| 3 Alarm Building Fire |
| Wed. Jan 23rd 2008 |
Around 10:30 am the 1st and 2nd alarm assignments were struck on a box 6-3-4 at the Clarks Poultry Plant for a working building fire bringing Tanker 722 upon the response of Chief 6-3-1 he requested the 3rd alarm bringing Engine 721 the Engine and Tanker responded together and the Squad added on lat...
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| Unknown Type Fire |
| Fri. Jan 18th 2008 |
Around 23:30 hrs units were dispatched to Island Blvd in the area of the airport for an unknown type fire Engine 721(FF Holub) responded with 4, but prior to arrival were placed in service by Upper Augusta Command (Lt. Brown) who advised a controlled burn to the rear of a home....
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| 1267 Hillside Drive Possible Structure Fire |
| Sat. Jan 12th 2008 |
Units were dispatched at approx. 16:05 for a possible structure fire reports of smoke in the basement and an odor of something burning, upon the arrival of D/C Brown he advised of a moderate smoke condition in the basement and the homeowner advising the fire was out. Upon the arrival of Rescue 552 t...
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| Snydertown Highway Accident |
| Fri. Jan 11th 2008 |
Units were dispatched to the normal location on the Snydertown Highway for a vehicle accident with entrapment, units were advised of a person possibly pinned under the vehicle. Units arrived on the scene to find 1 vehicle overturned with 1 occupant confined units assisted EMS with removing the patie...
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| Penn Dot tar "buggy" fire |
| Fri. Jan 11th 2008 |
At 1730hrs on this date, units were dispatched to a tar "buggy" fire at the Penn Dot building in Upper Augusta TWP. Chief 7-2-2 o/s with command and a hot tar machine smoking. In the following pictures, notice the 13 fire extinguishers that employees used to keep the fire from ...
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| 140 Bridge Ave Possible Structure Fire |
| Tue. Jan 8th 2008 |
Units were dispatched on Box 7-2-5 for a possible structure fire, upon the response of Chiefs they were advised of a frie in the stove. Engine 721 (D/C Brown) w/5 and Tanker 722 (FF Bloom) w/2 took in the assignment and arrived to find no fire and a light smoke condition, ventilation was completed b...
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| Odor investigation. |
| Sun. Jan 6th 2008 |
At 3:00am E721 was dispatched to the scene of the earlier structure fire to perform air monitoring. A passerby smelled propane and notified 911. A slight odor of propane was detected but no threat to the community. The Engine was in service after an hour....
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| First structure fire for 2008 in Upper Augusta Township. |
| Sun. Jan 6th 2008 |
Around 2030hrs on January 5, 2008 units from Upper Augusta FD and surrounding communities converged on a working garage fire. Chief 7-2-2 o/s with command confirming working fire with exposure. E721 took the address and began fire suppression. A few minutes went by when propane cyl...
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| The run down for 2007 |
| Tue. Jan 1st 2008 |
The UAFD had a busy year in 2007, the department finished off the year with 282 calls for the year.
The busiest months out of the year were March, June and October:
March: 33 calls
June: 29 calls
October: 32
The department ran 21 working fire's for the year and had 8 Pin jobs....
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| Happy New Year |
| Mon. Dec 31st 2007 |
Everyone from the Upper Augusta Fire Dept. would like to wish eveyone a happy and safe new year....
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