On Saturday, March 24th at 2106 hours, the Pleasant Gap Fire Company was alerted to assist Milesburg Fire Company for a 2nd Alarm dwelling fire. Rescue 818 responded with a crew of 6. 818 took the RIT assignment for the first operational period. At the end of that period, Chief 900 asked us to mitigate the risk of the front porch falling. Crews removed the roof of the front porch and cleared the entrance on side A of the structure from the remaining debris. Prior to being released, our crew switched to overhaul and worked the main stairwell and first division.

Other units on this call included Companies 2, 6, 9 and 14 as well as Ambulance 26 and Medic 24.

On 8/23/2011 just before 2PM, Pleasant Gap Fire Company was alerted for a mutual aid call to assist the Bellefonte Fire Department at 127 Waites Hill Road at the scene of a well-involved garage fire. Engine/Rescue 814 set up a fill site and Rescue 818 operated at the scene performing RIT and then overhaul duties.

Working on Scene

At approximately 10:30 hours on Friday, June 3, 2011, an engine-rescue was requested by Mifflin County to assist with fighting a well-involved structure fire at Dairyland in Reedsville, Mifflin County.  Engine-rescue 814 responded to the scene (along with several other Centre County companies, including Bellefonte (Undines) and Alpha Fire Company) to assist with overhaul.  814′s crew operated on scene for several hours, and returned to the station at 14:00 hours.

Company 5 was dispatched at 18:29 for a dwelling fire with reports of smoke coming from the windows and roof. State College PD arrived on scene and reported heavy smoke from the second floor of a townhouse. After the report from PD, 501 (Kuchmay) added Engine 810 from Pleasant Gap and Rescue 318 from Boalsburg.  540 (S. Clouser) arrived on scene and confirmed PDs report. Engine 510 went on the road with 5 volunteers within 2 minutes. Engine 510 arrived on scene with 5 minutes, secured its own water supply and crews stretched a line to the interior. Quint 527 arrived shortly after and threw multiple ground ladders and assisted the engine crew. Truck 517 assisted in opening up and ventilation. Crews went back into service in under 1 hour. [Article by Matt Johnson and reprinted from Alpha Fire website, www.alphafire.com]