| On December 22, 2022 Trappe Fire Company was dispatched to 4 emergency calls from 0900 hours to 1100 hours.
The first call came in as a Vehicle Rescue on East 3rd Ave in Trappe Borough. Engine 77 , Squad 34, and Medic 376-11 arrived on scene to icy road conditions and one vehicle on its side. The occupant self extracted himself and the road way closed for several hours until the road was salted.
While on his call, TAC 77 was dispatched to another vehicle accident with injures at the intersection of Rittenhouse Road and Hess Road in Upper Providence Township. TAC 77, Squad 34, and Rescue 98 were dispatched to assist.
Traffic 77 was dispatched to several vehicle accident in the Oaks section of Upper Providence Township.
On December 23, 2022 the windy weather created 6 more emergency calls for Trappe Fire Company.
The first call came in on Betcher Road in Trappe Borough for an odor of something burning inside a residence. Ladder 77, Assistant 77, Engine 66, Tanker 66, and Engine 68 arrived on scene and found a power line down causing a light fixture to smoke inside the residence.
The residence's power was secured and the house was ventilated. While Ladder 77 was clearing that call, an electrical fire was dispatched in Collegeville Borough.
Two more Electrical fires were dispatched in Trappe and Collegeville Borough from the high winds causing down trees and power lines.
At 1543 hours, Engine 77 was dispatched to assist with a Vehicle Rescue on Collegeville Road near Hopwood Road in Upper Providence Township. The crash was determined to be a fatal and Upper Providence Township Police Department is investigating the crash.
While Station 77 was staffed as the Perkiomen Valley Duty Crew, Engine 77 responded to two electrical fires outside in Skippack Township around 1900 hours. |
