12/01/09 - Longswamp Township (just outside Topton) ~ 1830 hrs. Fleetwood was dispatched to assist Topton (Company 21) on a 4 alarm working structure fire at a sawmill. Fleetwood assisted with fire suppression and also was a primary pumper at a fill site. Fleetwood was impressed with Chief 21’s command and first due apparatus placement on this multi-alarm fire. Nice job!
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12/12/09 Fleetwood Borough, MVA with entrapment Main and Walnut Sts. Fleetwood rescue and EMS were dispatched ~ 0220 hrs to this challenging rescue. Fire officers arrived to find a male victim pinned in the wreckage with part of the wood pool deck protruding through the windshield. Rescuers used the Hurst Jaws of Life to remove the roof of the vehicle, then used a Hurst hydraulic ram to raise the deck enough to free the victim. Fleetwood Fire Co. paramedics treated and stabilized the victim and transported to Reading hospital.
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11/23/09 @ ~ 030 hrs, Topton Borough. Fleetwood was dispatched to assist Topton on this 3 alarm structure fire on Callowhill St. in Topton Borough. The intensity of the blaze melted the siding on the structure directly across the alley. No injuries were reported. Fleetwood was released at approx. 0500 hrs
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1/29/10 ~ 0700 hrs: Fleetwood Fire Co. Foam trailer was dispatched to Muhlenburg Township, on the on-ramp to Rt 61N from Rt. 222N for a gasoline tanker fire. First arriving units found a fully involved cab fire that was impinging on the tanker section. Crews were able to extinguish the fire before the tanker section was compromised. Fleetwood stayed on location until approx. 1300 hrs until the gasoline was safely off-loaded.
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Structure fire 2/12/10 near Rt 737 in Greenwich Township, Berks County. Multi alarm fire (not in Co. 45’s typical mutual aid area, but our photographer was in the area and took these shots) . Kutztown Chief 46 was command, and requested tankers from multiple companies to control this difficult fire. Fleetwood’s fire police were dispatched to control traffic at 737 and 222.
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