Eagle Fire Company Reports

August 2009
Submitted by Richard Mangan

August 1, 2009, 9:53 A.M., Reported wire down on the highway, RT 32 and Aquetong Road, Solebury Township, Chief 46 and Tac 46 responded but were recalled as no fire services were needed, Fire Police were dispatched to close Rt 32 between Rt 232 and Aquetong Road, till the roadway could be cleared. 8 fire personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 4 hours of volunteers time. 4 Fire Police were on duty for 4 hours consuming 16 hours of volunteer fire police personnel.

August 2, 2009, 12:45 P.M. Reported tree and wires down on Rt 263 near Comfort Road, Solebury Township, Deputy 46, Battalion 46 and Tac 46 responded, roadway was closed. Fire Police controlled traffic till the wires and tree were cleared from the roadway. Fire Police and Fire Personnel were on duty for 3.5 hours.

August 3, 2009, 2:04 A.M., Reported wire on fire, Aquetong Road and Squire Lane, Solebury Township, Chief 46 and Tac 46 responded, Chief 46 recalled the Tac and held it at the station, no fire services were needed, 3 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 1.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 3, 2009, 1:18 P.M., Wires burning in a tree, Lower Mountain Road, Solebury Township, Deputy 46 and Tac 46 responded, No fire services were needed, Fire Police were dispatched to control traffic till the Electric Company could clear the tree, 8 fire personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 4 hours of volunteers time, 2 fire police were on duty for 2 hours consuming 4 hours of fire police time.

August 3, 2009, 4:48 P.M., Alarm System, Deerfield Court, Solebury Township, Deputy 46 and Engine 46 responded, the dwelling was checked and no fire services were needed, 8 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 4 hours of volunteer time.

August 4, 2009, 7:40 A.M., Alarm System, W. Bridge Street, New Hope Boro, Deputy 46 responded and Engine 46 was on standby at the station, no fire services were needed, 13 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 6.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 4, 2009, 7:42 P.M., Alarm System, Creekside Drive, Solebury Township, Deputy 46 and Engine 46 responded, alarm was set off by a cooking incident, no fire services were needed, 17 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 8.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 6, 2009, 2:22 P.M., Auto. Extrication, W. Mechanic Street, New hope Boro, Deputy 46 and Engine 46 responded, Engine crew pried open the driver door, secured the vehicle, so the New Hope/Lambertville Rescue Squad and Central Bucks Medic's could render aid to the driver and remove her from the vehicle. 10 fire personnel and 5 fire police were on duty for 1 hour, consuming a total of 15 volunteer hours.

August 7, 2009, 9:55 A.M., Marine Rescue , Delaware River at the Wing Dam, New Hope Boro, Twp people in a red canoe reported upset in the dam, 4 marine company's were dispatched to the river and started searching for them, the two people were able to make it back to shore on the New Jersey side. 10 personnel from the Eagle were on duty for 1 hour consuming 10 hours of volunteers time. The three other marine unit company's had a number of personnel on duty for the same period possible consuming an additional 30 hours of volunteer time.

August 8, 2009, 3:18 P.M., Reported car fire, N. Main Street, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Deputy 46, Engine 46 and Engine 64 responded, it was found no fire services were needed, smoke turned out to be steam, engines were returned, 18 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 9 hours of volunteer time.

August 9, 2009, 5:52 P.M., Marine Rescue, Delaware River at the Wing Dam, New Hope Boro, Reports were three people went threw the wing dam requiring 3 marine unit's to be dispatched, Eagle Fire Company, New Hope/Lambertville Rescue Squad and Upper Makefield Fire Company, No injury's were reported, Marine unit's were in services for 1 hours with approx. 15 personnel from the three company's were in service, consuming 15 hours of volunteer time.

August 9, 2009, Alarm System, S. Main and Mechanic Street New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Battalion 46, and Engine 46 responded, building was checked and no fire services were needed, faulty alarm system, 10 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 5 hours of volunteer time.

August 10, 2009, 7:20 P.M., Alarm System, S. Main Street, New Hope Boro, Battalion 46, Engine 46 responded, building was checked and no fire services were needed, faulty alarm system, 8 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 4 hours of volunteer time.

August 11, 2009, 6:15 P.M., Wires in a building, Rittenhouse Court, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Engine 46 responded, Engine 46 was put on reduced speed by the Chief, and no fire services were needed after the power was secured, 20 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 10 hours of volunteer time.

August 13, 2009, 4:51 P.M., Alarm System, Center Bridge Road, Solebury Township, Chief 46, Deputy 46, Tac 46, responded, alarm was set off by a cooking incident, no fire services were needed and the company was recalled, 15 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 7.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 14, 2009, 2:44 A.M., Reported dumpster fire, Rockwood Path, Solebury Township, Chief 46, Deputy 46, Engine 46 and Tanker 46 responded, While arriving heavy fire was showing in a larger dumpster, engine crew made a fast knock down on the fire, but crew continued to work on it to make sure the fire was out, 13 personnel were on duty for 1.5 hours consuming 19.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 14, 2009, 11:00 A.M., Alarm System, Meetinghouse Road, Solebury Township, Chief 46, Deputy 46, Engine 46 was on standby, alarm set off by a dusty smoke detector, 11 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 5.5 hours of volunteers time.

August 15, 2009, 4:05 A.M., Wires in a building, Rt 32, Solebury Township, Chief 46, Deputy 46, Engine 46 and Tac 46 responded, power was secured to the building, smoke was ventilated from the building, 10 personnel were on duty for 1.5 hour, consuming 15 hours of volunteer time.

August 15, 2009, 6:39 P.M., Chief 46, Tower 46 was dispatched to the City of Lambertville, for a possible building fire, Tower crew assisted other fire personnel in searching the building, 7 personnel were on duty for 1 hour, consuming 7 hours of volunteer time.

August 15, 2009, 8:32 P.M., Chief 46, Engine 46 responded to electric motor on fire outside of a dwelling, power was secured to the unit and no further fire company services were needed, 9 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 4.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 16, 2009, 11:02 A.M., Eagle Fire Company was dispatched for two calls at the same time, the first was a marine rescue for two people who went through the wing dam, bringing rescue boats from the New Hope/Lambertville Rescue Squad, Upper Makefield Fire Company and Titusville N.J. Fire Company, the two people were found on the New Jersey shore line, with no injuries. 8 personnel from the Eagle Fire Company were on duty for 1 hour, consuming 8 hours of volunteers time, and each of the other company's had approximately the same amount of volunteer respond.

The second call was an alarm system on Aquetong Road, Solebury Township, which was recalled by the alarm company soon after dispatch. Chief 71 checked the alarm as he was responding to the river call and confirmed is was accidental.

During the past two weeks the Eagle Fire Company alone has spent nearly 85 volunteers hours and at least the same amount of time has been spent by three other volunteer Rescue Squads, searching the river in the area of the wing dam for people who either do not pay attention or think they can get through the wing dam with no problem. People must understand this is a very dangerous part of the river and most people do not make it through the dam without upsetting, some of these water accidents have resulted in recoveries, as a few people have drowned.

August 16, 2009, 3:06 P.M., Alarm System, Chief 46 and Engine 46, responded, dwelling was checked by the engine crew and no fire services were needed, 9 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 4.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 16, 2009, 5:21 P.M., Auto Extrication, Rt 263 and Rt 32, Solebury Township, Chief 46, Deputy 46, Engine 46 and Utility 46 responded, Engine crew had to pry open a door on the driver side of one of the vehicle, but before opening the door medical personnel had the driver out the passenger side door, 9 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 4.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 16, 2009, 7:26 P.M., River Rescue, at the Wing Dam, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Deputy 46, Utility 46, and Tac 46 along with New Hope/ Lambertville Rescue Squad responded again to the wing dam for a person in the river, person was located and no services rescue services were needed, 11 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 5.5 hours of volunteers time for the Eagle Fire Company and the same time for the New Hope/Lambertville Rescue Squad.

August 18, 2009, 8:39 P.M., Alarm System, Aquetong Road, South of Old Windy Bush Road, Solebury Township, Chief 46 responded, Engine 46 was held at the station, no fire company services were needed, 16 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 8 hours of volunteer time.

August 19, 2009, 5:56 A.M., Alarm System, W. Bridge Street, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Deputy 46 and Engine 46 responded, no fire company services were needed, 7 Personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 3.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 19, 2009, 8:02 A.M., Alarm System, Rt 202, Solebury Township, Deputy 46 responded, engine 46 was held at the station, no fire company services were needed, 10 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 5 hours of volunteer time.

August 20, 2009, 3:05 P.M., Alarm System, S. Main Street, New Hope Boro, Deputy 46 and Engine 46 responded, Engine 46 was held at the station, while the building was checked by the Deputy 46, 6 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 3 hours of volunteer time.

August 22, 2009, 6:25 A.M., Eagle Fire Police along with Midway Fire Police were dispatched, to assist with traffic control at Rt 263 and Aquetong Road with a tree down blocking the roadway, Fire Police were on duty for 2 hours, till the tree was removed.

August 22, 2009, 1:03 P.M., Alarm System, Bridge Street, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Deputy 46 and Engine 46, responded, Engine 46 was held at the station, 7 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 3.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 22, 2009, 8:15 P.M., Alarm System, N. Sugan Road, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Engine 46 responded, building was checked, and no fire services were needed, 8 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 4 hours of volunteer time.

August 23, 2009, 5:11 A.M., Alarm System, Union Square, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Battalion 46, Engine 46 responded, nothing found from the outside, 9 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 4.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 26, 2009, 8:55 A.M., Alarm System, S. Main Street, New Hope Boro, Deputy 46 and Engine 46 responded, the engine was held at the station, 10 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 5 hours of volunteer time.

August 28, 2009, 5:24 A.M., Alarm System, N. Main Street, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Deputy 46, responded, alarm was recalled and the engine was held at the station, 6 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 3 hours of volunteer time.

August 28, 2009, 11:37 P.M., Alarm System, N. Main Street, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Deputy 46 and Engine 46, Engine 46 was held at the station, building was checked by the Chief, 11 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 5.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 29, 2009, 1:01 P.M., Alarm System, Stoney Hill Road, Solebury Township, Chief 46, Deputy 46 and Engine 46 responded, continuous alarm problem with works on location not covering the alarm. 11 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 5.5 hours of volunteer time.

August 31, 2009, 5:23 A.M., Alarm System, Jason Court, Solebury Township, Chief 46, Deputy 46, and Engine 46 responded, malfunction alarm, no fire services were needed, 6 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 3 hours of volunteers time.

August 31, 2009, 5:14 P.M., Reported Truck Fire, Rt 32 and Windy Bush Road, New Hope Boro, Chief 46, Deputy 46 and Engine 46 responded, Engine 46 was recalled because the fire was out on the arrival of the Chief's, 13 personnel were on duty for 30 minutes, consuming 6.5 hours of volunteers time.