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Fire Destroys Pennsylvania Senator's Home
UPPER MORELAND - Pennsylvania state Sen. Stewart Greenleaf escaped an early morning fire that destroyed his home in Upper Moreland, fire officials said.
Greenleaf escaped unhurt after the fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. today.
About 150 firefighters were called in to fight the blaze. Officials say high winds and freezing temperatures made fighting the fire difficult.
The blaze was declared under control around 5 a.m.
Greenleaf, a Montgomery County Republican, chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Greenleaf escaped unhurt after the fire broke out around 3:30 a.m. today.
About 150 firefighters were called in to fight the blaze. Officials say high winds and freezing temperatures made fighting the fire difficult.
The blaze was declared under control around 5 a.m.
Greenleaf, a Montgomery County Republican, chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Permalink Reply by Rob on
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WTF? 150 firefighters for a 2 story RSF? There must have been nearly 30 apparatus on scene! That must be a misprint/misquote or some kind of very unusual circumstances for that number of guys to be needed...
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Permalink Reply by WestPhilly on
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Rob,
The house was burned to a cinder. It would seem that MORE than 150 guys were needed.
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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on
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Makes me wonder how his voting record regarding firefighters will now be affected?
So how big was this house, how set back, what other factors involved for 150 firefighters? Is this counting companies to stand by at other depts or are we talking everyone on scene? Now it mentions high winds and freezing temps, I can agree with many firefighters just for a good rotation of crews. No reason to keep several FF's outside in such conditions risking hypothermia, just curious if this was the reason for that many FF's or if there was something else?
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Permalink Reply by samuel Potter on
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I'm not shure about the deparments in that aera but at my station (vol) we're lucky to take 10 or 15 ff and normaly only 4 stations are toned for a working structer. 40-60 compared to 150 how big was this mans house?
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Permalink Reply by Oldman on
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Looked like a lot of LDH laid on the ground, and looked to be a considerable setback from the road. But still, 150 firefighters is a lot. I've been on 3 alarm fires that didn't get half that many people, but we don't make many fires in bitter cold temps like they were having. I guess they were having to rotate people often.
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Permalink Reply by Russ on
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considering the weather lately and factoring in that he may be covered by a vollie dept, that might justify it figuring in mutual aid..just my opinion, i'm in florida
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Permalink Reply by Doug on
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Rural setting, long hose lays, tanker/tender shuttle operations, extremely cold temperatures, that's why there were 150 firefighters involved. Though I'm going to venture to say not all 150 were on scene. They were involved as well in the drafting site(s), shutting down roadways for the shuttle operation, and mutual aid standby or move-ups.
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