At 10:05pm, Station 21 was dispatched to 6 Lancaster Ave. (Eastern Baptist Seminary) for a fire
alarm. Engine 21, under the command of 21-5 (Chief J. Fallon) with a crew of 6, went on location to find nothing showing
from the exterior. Upon further investigation, the smoke detector that activated was located in the laundry room and a light
smoke condition was observed. To mitigate the problem, the crew from Engine 21 opened up the lint collectors from the 5
commerical dryers. Discovered within, was a high volume of lint (pictured below) that obviously needed cleaning. In addition
to cleaning out the dryers, crews checked for extension by utilizing the thermal imaging camera and opening up
the dryer vent duct.
RESCUE ASSIGNMENT IN BRYN MAWR
Date: Time: Units:
1/16/05 10:07pm Squad 21 Rescue 22 Station 23 Medic 313
At 10:07pm, Station 23 (Bryn Mawr), Rescue 22 (Belmont Hills), and Squad 21 (Penn Wynne) were dispatched to 830 W. Montgomery
Ave. for a vehicle rescue with reports of an overturned vehicle with entrapment. Squad 23 arrived on location and comfirmed
one vehicle overturned. Squad 21 assisted by using the Hurst Transformer to lift the vehicle in order to extricate the
patient. The patient was transported by Medic 313 (Narberth Ambulance) to he Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Squad 21 went available at 10:31pm.
21 HOUSE GOES TO WORK ON DRAYTON LANE
Date: Units:
1/14/05 Squad 21 Rescue 22 Station 23 Medic 313
Stations 21 (Penn Wynne) and 26 (Narberth) were dispatched to the 1200 block of Drayton Lane for a structure. Engine 21
arrived on location with smoke showing from the "D" side of a single family dwelling. Fire was burning up an exterior wall
of a living room with a cathedral ceiling. With the report of a working fire, the assignment was upgraded with Engine 23
(Bryn Mawr) for the FAST Team and Air 24 (Gladwyne) for the air truck. 21-54 (3rd Assistant Chief D. Watrous) took command.
The dwelling is located on the other side of Indian Creek and apparatus cannot go over the driveway bridge leading to the
house. Due to preplans having been in place, crews knew to stretch a 2.5" line across the bridge and to gate off with 2 -
1.75" attack lines. Crews from Engine 21 extinguished the fire and overhaul was conducted. A great job was done by all on
scene.
WEEKLY DRILL AT THE TOWER
Date:
1/12/05
Tonight, we started the Vehicle Rescue
Awareness class at the station. We had a great in-house turn out, and members from other companies also
attended. The members who already had this class went to the township burn tower for our monthly burn
drill. The township relief association is continuing their SCBA search and members tested the Scott
4.5 airpacks. We also still had the MSA packs, so members had a great opportunity to compare the two
packs. Members then practiced bail outs, using MSA's new integrated bail out system. A special thanks
to John Majors from The Fire Store in Downingtown for coming out and going over all of the great
features of MSA.
FIRE IN THE WALL ON WITLEY ROAD
Date: Time: Units:
1/12/05 6:34pm Station 21 Station 25
At 6:34pm, Station 21 was dispatched to the 400 block of Witley Road in Wynnewood for a report of a fire
in the wall. Station 25 (Ardmore) was added to the assignment. An investigation found that a plumber was
working and had ignited some insulation behind the wall. The assignment was held to Station 21, and crews
spent some time removing the drywall on the 1st and 2nd floors checking for extension. Station 21 was made
available at 7:22pm.
21 HOUSE HOLDS HAZMAT OPS REFRESHER
Date:
1/9/05
Although many LMFD firefighters received an early wake
up call on the working fire at Sunrise Assisted Living, a large number turned out at 9am for the HazMat Operations
Refresher course held at the 21 House. Station 21 had 14 members attend, while the rest of the township
companies had a fine showing, with 5 from Narberth, 3 from Ardmore, and 1 from Belmont Hills. We would like to
thank the Bucks County Public Safety Training Center for coming out and putting on another great class. If any area
firefighters are interested, we are running many additional courses at Station 21 in the upcoming months. Please
check out our Training page for additional information and dates.
FAST TEAM 21 RESPONDS ON 2 ALARM FIRE
Date: Time: Units:
1/9/05 5:12am Station 25 Station 23 Station 24 Engine 21 Air 24 Medic 313
At 5:12am, Stations 25 (Ardmore) and 23 (Bryn Mawr)
were dispatched to 217 W. Montgomery Ave. (Sunrise Assisted Living) for a building fire, with a report of a living
room fire. While units were enroute, the alarm company advised of a fire in the laundry room with a sprinkler
activation. Automatically, this brought Engine 21 (Penn Wynne) for the FAST, Air 24 (Gladwyne) for the air truck,
and Medic 313 (Narberth Ambulance) for EMS. 25-5 (Chief T. Hayden) assumed command and requested atleast 5
ambulances due to the large occupancy and heavy smoke condition. Additionally, at 5:23am, the 2nd Alarm was struck
which brought full company 24 for manpower to assist with the evacuation. Crews from Station 25 promptly extinguished the fire,
bringing the fire under control at 5:37am. Engine 21 made themselves available at 5:40am.
Stations 21 (Penn Wynne) and 26 (Narberth) were dispatched to the 1200 block of Drayton Lane for a structure. Engine 21
arrived on location with smoke showing from the "D" side of a single family dwelling. Fire was burning up an exterior wall
of a living room with a cathedral ceiling. With the report of a working fire, the assignment was upgraded with Engine 23
(Bryn Mawr) for the FAST Team and Air 24 (Gladwyne) for the air truck. 21-54 (3rd Assistant Chief D. Watrous) took command.
The dwelling is located on the other side of Indian Creek and apparatus cannot go over the driveway bridge leading to the
house. Due to preplans having been in place, crews knew to stretch a 2.5" line across the bridge and to gate off with 2 -
1.75" attack lines. Crews from Engine 21 extinguished the fire and overhaul was conducted. A great job was done by all on
scene.
At 6:34pm, Station 21 was dispatched to the 400 block of Witley Road in Wynnewood for a report of a fire
in the wall. Station 25 (Ardmore) was added to the assignment. An investigation found that a plumber was
working and had ignited some insulation behind the wall. The assignment was held to Station 21, and crews
spent some time removing the drywall on the 1st and 2nd floors checking for extension. Station 21 was made
available at 7:22pm.
