December 19, 2009 just after midnight the RTFD went out to Shade Township for a report of a fully involved trailer on fire, located on Shaffer Mountain Road.  Engine 633-1 (Shade Twp.) was the first arriving with fire that engulfed the complete trailer.  The Duty Chief (Dep. Meyers), Engine 3-1 (FF  Shaffer), and Tanker 3-1 (Asst. Ober) headed out for the report.  As units from RTFD arrived they started to go to work opening up the place to put a good knock on the fire.  Crews remained on the scene for some time with extensive overhaul operations due to the amount of items located inside the trailer.  Engine 3-2 (SO Heffelfinger) with staffing of five stood by 1321 for a short period of time, while an additional crew being at 1321 Scalp Ave to handle an other incidents within our township if needed.  All units from Richland Township was placed back into service, except one additional crew to remain out at the fire scene for clean up and assisting PD and Somerset County Coroner with their investigation.  RTFD was placed back into service well over 4 hours into the incident by the Duty Chief.  22 volunteers from Richland Township as well as 10 volunteers from Shade Township worked this fire, as well as Stoystown Fire and Hoversville Fire assisting the two departments.  Good Job by everyone

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