Tanker Assist on 4 Alarm Building Fire - Cecil County
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
On monday April 4th, 2011 the Port Penn Fire Company responded to Cecil County for a 4 Alarm Building Fire at ISE America in the 600 Blk of Sassafras Rd. Tanker 29 responded on dispatch with a crew of 5 under command of Chief Schoeffler. Tanker 29 took a position on the "Delta / Charlie" Side and supplied Tower 27. The crew of Tanker 29 worked in conjuction with other crews to protect exposures and stop the wind driven Fire.
The Following is the Story as published on Cecilton Fire Companies web site
Photos from Cecilton Web Page
Monday, April 4, 2011 At about 1930 hours Station 1 was alerted for a building fire at ISE America on Sassafras Road. The initial alert brought Station 1, KC Tanker 3 and the ladder and engine from NCC Sta 27 Middletown. Chief 1, Robert Plato Jr, went enroute and advised of heavy black smoke being seen from the town of Cecilton. Chief 1 arrived with a 50' by 500' chicken shack involved with exposure to several additional buildings. Due to the high winds the fire moved rapidly through the building and spread to several additional buildings. Water supply was setup on the Alpha side of the incident with two different dump sites. One site feed the Bravo side which utilized QA Quint 6 and Tower 3 and the other site feed the Delta side which feed numerous handlines and NCC Tower 27. Operations continued well through the evening with the last units leaving around 0300 hours.
Cecil Units - Sta 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Kent Units - Sta 2,3,4,6 New Castle - Sta 10,15,24,26,27,29 Kent DE Units - 44 Cecil Hdqts - P3,P4,DS50,two gators, Chief Deckard (Safety Officer)
The final loss has not been calculated yet but is estimated to by in the $6 to $8 million range maybe higher. Approximately 250,000 chickens were lost, 4 buildings were affected by the fire. More photos will be attached soon.
Use this link to see video from Channel 2 News http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/region/cecil_county/poultry-farm-fire-reaches-4-alarms
A special thanks to Rising Sun for sending REHAB 8 and feeding the nearly 150 firefighters. Great Cheesesteaks.
