

GET 'EM WHILE YOU CAN
04/14/2026: While the nation celebrates a big birthday this Summer, so does our department this Fall- 130 YEARS of service. We have yard signs available to mark the occasion and they are now available to the public at a cost of $15 each/two for $25. Call and stop at the station to get yours.


PEDESTRIAN STRUCK, BRUSH and MOWER FIRE
04/17/2026- 1207 hours: Box 3-09 alerted for a lawn tractor on fire- impinging on a house at 11208 Worleytown Road. Crews extinguished the fully-involved tractor while checking for extension in the near-by garage. Finding no additional hazards, the assignment was reduced and the scene cleared quickly. 04/13/2026- 2007 hours: Brush 3, Engine 3-1 and Engine Tanker 3 to the area of 11435 Fort Stouffer Road for brush, arriving to flames along the CSX rail right-of-way extendin


BUSY TRAINING DAY
04/11/2026- 1000 hours: Crews took to the Blue Gray Towing lot on Molly Pitcher Highway South to work with additions to the Squad 3 equipment cache. Using funds from an Office of the State Fire Commissioner grant, heavy lifting capabilities were upgraded by adding Paratech vehicle stabilization and HydraFusion struts. THANKS to OSFC and Blue Gray Towing for the support! In the afternoon, personnel attended an Electrical Safety seminar and demonstration put on by West Penn and


COUPLE OF SPRING CRASHES
04/10/2026- 1628 hours: Units were alerted for a pedestrian accident in front of 26 East Baltimore Street, Downtown. EMS checked out one scooter rider before clearing. 04/10/2026- 0728 hours: Companies 3 and 8 responded to Interstate 81 southbound at Exit 5 for a personal injury accident involving two tractor-trailers. After negotiating the heavy backlog caused by the semis blocking the travel lanes, personnel set-up traffic control, and confirmed no injuries. After handling


AN APRIL SHED FIRE, TRANSFORMER and SMOKE FROM A GARAGE
04/06/2026- 1728 hours: Units responded for smoke in the attached garage at 2140 Castlegreen Drive, Antrim Township (Box 3-18A). First arriving crews found the occupants located a bag in the driveway that the occupant removed from the building, confirmed the fire was out and there was no extension before returning to service. 04/02/2026- 1522 hours: Engine 3-2 alerted for an electrical transformer on fire at the Williamsport Solar facility at 12440 Williamsport Pike. Site pe

