May 2, 2015. At 1128 hrs box 40-2 was stuck for a vehicle fire. Engine 40 responded with a crew of 4. County advised PD on the scene with 4 vehicles on fire next to a building. The box was upgraded to a working structure fire box. Engine 40 dropped the supply line at the entrance for the next arriving Engine to pick up. Crew found 4 vehicles involved. 1 inch and 3/4 line was pulled and made a quick knock on the fires. Next arriving companies assisted with overhaul of the vehicle. Thanks to all the mutual aid companies that assisted on the scene. Time out was 1 hr 17 minutes.
May New Firefighter 1 Certification
May 2015 Congratulations to the following members who passed their Firefighter 1 certification.
Chief Zwigart, FF. Nickle, FF. Hays, FF. Lemmon, FF. Baily and FF. Cataldi.
April 16, 2015 Hampden Twp WSF
April 16, 2015 At 1745 hrs box 30-09 Cumberland County was struck for a first alarm structure fire. Rescue 40 responded with a crew of 7. Arrived on the scene to stage on side A as R.I.T. Time out 30 minutes.
April 13, 2015 Paxtang WSF
April 13, 2015 At 1749 hrs box 40-2 was struck for a working structure fire. Engine 40 responded during dispatch with 2. Engine arrived to find a fire next to a garage. Crew made a quick knock on the fire and checked the structure for extension finding none. Time out was 1 hour.
April 2, 2015 Lower Paxton WSF
April 2, 2015 At 1350 hrs box 34-4 was struck for a working structure fire. Rescue 40 responded with a crew of 8 for R.I.T. Rescue arrived and staged on side A as R.I.T. Crew staged till released by fire command. No calls for service. Time out was 31 minutes.
2015 Annual Bunny Run
April 4, 2015 Today the Engine helped the Red Knights with their annual bunny run. What the Red Knights do is take bunnies to children in the hospital. This year the Engine made a trip to the Ronald McDonald House in Hershey, Hershey Medical Center and Harrisburg Hospital. Every child got a stuffed bunny. This year event was a great success. Thanks to everyone that help with the event.
March Stats
April 8, 2015 March Stats are in.
Calls: 29 YTD: 86
Jobs: 5 YTD: 9
Pins: 0 YTD: 1
Boro Calls: 4 YTD: 8
Busiest Day: Tied Monday and Friday with 6
Busiest Time: 0800-1600 with 14
Busiest Box: Steelton 50 with 6
Engine Calls: 11
Rescue Calls: 19
Avg Crew: 6
Total Hrs in Service: 26 hrs 1 min
Top 5 Responders
Chief Zwigart with 24
Lt. Tinari with 16
FF. Lemmon with 16
FF. Schrader with 15
DC. Turner with 12
Lt. Sikorski with 12
FF. Baily with 12
March 29, 2015 Mt. Joy WSF
March 29, 2015 While the rescue on it’s way home from Lancaster County Fire School with 6 members testing for their Firefighter 1 came upon a WSF in box 74 E-Town. Rescue crew arrived and assisted with laddering the building and overhaul. Time out was 58 minutes.
March 29, 2015 Steelton WSF
March 29, 2015 At 1249 hrs Box 50-1 was struck for a first alarm assignment. Engine 40 responded with 4. Eng 40 assignment was to find a secondary hydrant and lay in to side C. The engine had to lay duel 3 inch lines since the hydrant did not have a steamer. Crew put in service master stream operations and also supplied truck 32 on side C. Time out was 4 hrs 35 mins. Thanks to Dillsburg Fire for covering the boro. Photos from photo 40 and capitalcityfirephoto.
March 20, 2015. Lower Paxton WSF
March 20, 2015 At 1340 hrs box 33-5 was struck for a working fire. Rescue 40 responded with a crew of 4. Upon arrival crews assignment was to stage as R.I.T. Crew staged on side A. Time out was 30 mins.
