Raging Wildland fire in Sadsbury Township

 
By Firefighter Robert Swift
June 23, 2010
 

On Wednesday afternoon around 1500 hours, Station 5-2 was alerted to assist Station 4-2 (Gap) with a spreading brush fire on Strasburg Road in Sadsbury Township.

Tanker 5-2-1(Reimold), Tanker 5-2-2 ( Fisher) and the Brush (Martin) made the response. Tanker 1's crew operated a handline stretched in from the roadway, while Tanker 2 filled several other tanker units operating on the fire scene. The brush crew hit some hot spots, utlizing the vehicles four wheel drive capacities.

Station 5-2 was clear the incident scene around 16:30 hours.

 
Units: Tanker 5-2-1, Tanker 5-2-2, Brush 5-2