Fire District 63

December 27, 2008- Working Fire in South Manheim Twp

December 27, 2009- At 05:22, Liberty Fire Co. Station #4 was dispatched along with Districts 47, 42 and 56 (Landingville, Deer Lake and Orwigsburg) for a structure fire at 64 Hill View Drive, South Manheim Twp.  Incident command, Chief 47 (Hoffman), arrived on scene to find a barn/garage well off and partially collapsed.  Due to the location of the fire Chief 47 asked to have a Tanker Task Force dispatched to provide enough water to feed the first in engines.  Engines 47-10 and Engine 737 were supplying the water to the pre-connects, blitz lines, blitz fires etc….while Engine 56-11 was drafting water from portable dump tanks and fed a 5″ hose going to the fire scene.  A lot of “mop-up” and overhaul was conducted and Schuylkill Haven was placed available in about 3.5 hours.  *Station 4 Pics*Auburn Fire 006Auburn Fire 014Auburn Fire 015Auburn Fire 018Auburn Fire 022Auburn Fire 011Auburn Fire 012

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