2.28.06: 41 Runs 5 For The Day

ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 28TH THE 41 HOUSE WAS KEPT BUSY FROM MORNING UNTIL NIGHT WITH 5 CALLS FOR THE DAY. FOLLOWED BY AN EARLY MORNING SNOWFALL. THE DAY STARTED OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 0830HRS IN HELLAM TWP IN THE 21 LOCAL FOR THE VEHICLE ACCIDENT INVOLVING A SCHOOL BUS, CHIEF 21 ON SCENE REPORTING NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE EQUIPMENT NEEDED. THE NEXT THREE CALLS WERE MEDICAL ASSISTS FOR THE QRS WHICH WAS HANDLED WITH R41. THE 5TH AND FINAL CALL OF THE DAY CAME LATE IN THE EVINING AROUND 2243HRS AS THE 41 BOYS WERE PLAYING SOME FOOSBALL & DOME HOCKEY. STATIONS 21,41,38 WERE DISPATCHED TO DUCKTOWN RD IN HELLAM TWP. FOR A CHIMNEY FIRE, ENG 41 RESPONDED WITHIN 1 MIN WITH A CREW OF 7 FOLLOWED BY ENGINES 21 & 38 AND TANKERS 21 & 38. CAPT 41 (LIVELSBERGER) HELD RESCUE 41 IN STATION W/ A CREW OF 4. CAPT 38 ON SCENE ADVISED ALL UNITS OF A WORKING CHIMNEY FIRE, ENG 41 ARRIVED FIRST IN, LADDERED THE ROOF AND SENT 2 PERSONNEL TO THE ROOF TO SWEEP CHIMNEY, 21 & 38 CREWS MONITORED THE BASE OF CHIMNEY INSIDE. CREWS WERE AVAILABLE WITHIN 50 MINS.