JUNE 2008 NEWS @ WVFC

Station 75 does hose training

On Wednesday night, June 25, 2008 Station 75 did some hose training at R.D. Wilson School.

Another early morning standby for Station 75!

On the morning of June 20, 2008 Rescue 75 was dispatched to standby at Station 62 (Whites Crossings) while they, along with many other companies, were operating on a structure fire in Simpson. Rescue 75 stood by from 12:30 A.M. - 4:30 A.M.

On the morning of June 16, 2008 Rescue 75 was dispatched to standby at Station 42 (Vandling) while they, along with many other companies, were operating on a second alarm structure fire on Main Street in Vandling. Rescue 75 stood by from 3:00 A.M. - 6:00 A.M. (Click here for more pictures)

On Tuesday night June 10, and early Wednesday morning, Station 75 and other assisting companies were very busy after the reign of thunderstorms came through the Waymart Area. Waymart and other crews were working from mid Tuesday evening until early Wednesday morning around 1:30 A.M. Chief 75 ran command in the fire hall and assisting us was Engine 43, Car 43, Mini 94, and Tanker 94. Overall, there were 17 trees down, one motor vehicle accident, a transformer fire, an automatic fire alarm, and FP 75 shut down some roads.

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The calls went as followed:

Tree Down on Owego Turnpike

MVA over the embankment on O'Connel Road and Keen Lake Road

5 trees down on O'Connel Road

4 trees down on Keen Lake Road

Tree down on Little Keen Lake Road

FP 75 shut down Keen Lake Road from Little Keen Road to South Street

Tree down on East Street

Tree down on Route 296 by Federal Prison

Tree down on the road to the SCI Tower

2 trees down on Jubinski Road

Transformer fire on Carbondale Road

Tree down on wires on East Street

(Click here to visit the June Call Log page for more information)

This weekend was very busy for Station 75, our annual picnic was on Friday and Saturday night, Sunday was cleanup, and there were 5 calls during the weekend. Look below for the calls.

Picnic

Call List

6-6 Pedestrian hit by vehicle

6-7 Tree down

6-7 Automatic Fire Alarm

6-7 One car MVA

6-8 Tree Down

Visit our call log page for more information

Station 75 would like to thank everybody who contributed to our annual picnic. THANK YOU! (Click here for more pictures)