| Once again storms rolled through the area knocking out the power to several townships through out Chester County. At 23:28 hours on Tuesday July 8th the box went out for the dwelling fire in the unit block of Raleigh Dr in West Brandywine, the caller stated he had smoke in the basement and was evacuating. Station 49, 48, ENG45, RES33 (RIT), and AMB144 were all dispatched. CAPT49 arrived to find a 2 1/2 story single family dwelling with nothing showing. Upon further investigation smoke was found in the basement and the fire appeared electrical in nature, with that report CMD49 scaled the response back to 49 and 48 units. Once the power was secured and the ventilation complete the units cleared at 00:17 hours.
On Wednesday morning July 9th @ 01:53 hours the box was struck again for 49, 48, ENG33, RES69 (RIT) and AMB144 to the unit block of Seneca La in West Brandywine for the out building with exposures. Caller stated it was a shed on fire next to the mobile home. Police department arrived and confirmed one shed fully involved, with explosions and extension into the mobile home. At that time ENG445 and ENG695 were added to the box. ENG335 arrived and placed 2 attack lines into service, 1 into the interior of the mobile home and 1 to the rear for the shed. ENG495 arrived and assisted ENG335's crew, ENG491 arrived and laid 500 feet of supply line from the hydrant. ENG485 arrived and the crew was set up as temporary RIT, then was used for overhaul on the outside of the mobile home removing siding and insulation. The fire was placed under control with units working at 02:23 hours, after the FM's investigation and clean up the departments cleared at 03:45 hours. |
