Latest News and Incidents

Station 75 and mutual aid companies were dispatched for a report of smoke inside a structure.  The caller reported smoke in the living room and garage.  Deputy 75 arrived with nothing showing and established Command.  Units investigated and found a mulch fire that had spread to the exterior wall of the building.  The fire was quickly extinguished and the incident was placed under control at 05:27 and cleared at 05:39.

Units: E75-1, RE75-2, E69-1, TL26, TL74, R79-1, AMB7-7-23, Deputy 75.

Engine 75-1, Rescue-Engine 75-2 and Truck 74 were dispatched for a gas leak in the street.  A construction crew accidently struck a line while digging.  Engine 75-1 arrived and reported an active leak from the main line.  Crews from E75-1 and T74 checked 7 structures near the leak with gas monitors to make sure no gas had seeped back inside.  E Main St was shut down between Market St and Marietta Ave until UGI arrived and controlled the leak.  Chief 75-3 had command.  The incident was cleared at 10:41.

Sunday started off at 02:37 with Rescue-Engine 75-2 and Engine 75-1 being dispatched to a Class 1 auto accident at Milton Grove Rd and Route 283 in Rapho Twp.  Both engines were recalled after the correct location was found to be on Breneman Rd in Co 27's first due area.  At 11:11, Resue-Engine 75-2 was dispatched to Birch Ln in Rapho Twp for a cardiac arrest.  RE75-2 and Chief 75-2 assisted EMS as needed and cleared the scene at 11:33.  The Outside Investigation in the 200-blk Marietta Ave Mount Joy Borough was dispatched at 15:13 and was quickly upgraded to a dwelling fire box.  The caller reported smoke coming from an exterior wall of a house.  Deputy 75 arrived with nothing showing.  Both 75 engines investigated and found the problem to be an electrical issue.  The box was downgraded to Co. 75 only and cleared at 16:00.  Rescue-Engine 75-2 and Engine 75-1 were dispatched to another Class 1 auto accident in the 300-Blk W Main St Mount Joy Borough at 18:40.  Deputy 75 arrived and held the box to EMS only, no FD services needed.  Last, at 20:17, Station 75 and Truck 26 were dispatched to an outside investigation in the 1100-Blk Willow Creek Dr Rapho Twp.  Deputy 75 and E75-1 found a couple controlled burns in the area, RE75-2 and T26 were recalled.  Incident cleared at 20:37.