On Wednesday, February 5th, an ice storm struck Lancaster County and surrounding areas, bring down trees and wires; thus disrupting electrical service for tens of thousands of people in South Central and South Eastern Pennsylvania.
In 27 hours, Station 49 handled approximately 18 dispatched and undispatched storm-related calls for assistance:
02/05/2014….05:12….Public Service, Route 897 & Diem Road in Salisbury Township. Fire Police at a tree down on wires, Squad 49-1, Fire Police 49
02/05/2014….06:00….Public Service, Paes & Hammond Roads in Salisbury Township. Tree Down. Squad 49-1, Fire Police 49
02/05/2014….06:15….Public Service, Snake Lane between Diem & Peters Roads in Salisbury Township. Squad 49-1, Fire Police 49
02/05/2014….06:58….Public Service, Route 897 & Honeysuckle Lane in Salisbury Township. Fire Police at trees down, Squad 49-1, Fire Police 49
02/05/2014….07:10….Public Service, 5100 block of Primrose Lane in Salisbury Township. Tree into a house, Engine 49-2, Squad 49-1, Fire Police 49
02/05/2014…all morning….Public Service, 111 White Horse Road in Salisbury Township. Crew standby at Station 49 due to phone & 9-1-1 outage
02/05/2014….07:32….Public Service, 1100 block of Ranck Road in East Earl Township. Tree on wires, Squad 49-1
02/05/2014….07:51….Public Service, Paes Road & Dogwood Drive in Salisbury Township. Trees down, Squad 49-1
02/05/2014….07:56….Public Service, Springville & Candy Lane in Salisbury Township. Trees down, Squad 49-1
02/05/2014….08:07….Public Service, 5800 block of Old Philadelphia Pike in Salisbury Township. Wire down. Chief 49
02/05/2014….08:12….Public Service, 6000 block of Wertztown Road in Salisbury Township. Trees & Wires, Squad 49-1
02/05/2014….09:55….Public Service, Tree down, 200 block of Millwood Road in Salisbury Township. Deputy Chief 49
02/05/2014….17:38….Fire Chief Investigation, 600 block of Gault Road in Salisbury Township. Chief 49
02/05/2014….12:48….Public Service, Meadville & Meetinghouse Roads in Salisbury Township. Tree on road, Squad 49-1, Fire Police 49
02/05/2014….13:50….Public Service, 6300 block of Plank Road in Salisbury Township. Tree branch on wire, Engine 49-1, Squad 49-1, Fire Police 49
02/05/2014….21:56….Public Service, 600 & 700 blocks of Narvon Road in Salisbury Township. Trees and wires, Engine 49-1, Squad 49-1, Fire Police 49
02/05/2014….21:48….Medical Assist, 5886 Michelle Drive in Salisbury Township. Squad 49-1 assist Ambulance 49
02/06/2014….08:15….Fire Police, Route 10 & Route 340 in Salisbury Township. Squad 49-1, Fire Police 49 assist Station 35 in closing Route 10 at State Hill.