•1.8.06: Engine 1 & Rescue 1 Respond to 2nd Alarm Fire In Cola•
At 15:05 hours, the Lancaster 8-7 box was struck for a second alarm structure fire on the 700 Block of Ridge St. in Columbia borough. Engine & Rescue 41 responded within 1 minute with a crew of 11.  Engine 1 arrived on scene, crew sent to staging in front of Rescue 8-4.  Crew was then sent to the rear of the structure with a handline to extinguish fire and pull walls, crew also did overhaul after the fire was out.  Rescue 41 was sent to 8-1's quarters for standby.  41 crews operated for 1 hour, 49 minutes.
By Eric Oberdorff, Firefighter/Webmaster