Hazleton City, Luzerne County PA, Structure Fire 3/4/26

[ExChief-551]

Units dispatched @22:27 to the area of 537 Carson Street, in the area of E. 2nd St. & E. 1st St., for the possible structure fire. Upgraded to a working fire.

LCCC911 – Caller reporting smoke from the 1st floor @22:28

139-C3 – Smoke showing Divisions 1 & 2 of a 3 Story MD, send the working fire tone @22:29

LCCC911 – New caller stating 2 trapped on the 3rd Floor @22:34

139-C3 – Additional tones for backstaffing, an Engine from 183 and a Ladder from 141 @22:35

139-C3 – Primary search clear and negative, secondary in progress @22:40

Exposures:
1: Road
2: Road
3: Yard
4: 2½ Story PD Unattached

1st Alarm:

Hazleton City – 139-E2, 139-TL, 139-R3, 139-C3, 139-C2, 139-PL4 act. 139-R3 s/c
Hazle Township – 141-L5 s/c
West Hazleton – 183-E1 s/c
LVHN – Medic-11J

Relocations:
139-L act. 139-TL
139-PL4 act. 139-R3
139-E5 act. 139-E2

 

[Lebby]

What's Hazelton's staffing like, I was just reading of a job in February where they had only one member per apparatus.

 

[ExChief-551]

What's Hazelton's staffing like, I was just reading of a job in February where they had only one member per apparatus.

1 On duty Chief, 1 FF on E2, 1 FF on R3 and 1 FF on TL1. That's it.

 

[ExChief-551]

What's Hazelton's staffing like, I was just reading of a job in February where they had only one member per apparatus.

To further expand on your question, Hazleton City is a combination department that really relies on their volunteers. Unfortunately they are basically nonexistent anymore with only 1 or 2 showing up on calls normally. In comparison, West Hazleton, also a combination department, went out the door with 4 (1 paid) on 183-E1 and Hazle Township, a 100% volunteer department, went out the door with 5 on 141-L5 plus a chief buggy.