All Volunteer Stations, 19 & 79, Bucks County, PA

  Just before 5am on August 18, 2008, the Doylestown Fire Company was dispatched for a reported Shed Fire on Spring Valley Road. Battalion 19 Ed Truman was first on scene and reported a shed with nearby wood pile on fire. Ladder 79 and Engine 19 responded an knocked the fire down. Some overhaul was needed on the shed to remove the burned sections of floor. Crews were in service for a period of time to make sure all the fire was out contained within the wood pile. Photos by Denny Loux Sr.

 

Grant Castor and Mike Suessenguth arrive on scene and wait for water from Engine 19

A hand line is stretched to the rear of the shed

Another hand line is used on the front of the shed to put out the fire

Engine 19's crew lead by Capt 19 Bret Moris checks for fire inside the shed

The floor of the shed needed to be removed to get at all the burn wood underneath.