Afternoon Field Fire on Linfield Trappe Road
 
By Firefighter Ross Greenwood
April 21, 2014
 

Station 77 was dispatched for a brush fire at 1627 hours at 411 E. Linfield Trappe Road in Upper Providence Township.

BC77 arrived to find an ~100 square foot section of a field on fire due to a lawn mower malfunction/backfire.

Tac 77 arrived within 10 minutes, with a crew of 5, to contain and extinguish the field fire with a booster line. After the crew stopped the fire from spreading into the neighbors field Station 77 went available and returned to station.

 
Units: Tac 77, BC77
 
Mutual Aid: FM68-2