WGFC Assists on Lancaster County Barn Fire
Truck 57 at the scene.
Truck 57 at the scene.
 
Tanker 22 delivers water to the scene, with Truck 57 operating a master stream in the background.
Tanker 22 delivers water to the scene, with Truck 57 operating a master stream in the background.
 
Numerous units including Tanker 22 from the WGFC were involved in this barn fire in Lancaster County.
Numerous units including Tanker 22 from the WGFC were involved in this barn fire in Lancaster County.
 
Tanker 22 at the Octoraro Lake fill site.
Tanker 22 at the Octoraro Lake fill site.
 
Early arrival photograph at the rear of the barn.
Early arrival photograph at the rear of the barn.
 
Engine 21-4 from Oxford set up the draft to fill tankers at the reservoir.
Engine 21-4 from Oxford set up the draft to fill tankers at the reservoir.
 
 
January 28, 2023
 

Units from across Lancaster and Chester County were dispatched to a barn fire on Friday.

Just past 1230pm, the Quarryville Fire Company was dispatched for a barn fire at 39 White Rock Road, in Colrain Township. With calls to the Lancaster 911 Center increasing, a "working fire" was dispatched, adding additional units to the call, including a number of water tankers. This added tankers from Chester County, including from the Union Fire Company of Oxford, Cochranville, and the West Grove Fire Company. WGFC responded with Tanker 22.

The initial arriving engine from Quarryville laid 400 feet of supply line from the road to the barn, and immediately set up to protect an adjacent home, and nearby milking room and diesel room. Their initial efforts saved those structures even with a very large barn fully involved. A water supply operation was set up out on the road, with arriving tankers feeding into Tanker 57 which served as a "nurse tanker" supplying the fire scene.

Tankers shuttled water to the scene from the Octoraro Lake. The water supply operation provided water for firefighting, involving an elevated master stream from Ladder 57, truck-mounted deluge guns, and multiple handlines. In all, 1100 feet of hose was deployed in a four-hour operation.

Some photos courtesy Quarryville Fire Company and Union Fire Company of Oxford.
 
Units: Tanker 22
 
Mutual Aid: Oxford 21, Cochranville 27, Quarryville 57 and various other Lancaster County Companies.