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1963

JANUARY

1st

Building Fire / Old 23 and Grafton Shop / barn / 5hrs / 9500 gallon / E73 & E74 also / B.King acting

5th

Mutual Aid Building / Route152 between Jerusalem and Franklinville / Shop and garage / 1E / 1500 gallon / Co.8,4.BC48 also / D. MacLean acting

10th

Mutual Aid Dwelling Fire / end of Mine Branch Road / Delta & Co.9 also

26th

1050 PI / Conowingo Road & Whitehouse Road / fatal / 2 ambos / J. Foard acting

29th

Building Fire / Route 543 and Prospect Mill Road / 2500 gallon / barn / Co.1 1E / D. MacLean acting

FEBRUARY

3rd

Dwelling Fire / Wilson Road near Route 440 / 1E / 735 gallon / D. Woodward acting

18th

Building Fire / Ady Road- Bennett Property. / shed / 500 gallon / B. King acting

19th

Dwelling Fire /  Sharon Road /  1900 gallon / Rutherford Property / Tanker 33 responded / D. MacLean acting

20th

Dwelling Fire / Wheel Road – Oals Res. / 200 gallon / tenant to HMH / Co.4 2 units / M. Purcell acting

MARCH

1st

Mutual Aid Building / 3502 Hughes Road-Conestoga Woods / saw dust storage shed / 1500 gallon /  Co.3 1E / Co.9,6,1 also / D. MacLean acting

1st

Building Fire / 800 Bel Air Road – behind Bel Air Bowl / fire in pin refinishing shop / 1150 gallon / 2hrs / D. MacLean acting

10th

Building Fire / Emmorton Baptist Church / fire held to Steeple / Co.4 – 3 units / B.King acting

23rd

Building Fire with Rescue / Kalmia Road – Walter’s Convalescent Home / two 2 Story buildings on fire – 26 people evacuated / 8 ambos / $30,000 damage  / 28000 gallon  / Co.3,9,6,1 /  B. King acting


25th

Dwelling Fire / Reckord off Route147 / Started from field / 6700 gallon / Co.7, 8, BC48, BC38 also / D. MacLean acting

26th

Dwelling Fire / Sandy Hook Road near Kalmia Road – Walter Property / units had to cross Deer Creek to get to it / Co.9 1E also / B. King acting


APRIL

4th

Field Fire / Route 1 + Reckord Road /  1100 gallon /  3hrs / D. MacLean acting

12th

Mutual Aid Building / 3502 Hughes Road – Conestoga Woods / 2300 gallon / 3hrs / Co.3 1E / Co.9,6,1 also / M. Purcell acting

20th

Mutual Aid Brush / Phillips Mill Road /  10 acres / 3 hrs

20th

Brush Fire / Route 1 near Whitaker Mill / 250 acres / 8 hrs / BC48 – 3 units, Co.4 – 1 unit, Co.8 – 3 units, Co.7 – 2 units, Forestry – 3 jeeps, plow and dozer / B. King acting

28th

Mutual Aid Dwelling / Cherry Hill + Burkins / 1E /  700 gallon / Co.6,7,9,10 also / B. King acting

29th

Building Fire / 108 Dallam Place / current firehouse / 26000 gallon / 4 autos burnt / M. Elliot strained back, J. Foard broke toe nail / D. MacLean acting 24 Brush Fires this month out of 49 calls

JUNE

16th

Dwelling Fire / Sandy Hook off Kalmia / 350 gallon / house full of grain / Co.9 1E / B. King acting

SEPTEMBER

17th

Building Fire / Plumtree south of Tollgate Road / barn / 3500 gallon / 5hrs / E42 also / D.MacLean acting

OCTOBER

20th

Apartment Fire / 410 Franklin Street / started from furnace / layed a line from Broadway / B. King acting

28th

Building Fire / Route1 & Johnson Mill Road – Hickory Canning Factory / oil furnace explosion / 4 people injured / R. King acting

31st

Dwelling Fire / Lochary Road off Forge Hill / 1000 gallon / Started from oil Stove / two rooms involved /  Co.9 – 3 units / B. King acting

DECEMBER

5th

Dwelling Fire / Thomas Run Road-Gorrell house / 3400 gallon / 3hrs / Dn. MacLean injured ankle / Co.1 1 unit / B. King acting


6th

1050 PI / Bel Air & Tollgate Roads / car into telephone pole / 1 fatal

8th

Building Fire / end of Franklin Street-Franklin Concrete / 300 gallon / fire in top of the plant /  in sawdust / B. King acting

17th

Dwelling Fire / 208 Northview Drive / 25 gallon / fire damage to bed and under the bed /  good stop / D. MacLean acting

29th

Dwelling Fire / North Bond Street – Moore Property / 200 gallon / B. King acting (See picture below – Chief MacLean on steps)


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