| At 12:23 hours Delco Station 41 (Newtown Square) was dispatched for a brush fire in the 900 block of Providence Road. Due to Delco Chief 41-9 getting reports of a large brush fire that was approaching a house, he requested assistance from Tac 3 (Paoli), Brush 4 (Malvern), and Delco 64-8 (Edgemont). At 12:31 hours Brush 56 (Goshen) and Engine 4-5 (Malvern) were dispatched to assist.
Delco Chief 41-9 established Providence Road Command. Both Engine 4-5 and Ambulance/Medic 4 made the response. Providence Road Command reported that he had approximately 30 acres of field well involved. Engine 4-5 was ordered to supply Delco Rescue 41 and send it's crew into the field along Providence Road in order to contain the fire. Ambulance/Medic 4 set up a rehab behind Engine 4-5. Due to high winds additional assistance was requested from Station 3, Station 56/56, and Station 5.
Crews from Engine 4-5 along with crews from Goshen and Edgemont worked at the top of the field to keep the fire contained to the one side of Providence Road. At 12:56 hours Providence Road Command reported that Medic 104-7 (Riddle EMS) was treating a firefighter with burns. Brush 4 assisted in hitting hot sports that had already burned. At 13:24 hours Command placed the fire under control.
At 14:01 hours command was terminated and all units went available. Special Thanks to Goshen, Lionville, and Valley Forge for standing by at our station during this incident.
Photo Courtesy of Sadye Sardone and Dannon Voight |
