Swarthmore Fire & Protective Association Report (July 21-August 2)

Engine 14-1, the attack pumper (center), flanked by engine 14-2 (right) and tower 14. The photo was taken with a 12-mm fisheye lens. The photographer, Andy Shelter, writes, “The trucks were all parked normally. It’s just the lens that makes it look that way.” Photo: Andy Shelter

July 25 - August 2

In this two-week period, the ambulance responded to 17 calls for medical assistance, to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, and Nether Providence Township. The calls were for a variety of emergencies, including fall, overdose, abdominal pain, lacerations, seizures, and an animal bite. 

In addition, the fire company responded to: 

• Two automatic alarms.

• One elevator alarm, to 10 S. Chester Road, for a man trapped between floors.

• Three hazmat alarms, including one for a strong smell of natural gas inside 6 Park Ave. in Swarthmore, and one for a 4-inch gas main struck by contractors at the corner of Elm Avenue and Whittier Place in Swarthmore.

• One wire alarm, in Morton, for a utility pole on fire at the corner of Yale Avenue and Beech Street.

• Three mutual aid calls to Morton-Rutledge and Nether Providence Township.