Incidents
2023
Jim Thorpe Fire
11/19/23 - Members were called to assist with a 5 acre fire in Jim Thorpe 15 member were present and assisted with mop up operations.
Windmill Fire Day #2 & #3
5/5/23 - 5/7/23 - Members were called back to an area near the previous fire that occurred the weekend before. Crews acted as a initial attack crew the first day and continued mop up the second day. Between the two days over 2,000 feet of hose was layed out for containment and mop up work, between the two days over 25 members were present.
Windmill Fire
5/4/23 - While 10 memberers were assitiong with a fire in district 7 we were requested to assist with a fire in out own district, the crew responded with 8 members and assisted with mop up operations. The fire totaled just shy of 150 acres burned.
District 7 Fire
6/3/23 - 6/4/23 - The support crew was requested to assist with a fire in district 7 in Snyder County the crew responded with 10 members and spent 2 days assisting with the fire. They fire is estimated 150 acres burned.
Cass Township Fire
5/30/23 - Crew responds to fire in cass township with 12 members.
Emergency Response to Fire Along I-81
4/25/23 - While preparing to have a crew meeting multiple fire company’s where called to a brush fire along I-81. Engine S-18 went responding with 5 and aditional 8 members responded to the scene. The Fire totaled 1.7 aceres burned.
Train Track Work Sparks Brush Fire
5/23/23 - Railroad workers were preforming track work on a section of railroad track along the Susquehanna River on Monday, the work sparked a fire near the tracks on a steap mountain side. DCNR requested the support crew on Tuesday afternoon to reinforce fire lines with leaf blower’s and extinguish hot spots. While the crew battled the extremely step slop of the mountain side other members shutled over 2000 gallons of water that they drafted from a near by pound to the fire with our 2 engines. We had 12 members on scene and the fire burned approximately 3 acres.
Fire Near Quakake
5/16/2023 - Support Crew assisted with brush fire near Quakake Tuesday afternoon
5/14/23 - Crew Assist with brush fire near Frackville
4/13/23-4/14/23
Crews Work Crystal Lake Wildfire For Two Days
Dauphin County - Peters Mountain Fire
4/11/23 - Crews From Weiser Wildland Firefighters Inc assited with a brush fire on Peters Mountain in Dauphin County. Our crew assted in efforts to contain the fire and were able to bring the fire under control just before dark. The Fire totaled 10 aceres burned.