The time has arrived for the Fire Company's Annual Carnival to be held on July 22, 23, 24, 29, 30 and 31. Kitchen opens at 7:00 pm on Thursday night and 6:30 pm on Friday and Saturday night. Come for great food, fun games and entertainment for the entire family. Bingo and Poker will be held rain or shine nightly. The first show starts at 7:30 pm. Grand Prize Drawing tickets are available now through the last night of carnival. For more information contact the firehouse at 215-538-1880.

At 1845 hrs, BCR dispatched BOX 17-33 (Quakertown) for a building fire assignment at the QMart in Richland Township, with multiple calls with fire through the roof.  Rescue 58 took the road with 7 to assist as the fire rescue, just behind Squirt 18, who was at the 58 house for carnival cover.  Upon arrival with fire through the roof, Chief 87(Wilhelm) assigned R58 to Side A search and rescue assignment due to civilians running back into the building. Operations Chief (Battalion Pfaff) split the crew for hooking ceilings as well. QFD crews made an excellent attack on the fire stopping it from spreading in the open ceiling area.  2nd Alarm was pulled for manpower due to hot temperatures outside.  Crew on scene for an extended period of time for overhaul.  Rescue 58 returned to quarters along with Squirt 18 for carnival detail. 

Rescue 58 took 309 north to meet with Coopersburg Fire Co, Lehigh Station 4 over the weekend at the Whitehall Training Facility.  Also participating was Bucks 17 (Qtown) and Bucks 36(Richlandtown) in the burn which ran multiple live fire evolutions.  The crew was pleased with the facility and the interior temps. Thank you to Coopersburg Fire co for the invite.  The trip was topped of with a stop at the famous yocco's.

BCR advised of the report of a plane down reported by a passing motorist in the area of the PA Turnpike and Upper Ridge Rd. Units arrived in the area with nothing in evidence.  Assisting on the search of the incident was Milford and Tylersport companies.  Quakertown Airport also assisted by providing a plane to fly Captain Diehl above rural densely wooded area to check for the incident where it may not have been visible from the road. Call was eventually unfounded. Thank you Quakertown Airport and Chief Young for the flight.

BCR advised of a reported dwelling fire at Cedar Hill Lot #3 due to an electrical issue on the pole outside. Chief 58 arrived to find the electric service feed on the exterior of the house to be on fire.  PPL was davised of a priority response needed. E58 arrived on scene an monitored dwelling from inside of the dwelling.  All other units arrived and staged until the power was secured by PPL.  Residence was checked once again with no extension. Assisting on the assignment was Milford and Richland Fire Co

Quakertown units were originally dispatched for a waterflow alarm in the Plaza Shopping Center at 309 and W Broad St in the Borough.  C87 received reports of a head off and an odor inside and filled out the assignment to a box, bringing Rescue 58. Chief 58 arrived and assisted in the command post with C87 (Wilhelm).   Rescue 58 arrived and went to work for approximately 2 hours assisting in salvage and overhaul pulling ceilings and water removal and containment. 

Quakertown Borough hosted its annual Community Day in Memorial Park. Part of the festivities were the fire company water battles.  Once again, the brothers of West End Fire Co led by Captain Neubert took 1st place. Congratulations Station 18. The junior volunteers of 58 took the 2nd place trophy led by FF Jansons on the tip.

The night was capped off with a spectacular fireworks display. Tr58 supplied water to the hot zone while the Engine and Rescue stood by on a cover task force for the Qtown District. Utility 58 also kept a crew in-house for any QRS runs.  Rescue and Engine 58 did take in an 18 local assignment for  brush with the fire being extinguished by party goers on arrival.

Station 58 along with MTFD Field 75 were dispatched for the report of extinguished brush in the 2000 block of Grennview Commons.  C58 arrived on scene and found that there was no brush fire and found the back of a dwelling that actually had lit off from an unknown source on the deck.  The homeowner was not home at the time. . An alert neighbor saw the smoke billowing from the house and used a dry chem and garden hose to douse the flames that had risen to the 2nd story.  Assignment was upgraded to an extinguished dwelling. Crews arrived and began overhaul and checcking for extension. FM201 (Kramer) along with FM245(Young) were on scene for the investigation. 

While on scene, Rescue 58 took in a dwelling assignment in the Qtown district and Utility 58 took in a medical emergency.

Volunteers from the 58 house visited the Camp-Men-O-Lan summer camp program and interacted with 20-30 kids.  A safety demo along with equipment demos were given and then the kids got to play with the hose. A good time was enjoyed by all.

Engine 58 was originally dispatched for an accident with injuries in the area of Allentown and Finland Rd in West Rockhill Twsp. Engine 58 arrived concurrent with Medic 151(Grand View) and located one vehicle with heavy front end intrusion vs a tree. The operator was found to be entrapped with the Medic requesting a door pop. Assignment upgraded to an extrication. Engine/Chief 58 advised County they could handle the door pop and no auto rescue unit needed to be added. Vehicle stabilized and door popped within minutes.

Rescue 58 was dispatched to cover Dublin Fire Co Station 23 whom was  operating on the Plumsteadville fire on Stump Rd.  R58 took the road to Dublin with a crew of 6 and stood by for 2 hours with no calls

Tanker 58 was dispatched on the 3rd tanker task force, 3rd Alarm, to assist Plumsteadville Fire Company, Bucks Station 24 on a well involved building.  Tr58 on one of its furthest responses in recent memory, arrived and took part in a tanker shutle that pulled water from multiple sources.  The tanker was inservice on the intial call for a little over 4 hours.  Special thanks to Tanker 67 of Gilbertsville Fire Co, Montgomery County Station for covering the upper end of Bucks County from our station with their tanker.

At 2047 hrs, Tanker 58 was redispatched back into the scene to provide water supply for overhaul.  On scene again for 3 1/4 hours.

Total time on call for the day was 7 1/4 hours.

Station 58 was dispatched to the 2500 block of Marshall Dr for the report of fumes inside the dwelling. Engine 58 pulled up with an odor of naturtal gas inside. The source was determined to be from a newly installed stove in the residence.  The unit was secured and natural ventilation used. Also operating was Tower and Squirt 18 along with Rescue 58.

Station 58 volunteers were invited to participate in the Streamview Estates block party again. E58 and UT58 set up and allowed parents and their children to explore the trucks. The kids also got to play in the water and have a great time.

E58 was dispatched to the Qtown Freshman Center in the QFD district for a waterflow alarm. QFD units were operating on a structure fire atthat time elsewhere in their district.  Upon arrival, the alarm was determined to be caused when hydrants were opened for the structure job.  Units cleared