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At 1337 hours, the Chester County Fireboard advised Brush 21, clearing a utility pole fire in Oxford Boro, of a reported House Fire in the 100 block of Mount Pleasant Road in East Nottingham Township. Brush 21 responded back to the firehouse. The company was alerted along with two Engines from Station 12 (West Grove - New London Station) and the Tanker from Station 8 (Rising Sun, Maryland).
Chief 21 (Terry) arrived to find heavy fire showing from the Alpha/Delta corner of a single family house. The Working Fire Dispatch was requested and the "Mount Pleasant Command" was established. This alerted Rescue 27 (Cochranville), Engine 22 (West Grove), and Medic 94 (SCCEMS).
Engine 21-1 (Captain Prettyman) arrived and stretched 700' of 5" supply line up the driveway and into the scene. The crew forced entry into a sliding door on the Delta side and advanced one 1.75" handline into the house were they were met with intense heat and smoke.
Ladder 21 (FF Evosirch) arrived in the driveway. The crew laddered the house with an extension ladder and went to the roof were they used a saw to open a hole for ventilation.
Engine 21-2 (FF Vining) and Tanker 21 took the end of the driveway along Mount Pleasant Road and established the Water Supply. Engine 21-2 supplied the 5" line to Engine 21-1. FF Mark Vining became the Water Supply Officer.
Lieutenant 21b (Paxson) arrived and became the Interior Officer while Captain Prettyman assumed the Operations Officer role.
Engine 21-4 (FF Hensel) arrived and the crew stretched a second 1.75" handline into the rear of the house. They were also met with heavy smoke and fire.
As crews were quickly put to work, and has the fire was spreading throughout the house, Command requested two additional Tankers (Engine 27-5 and Tanker 22) and the companies that were transferring to Station 21 (Bart Township Engine 5-1-1 and Robert Fulton Tanker 5-13).
Additional arriving units were staged and their crews were placed in the manpower pool and rotated throughout the incident. The crews assisted with fire suppression, overhaul, ventilation and salvage operation.
All crews worked throughout the afternoon to bring the incident under control and assisted the Chester County and Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal Offices investigate.
Two firefighters from Station 21 were transported to the Jennersville Regional Hospital with minor burn injuries. Both were treated and released.
The final units were clear of the scene at 1750 hours.
Engine 5-7-2 (Quarryville) and Tanker 5-2-1 (Christiana) handled the Fill-In assignment at Station 21 and assisted with getting the equipment back in service after the incident. |
