At 9:00 PM on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Pleasant Gap Fire and EMS personal were alerted to a 2-vehicle motor vehicle collision on the 300 block of North Main Street. Chief 800 arrived on scene of a head-on collision with 2 patients entrapped in one of the vehicles. Rescue 818 quickly arrived on scene, and extricated the first patient by opening the passenger door. The second patient was extricated by a vertical door pop on the driver's side. Both patients in this vehicle were transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center with critical injuries. The driver of the second vehicle was also transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center with minor injuries.
The collision is under investigation by the Spring Township Police Department, and the State police

Units on scene:
Rescue 818, Engine / Rescue 814, Spring Township Police Department, 3 ALS Ambulances, and Medic Units
Centre Hall fire company assisted by sending an Engine to setup a landing zone for lifeflight.

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Engine Rescue 814 was called to State College to transfer into station 5 while they worked their fourth structure fire in 8 days.

Units from company 8 were called to assist the Alphas for a structure fire on College Avenue.

Around 8:40 AM on December 26, Pleasant Gap crews were alerted to respond to assist State College with a dwelling fire on Melissa Lane. Engine / Rescue 814 responded, and was initially advised to stand-by at the Patton Township station. Command called back a few minutes later, requesting that 814 respond to the scene, to assemble a RIT crew. Shortly after establishing RIT, the crew from 814 was requested to assist at the rear of the structure. Crews from 814 assisted the Alphas with overhall and final extinguishment.
Meanwhile, Engine 810 was requested to respond to the Main State College Station to stand by. While on standby, the crew from 810 responded to a reported gas leak at the intersections of Hawbaker Industrial Lane and North Atherton street. The crew from 810 was assisted by 814, who was released from the fire scene. The gas leak was found to be a sewer line leaking, and the units were retured.
Units responding from Co. 8: Engine / Rescue 814, Engine 810
Company 4 (Centre Hall) stood by in their station for any calls in Pleasant Gap.

On November 26, Company 8 was alerted to assist Companies 1 & 2 with a structure fire along Pleasant Valley Blvd. Initally, Company 8 crews were sent to staging to await assignment. Almost immediately, crews were assigned to relieve interior attack crews manning attack lines. Conditions inside the structure deteriated rapidly, forcing command to request crews to pull back. While other units were assigned to complete overhall, company 8 units were assigned to RIT. Company 8 crews remained on RIT until units were placed available.

  

Station Transfer: Mifflin County
August 1, 2008

On August 1, a several fire apparatus and personnel in Centre County, including an engine-rescue from Company 8, were transferred to Mifflin County to assist with calls and to assist on scene of a Mifflin County junkyard fire.

 
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Units responding from Company 8: Engine-Rescue 814

MVA: 700 Block of South Main Street
July 15, 2008

At approximately 3:00 hours, Company 8, Ambulance 8 were dispatched for an MVA with rollover to the 700 Block of South Main Street. Crews arrived on scene to find one vehicle on the roadway on its roof, with one patient out of the vehicle. Crews provided patient care and controlled fluids from the vehicle. Units operated on scene approximately 45 minutes.

 
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At approximately 12:45 hours, Company 8, Ambulance 8, Engine 212, and Engine-Rescue 914 were dispatched to mile marker 81 of I-99 (Route 26) for an overturned tractor-trailer. Medic 2449 was in the area and reported that the overturned vehicle was a tanker-truck with placard # 2924 (flammable corrosive liquid). Upon this report, Penn State Hazmat units were also dispatched.

Crews from Company 8 closed the highway and provided assistance to Company 20 Hazmat Teams, who determined that the tanker had a slight leak in both the trailer and the fuel tanks. Eagle Tire and Towing arrived on scene to assist with the incident and cleanup.

Company 8, Co 20, and Eagle Tire and Towing remained on scene for several hours until another tank arrived to received the fluid from the overturned tanker. Because of the senstive nature of the call and the slow process necessary to safely offload the leaking chemicals, crews operated on scene for approximately 13 hours.

Company 8 would like to extend a special thanks to Centre Hall Fire Company and the crew of Engine-Rescue 414 for their standby service during this incident.

 
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Units responding: Ambulances 851, 852; Engines 810, 212, 511; Engine-Rescues 814, 414, 914; Engine-Tanker 1515; Rescue 818; Tankers 819, 219, 520, 920; Utility 822; Penn State Hazmat; University Park Airport Crash Truck; Centre County Mobile Command Unit; Centre County EMS; Pennsylvania State Police; Spring Township Police; PennDOT; Eagle Valley Tire and Towing

Lightning Strike: Weaver Hill Road
May 17, 2008

At approximately 22:30 hours, Company 8, Ambulance 8, and a truck from Company 2 were dispatched to the 700 block of Weaver Hill Road for a lightning strike to a structure. Several tankers were added for water supply shortly after the dispatch. Crews from Pleasant Gap, Bellefonte, Centre Hall and Walker Township worked on scene to quickly extinguish the fire, and cleared the scene at approximately 00:30 hours.

Barn Fire: Mutual Aid - Benner Twp.
May 8, 2008

During the early morning hours, Company 8 was dispatched to assist Bellefonte Fire Company with a second alarm barn fire on the Benner Pike. Engine 810, Rescue 818, Tanker 819 and Brush 825 responded and operated on scene for approximately four hours.

 
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MVA: Garbrick and Weaver Hill Roads
May 6, 2008

At approximately 23:30 hours, Company 8 and Ambulance 8 were dispatched to the intersection of Garbrick Road and Weaver Hill Road for an accident with entrapment. Crews arrived on scene to find two vehicles on the roadway with one of the patients entrapped. Crews extricated, treated, and transported the patients to care, with one patient being Life-Flighted due to the extent of the injuries.

 
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Units responding: Ambulances 850, 852, 2653; Medic 24; Engine 212; Engine-Rescue 814; Rescue 818

MVA: College Ave (Rt 64) and SR-26
May 1, 2008

At approximately 17:45 hours, Company 8 and Ambulance 8 were dispatched to the intersection of College Ave and Route 26 for an MVA with injuries. Units arrived on scene to find two vehicles on the roadway with a patient in each. Fire and EMS crews provided patient care and controlled hazards/fluids. Units operated on scene for approximately one hour.

 
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Units responding: Ambulances 850, 852; Rescue 818; Engine-Rescue 814; Spring Township Police

At 03:35 hours, Company 8, Truck 216 were dispatched to the 1000 block of West College Ave, Benner Twp. for a shed fire endangering a structure. Engine 810 responded, and was advised that the woodshed was attached to the house, and that the house was now involved. 810 arrived on scene to find heavy fire on the exterior of the house and in the attic space. Crews from the engine advanced two hoselines to the interior of the house and began attacking the visible fire. Additional crews from Bellefonte assisted with pulling the ceiling to expose fire in the attic, but the fire had progressed to the point where all interior crews had to pull out. Additional lines were pulled to protect the exposures and to attack the fire from the exterior. Once the fire was knocked down, crews re-entered for overhaul. Units were on scene until approximately 07:00 hours.

Units responding: Engines 810, 413; Engine-Rescue 814; Rescues 818, 318; Truck 216; Tankers 819, 219, 319, 419, 520, 1619; Ambulance 852