This evening at 20:21 the rescue was dispatched to assist West Willow on a vehicle accident with reported entrapment on Rte 272 southbound in the area of Penn Grant Rd.  Deputy 5-11 J Topper arrived and confirmed one person entrapped.  Apparently a vehicle was travelling northbound in the southbound lanes and impacted another head on.  The Rescue arrived and performed a simple door removal as well as assisted other crews with packaging patients.  Rescue/Engine 5-12-1 and fire police assisted as well at the scene.  Thanks to Ken Barton Jr for the pictures.

This evening the volunteers were training again with our new Paratech Rescue struts.  Tonight's evolution consisted of an overturned vehicle that needed stabilized and then raised off the ground.  The members first stabilized the rear of the vehicle and then utilized airbags and cribbing to bring the front end of the car off the ground safely.  We are looking forward to putting the new struts in service on the Rescue and Rescue/Engine 1.

This afternoon just after 16:00 hours the company was sent to the intersection of Willow Street Pike and Violet Ave for a dumpster fire.  Engine 1 and the Truck arrived with a partially involved dumpster and made quick work of the fire.

Training on the new Engine 5-12-2 continued today with more drivers getting qualified pumping the apparatus and getting used to some of the new features on the engine.  Glick Fire Equipment is working on completing the mounting of equipment on the rig and hopefully within the next week or so the engine will be in service for the community.

Friday evening the West Lampeter Volunteers were sent to 2166 Willow Street Pike at the Chesapeake Crab Connection for a crash.  Captain 5-12 (Rhineer) came upon the accident just after it happened and advised of injuries in the 2 vehicle accident.  Crews from Rescue 5-12, Engine 5-12-1 and Engine 5-4-1 assisted EMS with patient packaging and handling hazards.  Units were available in short order.  Thanks to Ken Barton Jr for the photos.

This afternoon the West Lampeter Volunteers were sent to Strasburg Pike and Rockvale Rd for an accident with reported entrapment.  First arriving units advised of a two vehicle accident with one person entrapped.  The Rescue and Engine 1 assisted 5-4 with extricating the entrapped driver and also provided assistance to EMS with patient packaging.  Crews remained on the scene for a bit while the police investigated the crash scene.  Chief 5-4-2 Rhineer Sr had the 5-4 command.

This evening the members participated in National Night Out at West Lampeter Fair Grounds.  This event was organized by Officers of the West Lampeter Township Police Department and brings together different areas of emergency services to be put on display to the public and encourages the community to come out and spend and evening together.  Police, Fire and EMS units were on display as well as various special service units such as K-9 dogs, Police Special Emergency Response Team and Pennstar Helicopter.   Members greeted the public and showed the apparatus and at the end of the night put on a vehicle rescue demonstration for the attendees. 

This past week was a very busy one for the volunteers.  From Sunday July 18th to Monday July 26th members answered 17 calls for service. Some of the 17 calls were storm related as the area was pounded with 2 rounds of storms. Here are a list of calls and some pictures.

Monday:

1130 - Rescue assisted WLTPD with a tractor trailer that brought down wires on top of the trailer.

1730- Rescue and Truck assisted 5-9 (Refton) with a barn collapse on Refton Rd. Crews assisted with removing several trees from the roadway and checking for damage on a farm.

1804- While the Rescue and Truck were assisting 5-9,  Engine 1 and Squad 1 handled a wires down call on Mt Hope School Rd.

Tuesday:

1815- Engine 1 assisted 5-11 (West Willow) on a barn fire drill. Engine 1 filled several tankers for about an hour and a half

1900- While Engine 1 was at the barn fire drill , other member took a  class on the new Engine 5-12-2 provided by Glick Fire Equipment. The instructor went over several new features of the engine. At the end of the class members went out for a little pumping time with the engine.

Wednesday:

1842- Units from 512 and 54 handled a rollover crash on Willow Street Pike. Units arrived to find a vehicle overturned with a male out of the vehicle. Crews assisted EMS and provided fluid control.

Thursday:

0929- Engine 5-12-1 and Engine 5-4-2 handled a fire alarm at Willow Valley Meadowridge. Engine 5-12-1 found burnt food on the 4th floor with no fire services needed and units cleared a short time later

1928- West Lampeter Departments (Willow Street and Lampeter) were dispatched for a fire alarm at the YMCA in 5-4 1st due. Engine 5-4-2 arrived to find a pull station that was pulled by a child. The truck and rescue were returned a short time later.

Friday:

No Calls for service

Saturday:

1344- Engine, Truck and Engine 5-4-2 handled a fire alarm on Wynwood Dr. Chief 5-12 arrived to find food on the stove with no fire services needed.

1350- As units were clearing Chief 512 was notified of an assist to the police department call. Units from 512 and 54 staged at station 512 until Chief 512 investigated the situation. After about 15 mins standing by crews were released.

1743- Truck and Rescue assisted 6-6 (Lancaster Twp) at the Manor Shopping center on a working fire dispatch. Units from 6-6 arrived with a large shopping complex with a power surge and smoke in a couple of stores. Units from 5-12 arrived and went to staging. Truck and Rescue were released in about an hour.

2330- Rescue,Engine 1, and Engine 541 were dispatched for a vehicle accident in front of Willow Valley Resort. Rescue and chief 512 arrived with a 2 vehicle accident and 2 injuried. Crews assisted EMS with packaging of the patients. Engine 5-12-1 arrived and pulled a line due to a gas leak from one of the vehicles. Engine 541 arrived and assisted the crew of Engine 5-12-1.

Sunday:

1419- Rescue was dispatched to assist 6-8 ( West Lancaster) with a house struck by lightning. Units arrived with a working fire. About 10 min into the call the Truck was dispatched to assist. Crews from the Rescue and Truck completed several tasks on the fireground.  At 1435 Engine 5-12-1 was also dispatched to assist.

1457- While 512 units operated at the working fire in West Lancaster, Engine 5-8-1, Squad 5-12-1 and Capt 5-12 ( Rhineer) handled an outside investigation of smoke in the area in Providence Twp. Units found a controlled burn with no fire services needed.
 

1526- Engine 5-12-1 ,Squad 5-12-1, Capt 5-12 and Engine 5-4-1 handled a tree on a mobile home on Willow Street Pike. Units arrived with a large tree down on the home with structure damage. Crews removed the tree from the home. As the Rescue and Truck cleared their previous call they stopped to offer assistance. Units were out for about 2 1/2 hours.

1601- Engine 5-12-1 left Willow Street Pike and assisted 5-11 (West Willow) with smoke in a house on Penn Grant Rd. Engine 1 arrived and assist crews from 5-11 checking the house.

1957- Engine,Truck, Rescue 512 and Engine 5-4-2 handled a fire alarm on Willow Street Pike south. Units found a bad detector in the basement

*** Big Thank You to all the members who came out in the very  hot weather this week and staffing several piece's. "WSFC PRIDE" ***

This evening at 1730 hours the rescue and truck were dispatched to assist Refton with a reported building collapse in the area of 65 Refton Rd.  A thunderstorm had rolled through the area and provided some heavy wind and rain.  Units arrived on scene to find a barn that been blown over as well as numerous trees.  The rescue and truck personnel assisted with checking the area of the collapse as well cutting some of the trees off of the roadway.  Units were on scene for 2 hours before returning.

Tonight around 1900 hrs several members gathered at the station to welcome home the new engine 5-12-2. After many months of looking at pictures, the real thing has arrived. Members took the next 2 1/2 hours looking over the engine and started on idea's for equipment mounting. The new engine will be in the firehouse for a bit before being sent out for equipment mounting so feel free to stop and check it out.

At 0030 the Rescue was dispatched for RIT to assist units on scene of a working house fire in the 100 blk of Truce Rd. Units from 5-7 (Quarryville) and 5-9 (Refton) arrived with fire showing. Crews from 5-7 advanced several lines inside to put a knock on the fire. Crews were then pulled out due to the roof starting to fail. After the bulk of the fire was knocked down crews proceeded back inside to extinguish the remaining hot spots. The rescue remained on scene for about 2 hours before being released.

Saturday evening at just after 2030 the West Lampeter Volunteers were dispatched to Willow Street Pike and Eckman Rd for a reported motor vehicle accident.  Deputy 5-12 (D Reese) and Duty Officer (Captain Rhineer) arrived with a 3 vehicle accident with a patient still in one of the vehicles.  Rescue 5-12, Engine 5-4-1 and Engine 5-12-1 responded and assisted EMS with patient care and hazard mitigation.

Sunday morning at 0925 the same units were on the street again for a multi vehicle crash at Rt 222 and Penn Grant Rd.  Engine 5-4-1 arrived with a three vehicle accident and one of the vehicles on its roof.  The volunteers again provided assistance to EMS with patient packaging and cleared the hazards.

Later at just after 1200 hours the traffic accident at Rockvale Rd and Strasburg Pike was dispatched.  Crews again provided hazard control and cleaned up a large amount of spill on the roadway.

After serving the Willow Street Fire Co since 1998 the old engine 5-12-2 will leave the firehouse for the last time today. Engine 2 is known around the county for its famous "pink" paint job. Engine 2 has supplied many  fires throughout the years and served our company well. It also was a rescue pumper responding with the rescue on all related calls. Since the department started using firehouse software in January of 1999, engine 2 has answered 1767 calls for service.

The engine was purchased by the West Colesville Fire Co in New York. They will be using the engine as a supply piece for their area. We wish them all the luck. We hope it serves their community as well as it did ours for many years.

This evening the members travelled to the LS High School to participate in the PECO drill.  In the event of a nuclear emergency at Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant the members of Lampeter and Willow Street are trained in monitoring evacuees from the affected area.  The Lampeter Strasburg High School is an evacuation site in the event of an emergency and all evacuees coming to the site are to be monitored to be sure they have no radioactive material on them.   The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has personnel that observe the drill to be sure the protocols are being followed and to "grade" the responders.  We as emergency responders hope that we never have to put these measures into effect for real; however, we train for this like we train for other emergencies and are prepared if need be.

During the exercise the Companies were dispatched to a gas leak on Cindy Dr in Lampeters first due.  A pin hole leak was found in a 1,000 gallon propane tank.  The gas company was called and the 5-12 units were available a short time later.  Chief 5-4-2 (Rhineer Sr) had the 5-4 command.

Over the last 3 days members have been working on several projects involving the "New and Old" engine 5-12-2. On Sunday afternoon Deputy Dave Reese,  Assistant Chief Fawber, Captain Rhineer, President Donnelly, Treasurer Stoltzfus and Pierce Salesman Curt "Hen" Woerth of Glick Fire Equipment travelled to the Pierce Factory in Appleton, WI.  The group spent Monday and Tuesday at the Pierce Factory looking over and inspecting the engine. Each department that purchases a piece of equipment from Pierce are flown to the factory with the salesman to look over the vehicle. The inspection is done in the famous "Blue Room" . This building was built by Pierce for all new vehicles to be inspected by the purchasing department. Every department has to inspect their vehicle to ensure that the vehicle matches the specifications that were originally agreed to.  The members were also treated to several tours of the plant. The group got to see the apparatus build process from start to finish.

We would like to thank our salesman Curt "Hen" Woerth and Glick Fire Equipment  for everything they have done for the members of the Willow Street Fire Co.  The people that work at Pierce are second to none.

For those that are wondering when the new engine may be arriving in Lancaster County ... We are hoping by Friday afternoon.  We will keep you posted...