Fire Calls
DECEMBER 27, 2013
· Stations 36, 39 and 40 responded to a fire alarm at 5133 Main St., Apt. B (found to be a battery problem), 8:11 a.m.
· Police assist with traffic control on MacArthur Road and Ring Road brought out Station 35 fire police, 10:34 a.m.
· Stations 35 and 36 responded to a motor vehicle accident with injuries, Third and Summit streets, 3:23 p.m.
· A fire alarm at #1 Maryland Circle on the second floor (found to be a cooking accident) brought out Stations 35, 36, 37 and 38, 3:34 p.m.
DECEMBER 28, 2013
· Stations 36 responded to a car leaking gasoline at City View Diner at 1833 Macarthur Road, 6:31 p.m.
DECEMBER 29, 2013
· A call for an animal rescue near 1 Maryland Circle that involved a 7,000-volt line brought out Stations 35 and 36, 12:25 p.m.
JANUARY 1
· A carbon monoxide detector activated at 2103 First Avenue (found to be the confined space area that the stove was in), brought out Stations 36 and 37, 6:17 p.m.
JANUARY 2
· A motor vehicle accident with a spill of antifreeze on MacArthur Road at Lehigh Street, brought out Station 38, 7:50 a.m.
· Stations 36, 39 and 40 responded to a reported fire in the oven of a kitchen stove at 3229 Carbon Street, 10:52 a.m.
· A motor vehicle accident with injuries and rescue on Second Street at Roosevelt Street into the bridge, brought out Stations 35, 36, 39 and 40, 2:20 p.m.
· Station 35 fire police assisted police with traffic control at Pine and Lehigh streets, 5:55 p.m.
· Stations 35, 36 and 37 responded to wires arcing and burning on MacArthur Road near Fairmont Street, 9:39 p.m.
JANUARY 4
· Reported smoke alarms sounding at 5028 Foxdale Dr., due to a power outage, brought out Stations 36, 39 and 40, 4:50 a.m.
· Police assist on the Lehigh River in the city of Bethlehem to remove a car from the river brought out Station 36 and 3603, 10:16 a.m.
JANUARY 5
· Stations 36 for 3631 and 3641 for mutual aid to South Whitehall at Econ-O-Lodge, 2:36 p.m.
· Station 37 on standby for Whitehall, 2:45 p.m.
· Station 36 responded to a broken water line at 450 Carolina Avenue with water in the basement, 11:24 p.m.
JANUARY 6
· Smoke investigation near 1769 Peachtree Circle for smoke seen coming from between the houses (believed to be fog), brought out Stations 36 and 37, 3:16 a.m.
· An elevator rescue at JC Penny, Lehigh Valley Mall, brought out Stations 36 and 49, 6:42 a.m.
· Station 40 provided mutual aid to the Northampton Fire Department for a working dwelling fire at 2386 Washington Ave., Northampton, 7:04 a.m.
· Station 36 on standby for mutual aid to the Western Salisbury Fire Department at the Ott Street station, 12:49 p.m.
· A motor vehicle accident with spill control for antifreeze on the roadway at Third and Main streets brought out Station 40, 2:47 p.m.
JANUARY 7
· A broken sprinkler pipe with the alarm sounding at the Village at Whitehall, 3300 St. Stephens Lane, brought out Stations 37 and 38, 6:59 a.m.
· Stations 36, 37 and 38 responded to a fire alarm at Kmart, 2520 MacArthur Road, found to be equipment failure, brought out Stations 36, 37 and 38, 11:53 a.m.
· A reported broken sprinkler pipe at the Olive Garden, 715 Grape St. brought out Station 36, 3:19 p.m.
· A reported fire alarm sounding at 2117 Second Ave. brought out Stations 35, 36 and 37, 3:50 p.m.
Jan. 9
· Stations 36 and 37 responded to a reported another sprinkler pipe broken at the Olive Garden, 715 Grape Street, 12:22 a.m.
· Station 35 fire police assisted police with traffic control in front of Family Services, 1025 MacArthur Road, 5:12 a.m.
· Station 35 fire police assisted police with traffic control at Orchard Drive and Ellsworth Drive, 8:08 a.m.
· Stations 35, 36 and 37 assisted a citizen with a broken water pipe at 238 Virginia Avenue, 6:28 p.m.
· An odor investigation for an odor of propane outside of 1255 Minnesota Drive, brought out Stations 36 and 37, 7:32 p.m.
· Stations 36, 37 and 38 responded to a waterflow alarm at Sears Whitehall Mall (found to be a broken sprinkler line), 10:04 p.m.
· A fire alarm at 2130 Third Avenue (found to be an alarm malfunction), brought out Station 36 and 37, 11:54 p.m.








