| At 1542 hours, the Avondale Fire Company was dispatched to assist Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company on a reported haybale fire that was called in by a passerby in the area of Newark Road and Street Road in West Marlborough Township.
The original reporting party stated that there was a large haybale fire to the rear of a nearby farm with possible exposure to a nearby forest due to 15 mph winds. Due to this initial information, Po-Mar-Lin Fire Company requested units from Avondale, Kennett, and Longwood to assist.
Squad and Tanker 23 made the response right after dispatch. Engine 24 from Kennett arrived first and confirmed two large piles of hay fully involved with winds driving the smoke into the nearby wooded area.
Ladder 25 arrived second and initially staged out of the way while crews were setting up a water supply but was later repositioned next to Engine 24 and began to utilize their master stream off of the ladder to knock down both the fire and the bales themselves into one large pile.
During this time, Squad and Tanker 23 arrived and assisted with getting the initial water supply operation in place. Due to the large volumes of water that were needed, the decision was made to establish a tanker fill site instead. Squad 23 then relocated to the 500 block of Byrd Road and utilized one of the hydrants located along the roadway.
Traffic 23 assisted with traffic control around the fill site and Assistant 23 assisted neighboring Chief officers with operations.
23 units operated until they were released by Command at 1734 hours. A special thank you to West Grove's Engine 22-1 for standing by at Avondale while crews were working. |
