Lower Merion fire officials said a fire in a Gladwyne fire truck last weekend that sent five fire fighters to the hospital was "accidental due to a mechanical issue."

Lower Merion Chief Fire Officer Charles McGarvey said in an email the determination was made earlier this week after his office investigated. A phone call to McGarvey for additional details was not immediately returned. An email sent to McGarvey also asking for additional details had an automatic response indicating he would be away until next week.

According to officials, the fire started in the engine of the truck Saturday evening on the 600 block of Spring Mill Road in Bryn Mawr while the truck was returning to the station. All five firefighters were evaluated and released from the hospital the night of the fire.

According to Deputy Chief Andy Block, the company still has a reserve fire engine at Gladwyne and, if needed, crews from any other of the other Lower Merion or Narberth companies could also respond.

"The community is well covered," Block said when asked about the company's ability to cover the community despite having a damaged truck.

Fire company officials also thanked those who helped them on their website.

"Special thanks to Bryn Mawr Fire Company for extinguishing the fire and helping us unload the truck at the scene, Ardmore Fire Company for bringing up their utility to shuttle the equipment back to our fire house, Janeway towing, Lower Merion Police, Narberth Ambulance for taking great care of our members and especially our Gladwyne Firefighters who all responded and helped do whatever was asked of them," the company posted on its website.

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Four people were injured, two seriously, in a crash involving a fire truck and another vehicle Sunday afternoon, according to FDNY.

The accident happened at 12:35 p.m. at New York Avenue and Snyder Avenue.

Four people, including a firefighter, were taken to the hospital. Two have serious injuries and two have minor injuries.

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A motorhome crashed into two buildings along SR-99 north of Lynnwood Monday afternoon, but luckily no one was hurt. The motorhome was heading downhill when it left the roadway in the 16100 block and hit one building, snapped off a gas meter, and then smashed into another car and pushed into a second building.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2015 2:27:15 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A motorhome crashed into two buildings along SR-99 north of Lynnwood Monday afternoon, but luckily no one was hurt. The motorhome was heading downhill when it left the roadway in the 16100 block and hit one building, snapped off a gas meter, and then smashed into another car and pushed into a second building.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2015 2:27:15 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

 

YARDLEY, PA—Ziamatic Corp. (Zico) introduces the Hard Sleeve Gantry System, a safer, easier, and more efficient way to store a 10-foot hard sleeve on a fire apparatus’s high side shelf. When the hard sleeve is needed, simply unlatch the handle, slide the tray off the rear of the apparatus, and tilt it down to more reasonable retrieval height—no dangerous climbing involved. The Hard Sleeve Gantry is so easy to use it can be operated by a single firefighter.

 

 

The rugged, powder-coated aluminum system accommodates one 10-foot hard sleeve on either the driver (Model HSG-1-D-10) or officer (Model HSG-1-O-10) side of the fire truck. Time-tested Ziamatic QUIC-STRAPs and a new, patented Hose Catch keep the hard sleeve in place during transport.

 

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