February 1, 2016 – Fire Districts 56(Owrigsburg), 42(Deer Lake), 47(Landingville), 63(Schuylkill Haven) were dispatched to Second Mountain Road in the area of New Philadelphia Road, West Brusnwick Township for a reported structure fire. Chiefs 56-01 and Chief 42 went responding and were advised of fire showing on the first floor. Given the additional and the building layout (Old Swiss Chalet Club, remodeled into an apartment building) Chief 42 requested his Tanker Task Force which brought in 5 additional tankers including 63-38 (Station 4).
Once the chiefs arrived on scene they were met with heavy fire showing from division 1 and heavy smoke showing from throughout the entire building. Station 1 assisted with searches and overhaul, Station 4 set up the dump site along with units from 47. Due to the amount of remodeling from converting the once “club” to apartments created many “void” spaces, thus making suppression efforts challenging. SHFD crews operated for approximately 4 hours before returning to the borough. Chief 63-02 had command of the SHFD units. Article by Darren Boyer — *Photos Courtesy of SHFD Photographer MLK.*
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