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8/31/2024 STRUCTURE FIRE, MOBILE HOME TRAILER, 315 N. SUNRISE LANE, DOUGLASS

Company 95 was dispatched to 315 North Sunrise Lane at 1024 hours for a report that a mobile home trailer was on fire. On arrival crews found the trailer to be fully involved and threatening an occupied mobile home and other out buildings. Crews contained the fire to the original trailer and protected the surrounding...
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8/27/2024 RESCUE FROM VEHICLE DOWN EMBANKMENT, 2289 FARMINGTON AVENUE, DOUGLASS

Company 95 was dispatched at 1240 hours for an elderly male in his vehicle down an embankment along the driveway at 2289 Farmington Avenue. He apparently was trying to back up to allow another vehicle to exit and went over the embankment.  The vehicle was hanging just above a steep drop being held only by...
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8/26/2024, VEHICLE CRASH WITH VEHICLE INTO STRUCTURE, SHANESVILLE ORCHARD, RT 73, EARL

08/26/2024 – At 1513 hours Rescue 95 was dispatched on automatic mutual aid with the Earl Township Fire Company (Station 19) to assist with a motor vehicle accident with injuries and entrapment in the 1700 block of West Philadelphia Ave. Callers reported a vehicle struck a retail store and a male was entrapped in the...
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8/18/2024 JOINT TRAINING, FLASHOVER TRAINING, EARL, BOYERTOWN, EASTERN BERKS & GILBERTSVILLE, EASTERN BERKS STATION

Joint Training this weekend at Eastern Berks Fire Company new Station with BAF&R, Earl Township Fire, Gilbertsville Fire and Eastern Berks Fire participating. Crews went into the simulator and experienced a flashover with live fire. Great training!   “>...
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8/7/2024 VEHICLE ROLLOVER, 2300 BLOCK OF FARMINGTON AVENUE, DOUGLASS

Company 95 was dispatched to a vehicle rollover on Ben Franklin Highway in Douglass Township and were recalled enroute. Engine 95-1 was turning around at Gift when they observed traffic stopped on Farmington Avenue and saw a vehicle on it’s side. They blocked the roadway and checked for injuries and called for Boyertown Ambulance who...
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