PENN TWP BARN FIRE
Friday - 05/19/06 : Box area 3-5 was hit at 00:23 am ( Barn Fire ) Engine 10 / Tower 10 / Special Unit 10 / Chief 3 Command /Call ended about 03:30 : The large barn on the property was damaged and a garage , corncrib and dodge truck was destroyed . Engine 10 was the supply engine at the dump site . Tower 10's crew ended up with a heavy line on the garage,corncrib and dodge truck . Special Unit 10 provided air for the call .
Flooding at the Huntingdon Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Tuesday - 05/23/06 : Box area 5-8 was hit at 10:36 ( Huntingdon Daylight Box )Engine 10 / Deputy Chief 5 Command / Call ended at 11:30 : Report of Flooding at The Huntingdon Nursing & Rehabilition Center ( old Huntingdon Manor ) reports from the center to be a broken water pipe. Deputy Chief placed the box in service holding engine 5 .
Getting ready for Rip Ticket Tournament
Tuesday - 05/23/06 : It was busy night at the 10 house. The members started getting ready for the rip ticket tournament . This will be the 1st rip ticket tournament Huntingdon County has ever seen. After 4 hrs of counting rip tickets and sorting into piles for 100 players . The 5 round tournament was ready for showtime on Sunday May 28th. Good Luck Rippers.
JUNIATA TWP GARAGE FIRE
Wednesday - 05/25/06 : Box area 3-5 was hit at 18:03 Engine 10 /Tower 10 / Command 3 / Call ended at 21:24 : Large garage full of farm and garden equipment was destroyed. Engine 10's crew was on a heavy line .After fire was knocked down Engine 10's crew along with Tower 10's crew worked doing overhaul.
HUNTINGDON BORO ROPE RESCUE
Wednesday - 05/25/06 : Local alarm w/special requests from Capt. 5-1 at 2131 Hr's . Engine 10-1 / Special Unit 10 / Capt 5-1 Command / Call ended at 2252 Hr's : Call was for a person that had fell off the cliffs in Huntingdon Boro. Teams from Huntingdon and McConnellstown did the rigging and hauling system .The Units From the 10 House helped with man power and medical gear . During this call the second Engine was needed to set up a landing zone for second air medical at J.C. Blair
HIGH VOLTAGE LINES DOWN ON RT.22
Thursday- 5/25/2006 : Local alarm dispatched at 1158 hr's. Engine 10-1/ Special Unit 10/ Chief 10 with command. Engine 10-1 went on scene with high voltage line hanging down in the middle lane of Rt.22. Traffic was rerouted on 22 for over 2hrs. 10 house cleared at1425 hrs.This power outage effected the industrial park and some residential areas.
THREE SPRINGS VOL. FIRE CO. & LIONS CLUB 17 TH ANNUAL PARADE
Thursday 5/25/2006 : The 10 House made it's annual appearance at the Three Springs parade. Engine 10-1 and the Fire Queen made it's way along the parade route. This was the last parade for fire queen Ashley Weikert. A new queen will be crowned on 5/27/2006. Engine 10-1 was awarded best appearing & equipped Engine in the line of parade.
2006 FIRE QUEEN , SWEETHEART AND PRINCED CROWNED
Saturday 05/27/06:The 10 House held it's annual crowning of the Fire Queen, Sweeheart, and Prince Pageant. They will compete at the Annual 2006 Huntingdon County Fireman's Convention to be held June 21-25, 2006 @ Orbisonia-Rockhill. The 2006 Queen-Keisha McKnight, Sweetheart-Emily Rhone, and Prince-Michael Duck were crowned by reigning 2005 Queen-Ashley Weikert, Princess-Hailey Miller, and Prince-Nicholas McKim.
MEMORIAL DAY
Here at Memorial Day in CyberSpace we are going to honor all those soldiers who have served us in the past, are serving us in the present, and will serve us in the future. These men and women have given of themselves for the protection of their fellow neighbors. They deserve celebration every day of the year but unfortunately that is not the case.We should also pay tribute to those great Americans who have served their country, cities, states, and humanity — police, firefighters, members of emergency rescue services, members of our governmental offices, entertainers, astronauts, and anyone else who has passed on and served humanity for the good of our great nation!
MVA - RT 26 AND THE ENTRANCE TO WALMART SMITHFIELD TWP.
Sunday - 05/28/06 : Local alarm w/special assignment Squad 6 at 11:12 Hr's . Engine 10-1 / Special Unit 10 / Squad 6 /Deputy Chief 10 with Command/ Call ended at 1220 Hr's : 2 car mva at the entrance to the new walmart . One person transport to J.C. Blair Hospital .
RIPPERS INVADE 10 HOUSE ..... FOR A NIGHT OF FUN
Sunday 05/28/06 : It's a Sunday afternoon and all is calm in the township . Not a cloud in the sky . We seen the invaders at 3:30 PM start rolling into the parking lot at the 10 house. At 5:00pm came Jeff to open the doors as the madness started. In they came, one ripper after another. The first people to feel the raft of the ripper's were the Bullpen helpers. Ticket after ticket was counted out . 7:00 PM came and Jeff read the rules to the the mass group that invaded the 10 house. All was calm. With one massive go, the ripping started and for the next 8 hours and 15 min., it was a ripping frenzy. At 1:15 am, and yes that's AM . A winner arose from over the tens of thousand tickets the rippers had open. Steve Orolin was the top ripper and a check for $2,000.00 was awarded to him . Again as fast as they came the rippers were gone off to the next ticket tournament ...... BUT WE KNOW AT THE 10 HOUSE THE INVATION WILL RETURN....... LABOR DAY WEEKEND....
MAY 2006
