Report from the Fire Company: April 8 through 21, 2019

On Monday, April 22, at 8:23 a.m., firefighters had no further to respond than outside the firehouse bay doors for a reported “township trash truck on fire.” The borough’s trash removal contractor, collecting rubbish from Swarthmore residents, discovered that the contents of their truck were on fire. They drove the truck to the firehouse after first calling 911 to report that the content of their vehicle was burning. Swarthmore Police immediately instructed the operator to move the vehicle away from the firehouse bay doors to allow fire apparatus to exit. Firefighters first unsuccessfully attempted to douse the fire by applying water to the contents within the truck. The trash truck operator was then instructed to dump the contents of the vehicle on the ground where it was finally extinguished. Swarthmore Public Works employees then assisted with the front end loader in refilling the trash truck with the now very wet rubbish for final disposition. Photo by Joe Hudyma.

From April 8 through 21, the Swarthmore Fire & Protective Association responded to the following alarms:

EMS

The ambulance responded to 63 calls for medical assistance. These were to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Ridley Township, and Nether Providence Twp. The calls were for a variety of emergencies including: fall with trauma, sick person, respiratory difficulty, cardiac emergency, head injury, pediatric emergency, hemorrhaging, syncopal episode, back pain, change in mental status, extremity pain, injured person, cerebro vascular event, unconscious person, semi-unconscious person, overdose, abdominal pain, subject down, medical alarm, tachycardia, nature unknown, accident w/ injury, accident w/ entrapment, other BLS emergency, assault victim, dead on arrival, fracture, diabetic emergency, psychiatric emergency.

Automatic Fire Alarm

Swarthmore: the 400 block of Thayer Rd. for a basement heat detector activation; the 400 block of S. Chester Rd. for a master bedroom smoke detector activation; and Oberlin Ave. for a 2nd fl. smoke detector activation. Morton: the 100 block of Yale Ave. for smoke detector activation.

Automobile

Swarthmore: S. Chester Rd. & Yale Ave. for an accident with the patient having arm & shoulder pain. Morton: Morton & Swarthmore Ave. for an accident with injuries; and 21 Kedron Ave. for an accident with patient requiring evaluation. Nether Providence Twp.: 802 S. Providence Rd. for an accident with injuries.

Building

Morton: the 200 block of Providence Rd. for an oven arcing and smoking. Nether Providence Twp.: the 700 block of Blakeley Rd. for a smoky condition within the house, everyone evacuating. Springfield: the 300 block of Rolling Rd. for a back porch fire.

Mutual Aid Calls

Four to Morton/Rutledge; two to Nether Providence Twp.; one to Springfield.