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7/1/2024 JOINT TRAINING EASTERN BERKS, BAF&R & EARL AT EARL FIRE COMPANY

Crews from Eastern Berks, BAF&R and Earl Fire Companies assembled at The Earl Township Fire Company at 1900 hours and conducted a joint training evolution where members from each Company would staff an Engine and circle the block to respond into the scene, pulling hose and placing ladders on the...
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6/26/2024 VEHICLE CRASH WITH INJURIES, WEISSTOWN ROAD AND FRANKLIN ROAD, COLEBROOKDALE

Company 95 was dispatched for a two vehicle crash with injuries at 1512 hours on Weisstown Road at Franklin Road. Crews assisted EMS from Boyertown Ambulance, Gilbertsville Ambulance and Goodwill Ambulance from Pottstown with multiple patients.  Crews also handled fluids leaking from the vehicles and assisted Berks-Mont Towing with removal...
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6/21/2024 VEHICLE CRASH WITH INJURIES, 200 BLOCK OF NORTH FUNK ROAD, COLEBROOKDALE

Company 95 was dispatched to the 200 block of North Funk Road for a single vehicle crash with injuries at 0558 hours. On arrival crews found a vehicle off the roadway that had struck a utility pole. The driver was being evaluated by Boyertown Ambulance. Crews checked the vehicle and...
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6/17/2024 HAZ MAT GAS LEAK, 813 S READING AVENUE, COLEBROOKDALE

Company 95 was dispatched to the former Morysville Body works complex at 1646 hours for a report of a gas leak after a gas line was struck by an Excavator installing a water line. On location crews found a major leak spewing Natural Gas 20 to 40 feet into the...
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6/15/2024 MOTORCYCLE VS CAR WITH INJURIES, RT 100 AT NEW BERLINVILLE EXIT, COLEBROOKDALE

Company 95 was dispatched to a level 2 MVA with injuries at 1923 hours in the area of Rt 100 and the New Berlinville interchange, motorcycle vs car and Police requesting south bound Rt 100 be shut down at the exit ramp. On arrival crews shut down south bound Rt...
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6/1/2024 MUTUAL AID STRUCTURE FIRE, 46 AVALON CIRCLE, WASHINGTON

06-01-2024 – As personnel were manning the parking lots and also the food tent at our fundraising event at the Boyertown Community Fundays, at 1403 hours the structure assignment went out for a reported house on fire from the rear deck on Avalon Circle in Washington Township to assist Eastern...
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5/22/2024 VEHICLE CRASH INTO WALL, 522 MONTGOMERY AVENUE, COLEBROOKDALE

Company 95 was dispatched for a vehicle into a wall with injuries in the area of 522 Montgomery Avenue at 2023 hours. On arrival crews found a vehicle in the middle of the street with heavy damage and debris and fluids on the roadway. Single occupant of the vehicle refused...
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