Monthly Archives: February 2016

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA – At 4:19 AM on Sunday, February 14, Shenandoah Marshal 747 spotted smoke coming from a building in the unit block of North Main Street in the borough. M747 radioed into Schuylkill County 9-1-1 who also began to receive reports of the fire.  The first alarm was dispatched. Squrt 745 was out the door in seconds and took the address, a second alarm was requested.  Engine 747 took the rear of the address where heavy fire was showing. Multiple lines were stretched off 747.  Ladder 745 positioned right behind the Squrt and sent a crew to the … Continue reading →

MONROE COUNTY, PA – Around 8:30 AM on Wednesday, February 3 Monroe County 9-1-1 dispatched units to the Blakeslee Inn & Restaurant on Route 940 in Tobyhanna Township for a commercial fire alarm.  Soon after, reports of a commercial structure fire began to come in to 9-1-1. Crews arrived on the scene to find a working fire in a large motel with restaurants inside. Extra assistance was immediately requested into the scene.  Firefighters throughout Monroe County were brought in as well as crews from Carbon, Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties.   Tobyhanna Township Ladder 2 was on the scene in the … Continue reading →

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA – At 10:27 AM units were sent to the former Swiss Chalet restaurant at 529 Second Mountain Road in West Brunswick Township for a reported commercial building fire.  The first alarm included Fire Districts 42 (West Brunswick / Deer Lake), 56 (Orwigsburg), 47 (Landingville), 63 (Schuylkill Haven) and a Rapid Intervention Team out of Pottsville. Chief 42 and Chief 56-02 went responding and were advised County was receiving multiple calls reporting a fire at the former restaurant.  Chief 42 requested a tanker task force be dispatched due to no water supply in the area.  The tanker task … Continue reading →