Come out and support the Lafayette Fire Company at the Brasserie Restaurant - 1679 Lincoln Highway E. from now until Thursday July 24th a portion of all proceeds from the Deck sales will be donated to the fire company. So come out and have some great food, check out live music and help out your local volunteers.

Shortly after 11pm tonight, Truck 63 was sent as part of the first alarm to a woodworking shop in the 2600 block of Stumptown Rd. in Co. 410 (Witmer) area for a building fire. First arriving units reported heavy fire and deployed heavy lines to try and stop the fire from running through the entire shop. Truck 63 arrived on the D side and began cutting trench cuts in the roof and hooking ceilings in the fire area. Engine 633 and 632 were also requested as the fire progressed for additional personnel. Engine 633 was assigned to go establish a tanker fill site on Beechdale Rd. and Engine 632 was brought to the scene to relieve the truck personnel. Crews worked for several hours overhauling the building. The initial crews made a good stop on the fire and half of the building was saved. Thanks to E542 (Lampeter) for covering our station. Lafayette's roster showed 26 firefighters present for this call.

Around 7an this morning, Co. 63 was sent to the Conestoga View nursing home for the automatic fire alarm activation.  When crews arrived, security advised that the alarm was coming from the 10th floor elevator control room. E633 and Tower 63's crews made their way to the top floor and discovered the room charged with smoke. Upon further investigation an electrical fire inside an elevator control box was discovered. The fire was out and some minor overhaul and ventilation were required. E632 was held at the water source. Units were on scene for about 30 minutes.

Tonight marked the start of our annual Tuesday Night in the Neighborhood. This year's theme is foam operations. E632 and the Foam Trailer visited the Eastland Hills development to show off the capabilities of the apparatus and meet some of our neighbors. Below is the tentative schedule for Tuesday Nights. (Subject to change due to emergency calls!!)

Tuesday July 29th - Bentley Ridge Rental Office
Tuesday August 12th - Greenland Village - Flory Park 
Tuesday August 26th - Parking lot at Ranck Ave. and Clark St.

Come out and see your local fire company!!!

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Tonight the crew headed up to the training center for some basic truck company training. Crews refreshed their skills on roof ventilation, ladders, and search.

This evening, Truck 63 was sent as part of the first alarm with units from 24 (Eden), 410 (Witmer), and 311 (Upper Leacock) for a reported house fire on Penwick Rd. in 24's section of East Lampeter Twp.  The truck was the first arriving special service and sent the crew in with the TIC to check for extension while the remainder of the crew set up fans for ventilation. The fire was contained to the kitchen counter and units cleared within 30 minutes.

This evening, Co. 63 was sent to the Rt. 30 Bypass westbound just west of Rt. 340 for a crash. Units found an SUV that was towing a trailer which had crashed throwing the contents of the trailer onto both sides of the roadway. Crews assisted in removing several large logs and debris so the roadway could be opened again.

This afternoon, the first alarm building box consisting of units from 63, 410 (Witmer), 54 (Lampeter), 24 (Eden), 48 (Ronks), and 612 (LEMSA) were sent to the Pizza Hut on Old Philadelphia Pk. in Bridgeport for a reported building fire. Chief 63 arrived and reported a smoke condition inside the restaurant. Crews from 63 and 54 began checking the interior while the truck companies went to the roof to check the mechanical systems. The problem was traced back to a burnt motor in an HVAC unit in the cockloft.

The day started off with a call for an odor of natural gas in the area of E. King and Ranck Ave. E633 and the tower responded and could not locate an odor. Units returning were advised to go to the Dunkin Donuts in the 2100 block of Lincoln Highway E. to assist with an animal rescue from a storm drain. Typically the ELT road crew handles these calls but they were off for the holiday. Later in the afternoon E631 ran a medical assist in the 2100 block of Old Philadelphia Pk. and assisted EMS removing a patient from the home. Then came a request from the PD to help cut up a fallen tree on Conestoga Woods Rd. Again, the road crews were off so we were called to help out. Tower 63 responded. Finally E633 and E631 were sent to the area of Building 16 in Bentley Ridge for a dumpster fire. E633 arrived to find the dumpster "well off" and ran a line to knock the fire.

Shortly before 11pm, Tower 63 was sent on the first alarm to the Roseville House Apartments on Eden Rd. in Manheim Twp for an apartment fire. The tower was the 2nd arriving truck company and was assigned to ventilation. First in companies had the fire knocked. The tower crew set up fans and portable lighting before being released. 2 additional crews were available at the station.

Shortly after 4pm today, Co. 63 was sent to a residence on Nancy Ln. in Eastwood Village for a natural gas leak. E633 and the tower arrived to find a minor leak due to a broken water pipe. While on this call, communications advised that EMS was requesting assistance in Bentley Ridge. The tower responded and assisted the crew removing a patient from the apartment. While returning to station the pagers went off again to assist Co. 24 (Eden) with a crash with 2 trapped on Millcross Rd. Since the tower was still on the street, they made the response along with Engine 631. The tower crew assisted 24's crew with extrication of the second patient while E631's crew staged additional tools in case they were needed. In all the volunteers, staffing 3 units, were on the street for about 1 1/2 hours to handle the back to back runs.

Tonight the volunteers headed out to the Stevens Tech dorm building for some rapelling training led by Deputy Chief Miller. As would be expected, the training was cut short when the tower was dispatched on a house fire in 48's (Ronks) area. The "fire" turned out to be the locals enjoying some pyrotechnics. Later in the evening Co. 63 ran an investigation of the fire alarms sounding in a Bentley Ridge apartment building. The alarm turned out to be false. With the 4th of July fast approaching we remind everyone to use care when setting off home fireworks as they can really ruin your day when used improperly!!

Shortly after 3pm today, E631 was dispatched to relocate to Lancaster City Station 3 with Truck 24 (Eden). City Fire was operating on a General Alarm fire in the 800 block of N. Prince St. The Engine was on stand by for about 2 hours

This evening, the 4 township fire companies met in the Greenfield Corporate Center to go over several water supply evolutions. First off the Witmer FC went over setting up a porta tank operation with Tanker 410-1. A Porta tank operations involves several tankers shuttling water from a water source to the scene of a fire where a typical municipal water system does not exist. The tankers drop their water into portable tanks where it is drafted and supplied into the scene. Second, the Bird in Hand FC covered a Nurse Tanker operation. This operation serves the same purpose as the porta tank operation except rather than drop water into portable tanks, the water is pumped into a large "Nurse Tanker" which supplies the scene. We also went over setting up a tanker fill site. During both of these operations, the tankers must be refilled at the same rate that they are using water at the scene. Lancaster County has standardized much of this operations with the use of standard fittings on all tankers in the county and a standard method of refill. Finally, we covered pumping a hydrant-assist valve and hydrant operations which is the bulk of the water supply in Lafayette's area. Thanks to all who came out.