Engine 29 & Tanker 29 where dispatched just before midnight on Thursday to respond into Wayne County on the 1st alarm assignment, to assist Lake Ariel Fire Company for a reported chimney fire on Miller Road. The first arriving Engine company from Lake Ariel arrived on scene to find a working residential structure fire. A quick aggressive attack by crews confined the fire to the exterior chimney chase and attic. Personnel from Engine 29 stood by in the Rapid Intervention Team duties and where later reassigned to assist with overhaul and ventilation. Crews remained on scene for over two hours performing an extensive overhaul to ensure total extinguishment of the double plank construction.

Crews where dispatched during the late afternoon on Sunday on an assist to Wayne County, 1st alarm assignment, for a reported working structure fire, Racht Road, South Canaan Township. First arriving companies encountered a working fire and made an aggressive interior attack, advancing four handlines. Rescue 29 arrived on scene and assisted with overhaul while Engine 29 personnel handled the Rapid Intervention Team duties. Crews operated on scene for nearly two hours.

Crews where dispatched just before 9am this morning for a working structure fire, Stout Place, Roaring Brook Township. Additional reports received by the 911 center reported possible entrapment. Command 15 immediately upgraded the assignment to a second alarm, bringing in units from throughout and beyond the North Pocono area. Initial arriving units encountered a heavy fire load and attempted to make an aggressive interior attack but where quickly pulled out due to deteriorating conditions. Tanker 29 marked on scene and was directed by Chief 15 to act as the second primary attack engine due to the geographic location of the house and water shuttle difficulties. Three handlines where immediately put into operation off Tanker 29 to assist in extinguishment. Over the next 4 hours Tanker 29 pumped over 40,000 gallons of water onto the fire. Special thanks to our local Tastykake Representative for always ensuring firefighters don't whither away at a fire in Elmhurst/Roaring Brook. It was confirmed no one was home at the time the fire started. The home was totally destroyed.

Crews where dispatched just after 4:15pm today for a reported working structure fire at 20 Harkin's Lane, Jefferson Township. Engine 29 marked on scene, reporting a working fire with a heavy smoke condition bringing in additional companies part of the SRN assignment. Crews advanced one handline and made an aggressive knockdown on the fire. Rescue 29 arrived on scene, sending its crew to the interior of the structure to perform additional knockdown & extinguishment. Tanker 29 arrived on scene and established the water supply to Engine 29. Additional personnel from companies part of the first alarm assignment soon arrived on scene and advanced an additional handline to the roof and assisted with vertical ventilation and overhaul. The bulk of the fire was contained to the kitchen with some extension into the attic space. The rest of the home contained smoke and water damage. The cause of the fire was later determined by the Pennsylvania State Police Fire Marshal to be a faulty electrical outlet. No one was hurt in or operating at the fire but a cat did not survive.

Units on scene: Engine 29, Rescue 29, Tanker 29, Car 29, Brush 29, Tanker 15 & Engine 15 (Elmhurst-Roaring Brook), Tanker 7 (Moscow), Tanker 68 & Ladder (Maplewood), Engine 1-1 (Lake Ariel), Engine 67-5 (Hamlin), Car 56 & Tanker 56 (Madisonville), Rescue 25 & EMS 25-8 (Jessup), 29-8, Commonwealth Health EMS Rehab.

Crews where dispatched just a few hours before our annual Carnival on the Mountain was supposed to open for the evening, for a reported possible brush fire, caller can smell smoke in the area of Half Mile Road, Jefferson Township. Chief 29 marked enroute to the scene and arrived, transmitting a priority message, to report a working structure fire, detached garage on fire and several piles of tires and rubbish on fire with multiple exposure issues to vehicles. Lackawanna County 911 upgraded the box alarm to a structure box bringing in additional resources from outside of Jefferson Township. Engine 29 arrived on scene and quickly put two handlines into operation to knock down the fire. Tanker 68 was next to arrive on scene and setup water supply. A third handline was put into operation to bring the fire under control. Multiple other resources where utilized for overhaul.

Units on scene: Engine 29, Rescue 29, Tanker 29, Tanker 68, Ladder 68, Tanker 21, Tanker 15, Engine 15, Engine 1-1, Engine 67-5, Supply 56, Rescue 25, Ambulance 29-8, Ambulance 21-9, Commonwealth EMS Rehab.