Allentown Comm Center transmitted the box for an apartment fire with an address of 2635 Prospect Avenue in Apartment 8 sending Engines 11, 14, 10, Tower Ladder 1 and Battalioin Chief 3 (G. Scheirer). Enroute, police transmitted “fire showing.” Phone calls report possible people trapped. Engine 11 arrives and transmits “a working fire” in a two-story garden-style apartment building fully occupied. BC 3 arrives while engine crews are stretching into the stairwell to the top floor. BC 3 proceeds to the rear for a size-up and finds heavy fire venting from all the windows and roof. He strikes the second alarm and orders the interior crews out of the building. Engines 4, 6, 9 (safety), Air 1, FM 4, 47 and 48 respond. Larger handlines and stangs are put into service along with the squirt and tower ladder. As the fire engulfs the roof and then collapses, BC 3 strikes the third alarm. Engine 13 and Ladder 2 respond. All Hands are now working at this location. 7 families are homeless. One firefighter sustained minor injuries from a fall on ice. The temperature was 17′F with a wind chill of 3′F.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

At 21:46 The box was struck for 16th and Turner Streets with an address of 1625 Turner St. for an Apartment Fire. Engines 10, 9, 4, 13 (RIT), truck 1 and B/C 3 (Scheirer) responded. First arriving Engine 10 reported flames showing on the ‘Bravo’ side of the second floor of the E/O/R. A line was stretched and put into service from engine 10 by crews from Engine 10 and 9. Quick work by the crews darkened down the fire within minutes. Searches came up negative. Truck 1 positioned itself on the Bravo side and was ready to go to work.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Firefighters from the City of Allentown had there hands full with this second alarm house fire in the Center City area. Firefighters attempted an interior attack but where quickly beat back by the quick moving fire. The fire was placed under control a couple of hours later.
Video Rating: 4 / 5

At 2232 hours the box was transmitted for 614 Walnut Street – House Fire. Fire dispatch had visuals on the fire from a streetcam and told responding units they are gonna have work when they arrive! Engines 4, 9, 6, Truck 2 and Battalion 4 (Grim) take in the box. Upon arrival, B/C 4 transmits a “working fire” in a two-story S/F/D with commercial on first floor. Engine 4 stretches a handline into the building to the attic but encounter heavy fire conditions. B/C 4 signals for the EVAC tones and transmits a second-alarm. Engines 14, 10, 13, Air 1 and Cars 40, 41 and 47 respond. Three handlines are now in-service along with multiple master streams. As the fire consumes the roof of the original fire building, crews work to save the exposures on both the attached Bravo side and the detached Delta side. Truck 2, a new KME tower ladder is in-service but because of some type of failure, cannot flow water. Squirt 6 is moved up and replaces the tower ladder. The fire was darkened down around midnight and leaves 1 adult and 4 children homeless. Red Cross is called to assist the family.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

At 09:40 Comm Center transmitted the box at 5th & Turner Sts. for an address of 210 N. 5th St. for an apartment fire. Engines 4, 9, 6, 13 (RIT), Truck 2 and B/C 4 (Grim) responded. On arrival, B/C 4 reported heavy smoke and signaled a working fire to the rear of 212 N. 5th St. At 09:44 B/C 4 struck the 2nd alarm. Engines 10, 14, Air 1 and cars 40, 41, 45, 47, 48 responded. With crews encountering heavy fire working from the first floor up and an exposure problem on the Delta side, B/C 4 struck the 3rd alarm. Truck 1 responded. With all hands working, Engines 11, 5 and 8 were special called. Off-duty firefighters were called in to man Engines 5 & 8. The building was demolished around 16:30 by a demolition crew called in by the city. Numerous Volley companies were called in to man the city stations to run other calls. It took over 3 hours to contain the blaze. In all, about 5 firefighters sustained injuries.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

Nester Video Productions did a ride along with Allentown Fire Departments 3rd Platoon on Saturday October 11, 2008. During the Day shift journey NVP ran Three calls with the crew from Engine 9. Call Number 2 was to a reported house fire which was quickly confirmed as a working fire, so the crew from engine 9 went to work. On the Box: Battalion 3 Engine 6 Engine 4 Engine 9 Truck 2 Engine 13 (RIT) Engine 14 (Manpower) Engine 11 (Fire-watch)

0121 hours Engines 10, 4, 9, 6, truck 1 and BC 4 (Grim) respond on a box assignment for 1533 Turner Street on a house fire. Upon arrival, engine 10 finds a fire on the 3rd floor of a multiple dwelling. One line is stretched to the third floor. In this video you will see at 1:05 the room flashes with a firefighter in the room. The fire was quickly darkened down and all searches negative.
Video Rating: 5 / 5

In the morning hours of February 21, 2008 Allentown firefighters where sent to 210 North 5th Street for the reported apartment fire. Upon arrival BC 4 quickly called it a working fire and with in minutes requested the second alarm. As firefighters operated the scene and conditions worsened a 3rd alarm was requested bringing in all available equipment in the city. The fire raged for about three hours destroying two apartments and displacing 37 people. Five firefighters and two civilians where taken to the local hospital just down the street where they were treated for minor injuries and released. Sorry for the video and audio quality at the start but unfortunatly there was a spot digitized on the tape, and I fixed it the best that I could.