Lafayette Fire Company

Lancaster, PA

Foam Task Force 36

On October 31, 2019 the County’s Foam Task Force was officially placed out of service, thus ending its 27 years of continuous existence. The Foam Task Force was organized in 1992 after a tanker truck overturned in the Lancaster City. Responding companies had various amounts and types of foam and foam appliances with no real standard between the agencies. The original Foam Task Force member agencies were Lafayette Fire Company, Lancaster City Bureau of Fire, Lancaster County Haz-Mat, Neffsville Fire Company and Rohrerstown Fire Company. In more recent years, the task force consisted of only three of the original agencies.  These three departments were assigned trailers that carried 500 gallons of foam and the necessary appliances to make and apply foam. Two of the departments recently requested to no longer participate in the task force, and returned the trailers to the county.

The trailers and equipment were purchased in 2005 by the South Central Task Force which is the eight county regional task force that manages the Department of Homeland Security Grant funds allocated to the nine regions in Pennsylvania. The final decision on the next steps for the trailers and equipment will be in the hands of the regional task force’s executive committee. A decision is expected in the next couple of months. LEMA may poll Lancaster County fire departments to see if there is any interest in operating one of the trailers, or they may be re-assigned to another county in the region. More information will follow regarding the final disposition. If your department is interested in operating one of these trailers, please contact Phil Colvin (pcolvin@lancema.us) by email for more information. This involves some cost to the department and training members in foam operations.

Lafayette (Station 63) still maintains a trailer and will continue to run as a single resource, Foam 63. Ironically, Foam 63 (Engine 632) made a response earlier today for an aircraft crash at the Smoketown Airport. The Foam Task Force was most recently summoned to the large sink hole fire at Tanger Outlets earlier this year.

Some of the information provided was courtesy of Lancaster County EMA.

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Lafayette Fire Company

3 days ago

Lafayette Fire Company

Around 7:30 PM Wednesday evening, Company 63 and surrounding units were dispatched to 144 Greenfield Road for a reported fire in the paint bay at High Steel Plant #2. Lieutenant 63-1 (J. Long) arrived to find smoke showing from the "Bravo" side of the building. After a brief investigation, a smoldering fire was confirmed in the walls with extension toward the ceiling of the bay.

Engine 63-1 was the first arriving suppression unit and laid all 1,200' of its supply hose from a hydrant on Greenfield Road. They deployed two 1 3/4" attack lines into the building to start extinguishment. Truck 63 arrived next and set up for roof operations. Engine 63-2 picked up Engine 63-1's supply line at the hydrant and prepared to supply water to the fire scene. Engine 63-1's lay came up short due to the distance from the hydrant to the fire. Engine 41-1 (Bird-In-Hand) finished the lay by dropping 300 additional feet of supply hose to Engine 63-1. Their crew then assisted inside. Truck 204 (Manheim Twp) was brought to the scene to assist with truck work and to establish secondary access to the roof. The remaining units were held out on Greenfield Road to await further orders.

After several minutes of removing burning insulation from the wall and wetting everything down, the fire was declared under control and the balance of the units in staging were released. We appreciate the help of the companies that assisted us with picking up our supply hose.

Just as we finished loading all of our hoses, LCWC dispatched the LFC to an automobile accident with injuries at Lincoln Highway East and Oakview Road. The entire company responded to the run and once on location, provided patient care and scene traffic control until the arrival of EMS. The total time in service for both runs was about 3 hours.

Units Operating at Greenfield Road:

Engines - 63-1, 63-2, 62-2 (Witmer), 41-1 (Bird-In-Hand), 54-2 (Lampeter)
Trucks - 63, 204 (Manheim Twp), 66 (Lancaster Twp), 05 (Strasburg)
Rescue - 48 (Ronks)
Squads - 63-1, 63-2, 41-1
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Around 7:30 PM Wednesday evening, Company 63 and surrounding units were dispatched to 144 Greenfield Road for a reported fire in the paint bay at High Steel Plant #2. Lieutenant 63-1 (J. Long) arrived to find smoke showing from the Bravo side of the building. After a brief investigation, a smoldering fire was confirmed in the walls with extension toward the ceiling of the bay.

Engine 63-1 was the first arriving suppression unit and laid all 1,200 of its supply hose from a hydrant on Greenfield Road. They deployed two 1 3/4 attack lines into the building to start extinguishment. Truck 63 arrived next and set up for roof operations. Engine 63-2 picked up Engine 63-1s supply line at the hydrant and prepared to supply water to the fire scene. Engine 63-1s lay came up short due to the distance from the hydrant to the fire. Engine 41-1 (Bird-In-Hand) finished the lay by dropping 300 additional feet of supply hose to Engine 63-1. Their crew then assisted inside. Truck 204 (Manheim Twp) was brought to the scene to assist with truck work and to establish secondary access to the roof. The remaining units were held out on Greenfield Road to await further orders.

After several minutes of removing burning insulation from the wall and wetting everything down, the fire was declared under control and the balance of the units in staging were released. We appreciate the help of the companies that assisted us with picking up our supply hose.

Just as we finished loading all of our hoses, LCWC dispatched the LFC to an automobile accident with injuries at Lincoln Highway East and Oakview Road. The entire company responded to the run and once on location, provided patient care and scene traffic control until the arrival of EMS. The total time in service for both runs was about 3 hours.

Units Operating at Greenfield Road:

Engines - 63-1, 63-2, 62-2 (Witmer), 41-1 (Bird-In-Hand), 54-2 (Lampeter)
Trucks - 63, 204 (Manheim Twp), 66 (Lancaster Twp), 05 (Strasburg)
Rescue - 48 (Ronks)
Squads - 63-1, 63-2, 41-1Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment
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Raymond Mann

Thank you for your service and the mutual aid from our community. Great work!

Not like the 1st time it happened nor the last - how it start this time

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Lafayette Fire Company

6 days ago

Lafayette Fire Company

Our Cadet Camp for ages 10-14 will give a STEM based Fire & 1st Responder experience for our future volunteers! #cadetcamp #futurefirefighter #lancasterfirstresponders #lancasterpa

Email cadetcamp@lafayettefire.com for more details to register your child or volunteer.

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1 week ago

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Thank you, Leadership Lancaster! Checkout the post to see volunteer opportunities with us!Lafayette Fire Company is looking for some eager volunteers to join their team!

Volunteer jobs available: Grant Writer/Researcher, Janitorial Help, Grounds and Building Maintenance, Marketing, Vehicle Detailing, and of course individuals interested/willing to be firefighters and fire police are welcomed.

Meetings are the 1st Monday of every month at 7:30pm. For questions and inquiries, contact suzi.sutton@lafayettefire.com
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Thank you, Leadership Lancaster! Checkout the post to see volunteer opportunities with us!
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