Home Garage Fire Highlights Forks Fire Calls

February was one hectic month for the Forks Township Fire Department.

After starting the year with 29 calls in January, February's workload was more than double that, Fire Chief Chuck Chapman reported.

Chapman said his department 62 calls for the month, including one dwelling fire where the garage of a home was destroyed.

The department handled 35 calls in December and 37 in November.

For February, the calls took 504.22 manpower hours over 55.66 hours of time and involved the use of 62 units, the report states.

The calls included:

• 12 activated alarms.
• Five vehicle accidents.
• Two odor investigations.
• Two CO alarms.
• Other calls included one each for police assistance, a brush fire, a chimney fire, a controlled burn, a dwelling fire, a miscellaneous fire, traffic control, a transformer/substation issue, a vehicle fire and a fire police call.

Forks also handled an odor investigation in Palmer Township, a dwelling fire in Plainfield Township and a pole fire and assisted police in Stockertown.