations at the Wrightstown Hunt development on Fox Hill Drive, off of Route 413, in Wrightstown Township:
- Each tanker was timed for both dumping water and refilling.
- Lingohocken firefighters did a timed evolution for driving a pumper 200', stopping, and stretching 300' of 3" handline and placing it in service. This took slightly over 2 minutes to do - ISO wanted to see 200' of 2 1/2" line pulled and placed in service in 5 minutes or less.
- Lingohocken firefighters did a timed evolution for their tanker to drive 200', and then have 3 firefighters set up a portable water pond, which was set up with drafting hose in place in under 2 minutes.
- Lingohocken firefighters did a timed evolution for driving a pumper 200' and hooking to a drafting hydrant and begin to flow water. This was also done within 2 minutes.
Each evolution had to be performed safely and efficiently. These demonstrations were intended to prove that firefighters can work as effectively using tankers and water shuttles in Wrightstown Township, which has no public water supply, as they can in areas with fire hydrants supplied by public water. This may have an impact on fire insurance rates in Wrightstown, which is currently has a Public Protection Classification (PPC) of "9" on a scale of 1-10. In comparison, the City of Philadelphia is a "3" http://www.isomitigation.com/ppc/1000/graphs/PA.html. Many fire insurance companies rate properties based upon the PPC of the community. Wrightstown has never before been officially rated due to the lack of a public water supply. The Lingohocken Fire Co. has been working on this project for 3 years, first submitting a 3-inch binder of documentation to ISO, which they requested before they would ever come out to do the rating. The Fire Company had to prove to ISO on paper that it could provide the necessary water supply. A field review of training and response records, as well as Company equipment, was done by ISO on February 26. http://www.isomitigation.com/ppc/0000/ppc0010.html Once the demonstrations were completed, the ISO rep advised the Fire Company that we will receive an updated rating for Wrightstown in 1-3 months. After that is received, the Company will work with surrounding communities to see if the data will allow expanding the rating beyond Wrightstown Township.
For further information about ISO and their public protection classification system - http://www.isomitigation.com/
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2007-03-9 Field Truck Donation - The Lingohocken Fire Company donated our 1969 International Field Truck to the Central DeKalb County Fire Protection District in Mayfield, Missouri. The truck was replaced by the 2006 Ford/Guardian that was primarily paid for from a Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighters Grant.
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| 2007-02-26 Auto Extrication
- At 2350 hours, on Monday, February 26, units from Lingohocken were dispatched with Medic 135 (Central Bucks Ambulance) to Durham Road (Rt. 413) just North of Township Line Rd. in Buckingham Twp. for an auto extrication. Battalion 35 arrived to find a female heavily entrapped in a single vehicle vs. tree accident. Rescue 5 from the Midway Fire Co. was added to the call. Rescue 35 and Engine 95 arrived and began stabilizing the vehicle and placing all of the hydraulic rescue tools from both units into service to remove the roof, doors, and push the front end. Rescue 5 personnel arrived and assisted with this, and place additional hydraulic tools into service. The patients lower extremities were heavily entrapped in the damage and required extensive effort and teamwork to remove her safely, with approx. a 1 hour extrication time. Once the patient was removed, Medic 135 transported her to St. Mary’s Trauma Center.
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2007-02-09 Garage Fire - At 0838 hours, Friday, February 9, 2007, units from the Lingohocken Fire Company
assisted by Engine 55-1, Ladder 45, and Utility 45 from the Newtown Fire
Association/Emergency Services and Engine 81/Tanker 71 from the Upper Makefield
Fire Company responded to the unit block of Thompson Mill Road in Wrightstown
Township for a detached garage on fire in sub-freezing conditions. Arriving units found the 2-bay garage fully involved and went into service to contain the fire to the garage.
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2007-01-25 House Fires -
1004 hours, Lingohocken Engine 95 was dispatched along with Doylestown Fire Co. units for a house fire in the 3600 Block of Sablewood Dr. in Buckingham Township. Units on scene advising large 2 ½ story dwelling fire in the attic. E95 assisted with fire attack/overhaul along with several other mutual aid companies including Midway, Warwick, and Plumsteadville.
1855 hours, Lingohocken Rescue 35 was dispatched as the RIT team along with Newtown Fire Assoc. units for a house fire in the 400 Block of Durham Rd. in Newtown Twp. Units on scene advising barn fully involved – exterior attack only.
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