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12/23/2022, POLES AND WIRES DOWN, WEISSTOWN ROAD NEAR FRANKLIN ROAD, COLEBROOKDALE

Company 95 was dispatched to the area of Weisstown Road and Franklin Road at 1625 hours for reported wires and poles down blocking the roadway. On arrival crews found a tractor trailer into the wooded area and the cab sitting on the roadway with wires tangled up across the truck...
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12/22/2022 TWO VEHICLE CRASH WITH INJURIES, WASHINGTON STREET, BOYERTOWN

Company 95 was dispatched to the area of 6th Street and Washington Street at 1102 hours for a two vehicle crash reported head on with injuries. On arrival crews found two vehicles with heavy front end damage on Washington Street between 6th St and 7th St. Boyertown Ambulance was evaluating...
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12/21/2022 STRUCTURE FIRE, 261 INDIAN LANE, COLEBROOKDALE

Company 95 was dispatched to 261 Indian Lane for a chimney fire with extension into the wall at 1812 hours. On arrival crews found that the wall around the woodstove hearth was on fire and the chimney was not actually on fire. There was fire showing on the exterior wall...
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12/19/2022 SPECIAL OPERATIONS DEMO AT WESTERN BERKS STATION 18

Monday December 19, 2022, part of the Special Operations crew from Boyertown Area Fire & Rescue traveled to Station 18-1 to show local Fire Companies what resources are available and provided with Collapse 95 and to show them the large inventory of equipment we carry to handle multiple type incidents...
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STAND-BY COVER NEW TRIPOLI FIRE COMPANY, NEW TRIPOLI

On Sunday December 18, 2022 Engine 95-1 with a crew of four firefighters relocated to Lehigh County Station 17 New Tripoli Fire Company from 1600 hours until 0800 hours on Monday December 19, 2022. The New Tripoli Fire Company experienced a tragic Line Of Duty Death of two members, an...
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12/15/2022 VEHICLE INTO POLE WITH INJURIES, 2126 FARMINGTON AVENUE, DOUGLASS

Company 95 was dispatched to the 2100 block of Farmington Avenue for a vehicle into a Utility pole reporting the driver unconscious and entrapped. On arrival the driver had regained consciousness and was not entrapped. Crews stabilized the vehicle and assisted EMS from Boyertown Ambulance with getting him to the...
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11/29/2022, SUSPICIOUS FIRE BOYERTOWN AREA HIGH SCHOOL, COLEBROOKDALE

Company 95 was dispatched to the High School for a fire alarm, on location staff advised that there was a fire in a bathroom near the Auditorium entrance. Crews responded to that area and found that staff had extinguished the fire with a dry chemical extinguisher. Eastern Berks regional Police...
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