jerry092975
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By Honey Brook Fire Company October 28, 2010 At 1740 hours, Station 33 (Honey Brook), Station 34 (Martin's Corner), Ladder 49 (East Brandywine), Medic 93 (Brandywine), and Station 89 Ambulance (Elverson) were dispatched to the Lakeview Building in Tel Hai Retirement Community for a reported building fire.
Assistant 33 (Klinger) responded and was advised by the Chester County Fire Board that staff members had called 911 due to alarms sounding in the building and visible smoke on the second floor. A fire alarm also came in through a second building moments later, bringing Station 48 (Glen Moore) to cover the fire alarm. Assistant 33 arrived first and established "Tel Hai Command", the building was being evacuated and multiple staff members reporting a fire in an apartment with sprinkler activation.
Engine 33-1 was the first arriving Engine company and lead off with a 200' preconnect while crews located the fire room. Chief 49 (Edwards) arrived and assumed the Fire Operations Role. Chief 48 (Brown) confirmed the fire alarm to be related to the apartment fire and assumed the role of EMS Operations with 33-21 (Ressell). Chief 33 (Messner) arrived and had overall command.
Fire crews extinguished the fire room, and began a room by room search for victims on all four floors and ventilation of the entire complex. Ventilation was a challenge as there was smoke on floors 2,3, and 4. Water issues were encountered on floors 1 and 2 due to 2 sprinkler heads that were activated in the fire room. An EMS Box was dispatched bringing 5 more ambulances, 2 Medics and a Rescue to assist the EMS Sector with evaulating the multiple residents as they were evacuated to the Tel Hai Chapel for shelter. Tel Hai staff along with the fire and EMS crews searched the complex for all residents for accountability. After a short period of time all 93 residents were located and reported to Command.
Chester County Fire Marshalls arrived and began the fire investigation process while crews worked with maintenance and staff to begin moving residents back into their apartments. Two residents were transported to the local hospitals for minor complications from the fire. Fire crews were released by Command with the exception of Engine 33-1. Command along with the EMS crews stayed on site until Tel Hai staff were able to move all but a small number of residents back into their rooms.
The Honey Brook Fire Company Officers would like to thank all it's members and mutual aid companies that responded to this large scale event, and the Chief Officers that arrived to establish the Incident Command System. Units: Engine 33-1; Engine 33-5, Rescue 33, Engine 33-2; Ambulance 33-1; Ambulance 33-2 Mutual Aid: Engine 34-5; Ladder 49; Engine 49; Engine 48-1; Engine 48-5; Tac 34; Tac 48; Amb. 34-1; Amb. 89-1; Amb. 46-1; Amb. & MICU 87; Amb. 29-2; Medic 93; Medic 4 (Lancaster);
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Assistant 33 (Klinger) responded and was advised by the Chester County Fire Board that staff members had called 911 due to alarms sounding in the building and visible smoke on the second floor. A fire alarm also came in through a second building moments later, bringing Station 48 (Glen Moore) to cover the fire alarm. Assistant 33 arrived first and established "Tel Hai Command", the building was being evacuated and multiple staff members reporting a fire in an apartment with sprinkler activation.
Engine 33-1 was the first arriving Engine company and lead off with a 200' preconnect while crews located the fire room. Chief 49 (Edwards) arrived and assumed the Fire Operations Role. Chief 48 (Brown) confirmed the fire alarm to be related to the apartment fire and assumed the role of EMS Operations with 33-21 (Ressell). Chief 33 (Messner) arrived and had overall command.
Fire crews extinguished the fire room, and began a room by room search for victims on all four floors and ventilation of the entire complex. Ventilation was a challenge as there was smoke on floors 2,3, and 4. Water issues were encountered on floors 1 and 2 due to 2 sprinkler heads that were activated in the fire room. An EMS Box was dispatched bringing 5 more ambulances, 2 Medics and a Rescue to assist the EMS Sector with evaulating the multiple residents as they were evacuated to the Tel Hai Chapel for shelter. Tel Hai staff along with the fire and EMS crews searched the complex for all residents for accountability. After a short period of time all 93 residents were located and reported to Command.
Chester County Fire Marshalls arrived and began the fire investigation process while crews worked with maintenance and staff to begin moving residents back into their apartments. Two residents were transported to the local hospitals for minor complications from the fire. Fire crews were released by Command with the exception of Engine 33-1. Command along with the EMS crews stayed on site until Tel Hai staff were able to move all but a small number of residents back into their rooms.
The Honey Brook Fire Company Officers would like to thank all it's members and mutual aid companies that responded to this large scale event, and the Chief Officers that arrived to establish the Incident Command System. Units: Engine 33-1; Engine 33-5, Rescue 33, Engine 33-2; Ambulance 33-1; Ambulance 33-2 Mutual Aid: Engine 34-5; Ladder 49; Engine 49; Engine 48-1; Engine 48-5; Tac 34; Tac 48; Amb. 34-1; Amb. 89-1; Amb. 46-1; Amb. & MICU 87; Amb. 29-2; Medic 93; Medic 4 (Lancaster);
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