Saturday the 21st of November in the middle of the afternoon the RTFD again went out to a report of a garage fire in Shade Township (Somerset County) on Shaffer Mountain Road.  The Duty Chief (Chief Shaffer) and Engine 3-1 (Capt Szugye) went out within seconds of the report.  Engine 633-1 went out and arrived first on the scene as Asst. 614 arrived and took the command.  As Engine 633-1 arrived the fire was knocked down by the homeowner with no extension within the garage.   The Duty Chief and Engine 3-1 arrived on the scene and placed everyone in service due to the amount of small clean up that needed to be done.  The Engine and Tanker where sent back to the township while remaining crews stayed on scene for the report.  Along with the Richland units including 633-1,  Engine 614-1 and Tanker 614 as well as a QRS unit from Central City was on scene to assist with the fire.  All 3 and 633 was placed in service just over 30 minutes with a total staffing of of 10 members on the fire, with additional two crews back at 1321 Scalp Ave to handle additional incidents throughout the Township of Richland and Geistown Borough.

This will be the RTFD’s third incident since handling the Shade Township community with fire protection.

On November18, 2009 the RTFD went to assist Franklin Fire for a report of a working building fire located on River Avenue at the EMF Development Recycling Corp.  The Duty Chief (DC Meyers) and Truck (Batt. Ellsworth) went on the road within seconds of the assignmentgiven.  Tanker 3-1 (Sgt. Delusa) as well went out for the assignment to handle the water supply.  The Duty Chief arrived and had the Truck’s crew stand by while Franklin crews worked to put the large rubbish fire out that involved shredded car interiors.  The Truck was placed back into service and headed back to the Township of Richland while the Tanker stood by for water if needed.  All 3 units went back into service just over 30 minutes into the incident.  While this incident was going on, the RTFD had two additional crews standing by at 1321 Scalp Ave (Headquarters) for any other incidents if they arise.  Total amount for staffing for this incident was 19 members.

On Tuesday around 1700 hours the RTFD went out for a report of a working house fire located on Elton Road just directly across the Luther P. Miller Company.  The Duty Chief (Meyers) went on the air and was given the report by communications that they had numerous calls on this incident and confirmed that a large garage was on fire.  The Battalion Chief (Ellsworth) and Truck 3-1 (FF Zelek) followed behind and arrived just directly after the Duty Chief.  The Duty Chief arrived on the scene and established the “Elton Road” command and confirmed that the RTFD did have heavy fire evident in a large garage.  The Battalion Chief handled the forward command while The Truck took the water supply directly across the address and dropped hose while taking the address up to the drive way.  The crew from the Truck immediately went to go to work on the fire by pulling many lines including the blitz fire.   Due to the extensive fire load in the garage, the fire extended to a second large structure on the Charlie side of the building.  Engine 3-3 (FF Bicko) and Engine 3-1 (Lt. Meyers) arrived along with the Rescue Squad (FF Dadey) with assisting the crews from the Truck to put a good knock on this large fire.  Engine 3-2 arrived on the scene and handled the water supply on Elton Road feeding to the Truck.   After a  short period of time the fire was under control with massive overhaul needed to be completed by all crews.  All crews worked overhaul for well over 3 hours due to the amount of vehicles, equipment and debris inside the garage area.  All 3 units where placed back into service by the Elton Road Command just over 3-1/2 hours into the incident.  The RTFD had 32 volunteers handling this fire while Franklin Fire and Lower Yoder Fire handled the stand by operations while the RTFD was out on this report.  Good Job to all!