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FREE SMOKE DETECTORS

12-12-02   Due to the nature of the job, firefighters are exposed to harmful smoke, fumes, and intense heat. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), more than 50 percent of firefighter deaths in the last 15 years have been from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).

      SCA occurs when the largest chambers of the heart quiver and blood is not pumped through the body and the heart elicits a rhythm called "Pulseless Ventricular Tachycardia" or "Ventricular Fibrillation". Eventually, the heart stops until an AED delivers an electrical current to the heart. The electrical shock, in addition to life saving CPR and medication are the most definitive treatment for this condition and can, on occasion, return the heart back into a normal beating heart rhythm.

Gertrude Hawk Candies in the Keystone Industrial Park, in cooperation with the American Heart Association has generously answered the fire department's pursuit  to obtain an Automated External Defibrillator (AED.)    Lorane Williams Gertrude Hawk's Director of Community Relations and Michelle Merkel, Community Program Director for the American Heart Association presented the Cardiac Science Power Heart AED to members of Volunteer Hose Co. No. 3.  Once the members of the fire company have received additional training, this AED will be carried on the Rescue Company's Apparatus. 

BUSY START to 2003

January 15, 2003-  If the first 15 days are any indication for the year 2003, then the Mid Valley should prepare for a busy year.  The communities have been active over the last 72 hours with 2 working structure fires.  Commercial and residential.

     Fire crews from Throop were active again this morning when they responded to a "reported dryer fire" in neighboring Dickson City.

     When units from Dickson City arrived, shortly after dispatch, the mood changed.  First arriving units had found a heavy smoke condition to side three of the residential property.  Being fully aware of the significance of the smoke condition, the freezing temperatures and the manpower potential for such an early hour, the arriving officer requested additional units.

     As units were being dispatched through the Lackawanna County Communications Center the fire was upgrade to a second alarm.

     First arriving apparatus and firefighters from the Dickson City 23 Ladder, established a water supply, stretched hand lines and began ventilation along with an aggressive interior attack.  Additional apparatus from Throop arrived on the scene and quickly assisted.  The fast moving fire was met with resistance but subsequently damaged the property.

    A family was forced out into the bitter cold but was being assisted by members of the American Red Cross.

   There were no reported injuries.

   Unofficial Responding assignment:  23 Ladder, 232 Engine, 234 Engine, 23 Rescue, 27 Rescue, 27 Engine, 26-1 Engine, 22 Engine, Ladder 4, 25 Rescue, EMS 23, 26, & 27.

    The cause of the fire was not listed.

BLAZE DESTROYS DC BUSINESS

January 13, 2003

     Fire crews from Dickson City, Throop and several surrounding Mid Valley communities battled this multiple alarm fire.

    The incident occurred in the rear of the 300 block of Main St. at approximately 16:30 hrs.

    The fast moving fire consumed much of the auto restoration business as crews arrived and established the water supply.  The building appears to have suffered extensive damage including a collapse to side 1.

    There were no initial reports of injuries and the cause of the fire has not been released.

    The fire did cause a major backlog of traffic in the Borough's busiest commercial district, for several hours.  Traffic was then restored to its usual pace by 20:00 hrs.

    On the alarm:  Command 23, 23 Ladder, 23 Rescue, E232, E234, E27, Rescue 27, E26-1, E 22, 

EMS Units; 27-8,27-9,23-8   EMA 35-5

THROOP CRASH INJURES ONE

     January 7, 2003  An unidentified motorist was injured when the vehicle they were riding in lost control an struck a building.

     The injury accident occurred on the borough's busy thoroughfare Dunmore Street at Center.  The out of control vehicle struck Hughes' Tavern.  The extent of the injuries were not available as the victim was transported to a Scranton area hospital.

     On the Alarm:  27 Engine, 27-9 (Throop EMS), LA 2 (Lackawanna Ambulance ALS), 27 Police.