• Date/Time:
  Monday, April 23, 2012, 2:30 pm
• Address:
  1900 Blk of E. Pacific St
• Submitter:
  JD

E-55 arrived on scene with heavy fire showing from the second floor of a two story M/O/R, 15X45, placed 2&2 in service. B/C-8 reported all searches were negative.

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• Date/Time:
  Sunday, April 22, 2012, 9:13 am
• Address:
  5937 Haverford Ave
• Submitter:
  JD

Engine-41 arrived on scene with heavy smoke showing from a two story twin, 16x45, placed 2&2 in service.

• Date/Time:
  Saturday, April 21, 2012, 3:24 pm
• Address:
  439 W. Hewson St
• Submitter:
  JD

Engine-2 reported medium smoke showing from a one story garage, 20x50, placed 2&2 in service.

• Date/Time:
  Saturday, April 21, 2012, 8:40 am
• Address:
  100 blk of Kinsley Rd
• Submitter:
  JD

Units arrived on scene with smoke showing from a two story twin dwelling. Command reported a basement fire with extension to the first floor. Used all hands.

• Date/Time:
  Saturday, April 21, 2012, 1:44 am
• Address:
  Blairmill Rd & Briarwood Dr
• Submitter:
  JD

At 01:20 Station 10 was dispatched for a dumpster on fire at the Blair Mill Village Apts. 3855 Blair Mill Rd. Police arrived on scene with several dumpster involved as well a fire in the laundry room of one of the apartments building. The box was struck for a building fire. Crews went in service to knock the fires. While in service at that fire police noticed another dumpster on fire on the Horsham side of Blair Mill Rd with fire fre extending to an apartment building. Bucks D/C-90 report a working apartment fire with people trapped. Ladders for rescues. Several people were removed from the apartment. Made a quick knock of the fire.

• Date/Time:
  Friday, April 20, 2012, 9:38 am
• Address:
  517 Parkview Ave
• Submitter:
  JD

A/C-9 reported heavy smoke showing from a 1-1/2 story S/F/D.Command reported heavy fire throughout. Command reported 2 1.75 water lines in service and ladder company to the roof. Command special called Engine 222 and Engine 55-1. Used all hands

• Date/Time:
  Thursday, April 19, 2012, 11:20 am
• Address:
  2900 S. Delaware Ave
• Submitter:
  JD

B/C-4 had heavy fire inside a recycle trash transfer station building, 100x150, placed all hands in service with heaviest water lines. Requested two additional Pipeline companies above the box.

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• Date/Time:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012, 2:50 am
• Address:
  1810 W. Tioga St
• Submitter:
  JD

B/C-8 had heavy smoke showing from the second and third floors of a three story E/O/R, 15X45, placed 2&2 in service.

• Date/Time:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 9:06 pm
• Address:
  302 Penbree Cir
• Submitter:
  JD

Chief-28 arrived on scene with heavy smoke showing from a two story S/F/D. Requested additional company to assist. Crews had heavy fire second floor and through the roof. Multiple lines stretched and the roof was opened up. Used all hands and all searches were negative.

• Date/Time:
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 12:30 pm
• Address:
  101 School Road:@Friends Upper School
• Submitter:
  PhillyFireNews Staff

When Talleyville Fire Company's Quint 257 responded to the elite Friends' School, they expected to be faced with an alarm malfunction. Instead, they arrived to find an historical school structure -- the auditorium -- blasting out heavy smoke through cracks in the bricks. As New Castle County Fireboard completed filling out the Box Alarm, Engine 253's crew stretched an inch and 3/4 into the building, while the Quint team raised the 75ft aerial to the roof in anticipation of creating a few vent holes. Unfortunately, the roof was 1 inch thick slate so their power equipment would be useless. Dense smoke started pouring through every crack and crevice, and the truckies were ordered to immediately abandon their position. That order came none to soon because as soon as the 3 firefighters were safely on the aerial, the blaze exploded through the roof, inches from where they had been standing. With the fire showing itself 4 stories above, Chief Eric Haley of Claymont Fire Company assumed command, and requested a total of 6 aerials. Arriving engines were ordered to take available hydrants and lay supply lines to Side A. Their job would be to supply ladder trucks and towers as they began to arrive. Within 15 minutes, 5 elevated master streams were in service and remained so until visible flames had been knocked down. Engine and Truck crews were sent in to the auditorium to knockdown isolated fires and search for hidden flames. But the theater wasn't done with its own show and the the curtain raised on the roof blaze once again. On Side C, Goodwill Ladder-18 raised it aerial to the apex of the roof, and its crews began preparing a massive trench cut to stop the fire's progression to the rear of the structure. It worked...sorta. But as the flames revealed more and more of the roof, it became obvious that huge trussed beams were becoming detached from the brick walls. A collapse zone was established and Command ordered the evacuation of all interior personnel. All 6 aerials transitioned to elevated master streams, and that's how the final 30 minutes of the fire played out. During the operation, New Castle County paramedics set up a rehab sector on the school's massive lawn using Odessa Fire Company (Station 4 and 24) dedicated rehab unit. Two firefighters complaining of chest pains were examined on scene, then transported to local Wilmington hospitals for definitive health care. Both have been released and are in good condition. A veteran firefighter, now a fire policeman, came up to me and said, "I've been doing this for 45 years -- and I ain't ever seen Delaware County and Kent County working the same blaze." What he didn't know was that companies from New Jersey and Maryland were covering NC County's empty stations. Delaware State Fire Marshall's Office will be investigating the blaze for the next several days, but admit that I might have something to do with the re-wiring of the auditorium complex.

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• Date/Time:
  Monday, April 16, 2012, 4:12 pm
• Address:
  2819 Benson St
• Submitter:
  JD

B/C-2 reported smoke showing from a two story E/O/R, reported people trapped. Placed all hands in service. Command reported all searches negative. Crews placed several lines in service. All searches were negative.