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Fire call type and fire death breakdowns
Every January, in the secretary’s minutes of The Salisbury Township Fire Company#1/White Horse Fire Company, the total number of fire calls for the previous year is listed. Some years, there were breakdowns of those calls by type. When listed, those breakdowns are listed below.
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YEAR
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CALLS
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BREAKDOWN
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1955
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3
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1956
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8
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1 barn, 1 tractor, 2 house, 4 brush
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1957
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17
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1 vehicle, 1 barn, 5 woods, 5 brush, 1 tree, 3 house, 1 motor
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1958
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11
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5 houses, 1 shed, 2 brush, 1 electric pole, 1 vehicle
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1959
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8
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1 tractor, 1 trailer, 1 house, 5 brush
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1960
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6
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1961
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11
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1962
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15
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1963
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21
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1964
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28
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1965
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27
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7 brush, 4 houses, 4 barns, 1 tobacco shed, 1 corn picker,
1 restaurant, 1 warehouse, 1 false alarm, 6 assists
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1966
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34
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11 woods, 3 brush, 2 vehicles, 1 brooder house, 2 machine shop,
1 barn, 1 house, 1 tobacco shed, 1 trailer, 1 washhouse, 8 standbys
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1967
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23
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3 house, 1 vehicle, 2 woods, 5 standbys, 2 trailers, 3 barns, 7 assists
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1968
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29
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6 brush, 1 garage, 5 house, 4 standbys, 1 trailer, 4 assists, 1 tractor, 6 woods, 1 tree
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1969
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24
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1970
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17
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1971
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23
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1 barn, 1 trailer, 3 houses, 1 dump, 1 combine, 4 brush, 2 woods,
3 assists, 4 standbys, 3 washdowns
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1972
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26
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7 woods, 4 houses, 1 trailer, 2 barns, 2 dumps, 3 washdowns,
1 cornfield, 1 vehicle, 4 assists
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1973
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36
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3 woods, 1 electric stove, 8 assists, 5 trash, 6 fields, 4 houses,
1 broken gas line, 3 washdowns, 1 vehicle, 1 barn, 1 tractor,
1 hay baler, 1 false alarm
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1974
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22
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1 electric motor, 2 house, 1 trailer, 2 brush, 1 woods, 1 trash,
2 vehicles, 1 electric fuse box, 1 washdown, 7 assists
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1975
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34
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8 houses, 3 grass, 2 chimneys, 2 cars, 2 trucks, 2 woods,
1 boiler room, 1 smokestack, 1 trash, 1 motorcycle, 1 wire down,
1 tree, 1 corn picker, 1 pole
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1976
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37
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8 assists, 2 houses, 3 garages, 2 trailer, 5 chimney, 1 dump,
4 woods, 3 brush, 1 school false alarm, 1 wire down,
1 school bus with hot brakes, 1 basement, 1 barn, 1 corn picker,
1 controlled burn, 1 sump pump, 1 school bus accident
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1977
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30
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2 assists, 7 house, 1 washhouse, 6 chimney, 2 car, 4 cornfield,
1 barn roof, 2 brush, 1 wheatshock, 2 accidents, 1 reburn.
Livestock lost: 1800 chickens & 1 dog
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1978
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52
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25 basement pumpouts, 10 houses, 3 vehicles, 2 barns, 2 shops,
1 shed, 2 mobile homes, 1 chicken house collapse, 3 woods,
1 brush,1 tree house, 1 silo
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1979
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47
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1980
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37
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1981
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65
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1982
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42
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1983
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59
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26 structure, 9 auto accidents, 5 brush, 7 assists to Gap Fire Co.,
4 assists to Wagontown Fire Co., 4 assists to Honey Brook Fire Co.,
2 assists to Intercourse Fire Co., and 2 barns
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1984
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55
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1985
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78
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1986
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68
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1987
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75
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1988
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77
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1989
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74
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1990
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68
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21 structures, 3 vehicles, 7 trash, 11 auto accidents, 15 assists
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1991
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81
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22 structures, 14 wood & trash fires, 26 auto accidents, 22 assists
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1992
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89
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45 building, 23 accidents, 8 woods, 13 assists
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1993
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97
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25 structures, 12 automatic fire alarm activations, 12 wood/trash,
18 auto accidents, 23 assists, 6 storm calls
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1994
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82
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22 structures, 7 automatic fire alarm activations, 6 woods, 2 poles, 12 public service, 33 assists
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1995
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85
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14 structures, 22 trash, 8 automatic fire alarm activations,
25 auto accidents, 4 public service
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1996
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104
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4 structures, 7 trash, 7 automatic fire alarm activations,
23 auto accidents, 15 assists, 22 public service, 10 standbys
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1997
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109
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17 buildings, 15 woods & grass, 32 auto accidents, 24 assists,
1 tractor, 2 public service, 2 automatic fire alarm activations,
7 standbys, 4 ambulance assists
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1998
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93
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12 structures, 10 trash or woods, 18 auto accidents, 1 vehicle,
6 public service, 8 automatic fire alarm activations, 12 standbys
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1999
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131
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2000
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119
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25 assists, 7 structure, 16 brush/trash, 27 auto accidents, 4 vehicles,
3 public services, 3 trees and wires, 6 misc. calls,
10 automatic fire alarm activations, 10 standbys,
2 ambulance assists, 4 investigations
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2001
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119
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28 auto accidents, 15 brush, 14 investigation/ misc. calls, 13 assists, 13 structures, 12 trees and wires, 7 public services,
5 automatic fire alarm activations, 4 ambulance assists, 3 vehicles,
5 standbys
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2002
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107
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7 structures, 15 brush or trash, 28 auto accidents, 3 vehicles,
4 public services, 5 automatic fire alarm activations, 2 standbys,
6 ambulance assists, 13 investigations/ misc. calls, 20 assists,
4 trees & wires
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2003
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123
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2004
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118
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8 structures, 10 brush/trash, 30 auto accidents, 3 vehicles,
7 public services, 6 automatic fire alarm activations, 2 standbys,
4 medical assists, 20 investigations/ misc. calls, 19 assists,
8 trees and wires
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2005
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140 |
16 structures, 6 brush/trash, 41 auto accidents, 4 vehicles,
11 public services, 2 automatic fire alarm activations, 5 standbys,
6 medical assists, 23 investigations/ misc. calls, 23 assists,
3 trees and wires
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2006
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147
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9 structures, 20 brush/trash, 22 auto accidents, 6 vehicles,
9 public services, 14 automatic fire alarm activations, 2 chimneys,
6 medical assists, 3 investigations/ misc. calls, 10 fire police calls,
27 assists, 9 trees and wires
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| 2007 |
145
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7 structures, 11 brush/trash, 2 vehicles, 6 public services, 18 automatic fire alarm activations, 6 medical assists, 22 fire police calls, 17 investigations/ misc. calls, 31 assists, 2 trees and wires, 28 auto accidents |
| 2008 |
171 |
45 accidents, 30 miscellaneous, 21 assists, 12 automatic fire alarm activations, 11 fire police calls, 9 standbys, 6 dwelling fires, 6 medical assists, 5 vehicle fires, 5 brush fires, 5 public service calls, 4 building fires, 3 CO alarms, 3 investigations, 3 trees and wires, 2 trash, 1 controlled burn |
| 2009 |
179 |
38 miscellaneous, 35 vehicle accidents, 28 assists, 17 automatic fire alarms, 11 fire police calls, 8 standbys, 6 carbon monoxide alarms, 6 landing zones, 6 medical assists, 4 woods, 4 chimney, 3 trees and wires, 2 barns, 2 trash, 2 brush, 2 public service, 1 investigation, 1 reburn, 1 vehicle, 1 transformer, 1 gas leak. |
| 2010 |
178 |
35 vehicle accidents, 27 miscellaneous, 18 automatic fire alarms, 16 assists, 14 public service, 9 standbys, 9 fire police, 7 dwelling, 6 medical assists, 6 wires, 5 brush/woods, 4 chimneys, 4 vehicle, 4 investigation, 3 trash, 3 buildings, 3 environmental rescues, 2 gas leaks, 1 Hazardous materials incident, 1 industrial rescue, 1 landing zone |
| 2011 |
174 |
29 assists, 28 vehicle accidents, 25 miscellaneous, 15 trash, 13 automatic fire alarms, 10 public service, 9 fire police, 7 investigations, 6 wires, 5 chimneys, 5 standbys, 5 brush, 4 dwellings, 3 landing zones, 3 medical assists, 1 barn, 1 outbuilding, 1 woods, 1 environmental rescue |
| 2012 |
165 |
39 Assists, 26 miscellaneous, 20 vehicle accidents, 9 standbys, 9 medical assists, 7 public service, 7 buildings, 7 automatic fire alarms, 7 fire police, 6 wires, 4 investigations, 4 dwellings, 4 trash, 3 brush, 3 carbon monoxide alarms, 2 chimney, 2 woods, 1 assist PSP/bomb threat, 1 farm rescue, 1 gas leak. |
| 2013 |
135 |
30 miscellaneous, 29 assists, 17 vehicle accidents, 11 fire police, 8 standbys, 6 automatic fire alarms, 5 wires, 5 dwellings, 3 chimneys, 3 medical assists, 3 CO alarms, 3 trash, 3 spill control, 2 brush, 2 vehicles, 2 barns, 1 outbuilding, 1 agricultural rescue, 1 search detail |
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(call totals after 2008 are taken from Lancaster County Computer Aided Dispatch system and include all dispatches as well as notifications, miscellaneous alarms & details that do not necessarily involve response of apparatus)
Unfortunately, there have
been 9 persons killed in fires
in the response area of the
Salisbury Township Fire Company #1/White Horse Fire Company
since 1958.
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YEAR
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DEATHS
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1958
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1
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1961
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1 |
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1965
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1
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1970
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2
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1997
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1
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2006
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1
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2010
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2
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