| Working Car Fire on Coxton Road... |
| Thu. Oct 13th 2011 |
Duryea Fire along with the Avoca Engine would be dispatched to a vehicle fire on Coxton Road. The vehicle would be located in the narrows section of Coxton Road with Police reporting a working fire.
The 126 Engine arrived and pulled a 1 3/4 attack line and began hitting the fire. T...
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| Duryea Borough Devastated by Historic Flooding... |
| Thu. Sep 8th 2011 |
Fire departments from all over Luzerne and Lackawanna County joined forces for the worst disaster Duryea has ever seen. Wednesday night Duryea officials were informed of the record totals and the chance of potential flooding. By Thursday afternoon over 300 residence were evacuated and the ...
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| Engine and Chief First Due on Parsonage St... |
| Mon. Aug 1st 2011 |
The Engine and Chief would be dispatched as part of a first alarm into Hughestown for a structure fire. Luzerne county 911 advised units that PD was reporting people still inside.
The 126 Chief was first arriving, reporting a working fire with fire showing side C of the structure, ...
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| Investigation Turns into Structure Box... |
| Tue. Jun 14th 2011 |
Duryea fire would be dispatched to 106 York Ave to investigate the smell of smoke. Chief Bender arrived and spoke to the homeowner who stated that she smelled smoke since this morning. While checking the exterior, dark, brown smoke was observed coming from under the siding of the structu...
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| Clark Rd Commercial Fire... |
| Sun. Jun 12th 2011 |
The Engine, Chief, and Squad would be dispatched, along with the 1st alarm companies to Clark Road for a commercial structure. 226 Chief would arrive and confirm a working fire inside the breakroom.
The 126 Engine would arrive with the 226 Truck and establish the primary water supp...
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| Engine and Chief Assist Pittston Twp... |
| Tue. Jun 7th 2011 |
The Engine and Chief would respond into Pittston Twp for a working structure fire. The 126 Engine would be assigned to respond into the scene to give tank water to the 166 Engine. 112 Engine would reverse lay from the 126 Engine to the tanker dump site. The 143 Engine would set up the fil...
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| Kitchen Fire in Multi-Dwelling... |
| Mon. May 23rd 2011 |
1st alarm units would be sent to the 800 block of Main St for a reported kitchen fire in one of the second floor apartments. The 126 Engine would arrive and establish the water supply. The Engine crew would pull a crosslay and advance it into the structure. A grease fire would be f...
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| Head-on Crash on York Ave... |
| Mon. May 23rd 2011 |
Crews would be dispatched to York Ave for a head-on collision with injuries. 512 would arrive to find the drivers still in both vehicles. The 126 Engine would assist in vehicle stabilization, hazard contol, and pull a preconnect to provide protection to the crews operating on scene. ...
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| Engine Assists with Fuel Spill in Area 112... |
| Tue. May 17th 2011 |
The Engine and Chief would be requested by 112 Command to assist on a fuel spill. 126 would arrive to find the 112 units working to contain the fuel that spilled, from a saddle tank on a tractor trailer, that spanned approximately 200 yards.
112 Command would also request...
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| Vehicle into a Tree in the 5th Ward... |
| Thu. May 12th 2011 |
The MVA Box would be struck for a vehicle into a tree with possible entrapment on Grove St. Units would arrive to find a Ford pickup that had struck a tree, head-on, at a high rate of speed. The vehicle's only occupant, the driver, would be packaged and removed by fire and EMS.
The ...
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