On August 11,2011 a box call was struck out for a working structure fire on church street Claysburg PA. The box brought Claysburg station 70, East Freedom Fire department 40, Blue Knob station 86, Duncansville station 20, and Allgheny Twp. Station 50 for the air truck. Chief 7001 arrived on scene advising heavy smoke conditions. Engine 70-12 and engine/tanker 40-21 arrived with-in ten minuets of dispatch. 70-12 pulled a single shoulder load to the front door of the residence where the crew from 40-21 was instructed to make the first interior attack. Crew made forced entry to the structure and began a right wall search into the structure with no visible fire and heavy smoke conditions.
At the same time a crew from Engine rescue 40-31 had just arrived and pulled 2 more lines one to the rear of the C side of the structure and one for a secondary line for the inside crew. The crew on the C side of the structure made forced entry into the addition and garage area with no visible fire. Upon making force entry. Upon doing so this provided the perfect conditions to cause a flash over of the residence. The initial crew of three was advised by chief 40-01 to evacuate the structure and the evacuation tone were dropped by Blair County 911 for all personal to evacuate. The first crew consisting of pipe man Captain 40-06 Corey Eicher, Back up firefighter Kyle Mish and3rd crew Captain 40-07 William Weikert immediately dropped the hose line and began to egress to find the only known entrance a the time was involved with heavy fire conditions. Upon rapid egress from the building all members were accounted. Both Crews advised 40-01 there is PAR all members accounted for with no injuries. Crews continued with extinguishing the blaze with no further incidents. Crews assisted from Blair, Bedford and Cambria counties for RIT team. Other assisting company included Roaring Spring station 60 Cambria county Portage fire department 83, and Bedford county 42 for transfer assignment.
