On Wednesday
August 23, 2006 at 00:10 Susquehanna County dispatched a New Milford Fire
Company structure fire box reporting a residential fire. On the initial alarm
was New Milford Engine 3, New Milford Engine 2, New Milford Ambulance 5,
Hallstead Engine 1, Hallstead Tanker 7, Hallstead Rescue 6, United Rescue 1 (RIT),
and Harford Engine on Move up to New Milford Station. United Rescue 1 responded
at 00:16 with a crew of 6. Communications began advising of receiving multiple
call reporting the fire. Harford 11 (D. Phelps) was the first to arrive
finding a 2 story residential home that was condemned from the recent floods
with heavy involvement in the rear of the structure. Harford 11 established the
command with communications and reported his findings and requested the second
alarm be dispatched. 
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As units arrived on scene command had a
fill site set up on a hydrant in the borough and set up port-a-ponds at the
scene. The rescue arrived and set up for RIT duties and engine 6 arrived and assisted
with RIT as well The Tanker assisted in the water shuttle. Due to having a
majority of our apparatus busy on the fire United 13 (C. E. Daly) requested that
Springville respond a tanker and Rush Respond an Engine to cover our station.
Due to the condition of the building crews we unable to access the seat of the
fire and the building was a total loss. Command began releasing units at around
02:00 eventually only holding New Milford units and fire police to control hot
spots. All United units we in service by 03:38.
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He also requested that Harford Engine 1 reassign to a
fill site. The second alarm included Snake Creek Engine 4, Snake Creek Tanker 2,
United Engine 6, United Tanker 4, Harford Tanker 3, and Montrose EMS. United
Engine 6 responded with a crew of 4 and the Tanker with 2. On the Arrival of New
Milford Engine 3 Crews placed 2 lines in service on an exterior attack due to
the condition of the building. Command then requested the first engine on
the third alarm be dispatched to cover New Milford's Station and one additional
BLS unit respond to the scene due to number of personnel operating. This added
United engine 2 and Great Bend Hallstead Ambulance to the alarm. Engine 2
responded with an additional 3 members.
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