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Thursday, August 26, 2010 1805 hours Centre County 911 alerted Fire Box 231 for a reported Automatic Fire Alarm at Thermo Hyperseal Keystone Business 320 Rolling Ridge Drive in Benner Township. Ladder 217 arrived on the scene and found normal conditions.Captain 292 (Lose) assumed the command on Fire 2. The Truck Crew made entry and found a faulty detector was the cause for the alarm. Command placed the box in service at 2000 hours.

Thursday, August 26, 2010 1325 hours Centre County 911 alerted Fire Box 211 for a report of a smoke detector sounding in an unoccupied home at 124 West Logan Street in Bellefonte. Ladder 217 called responding and was advised by Bellefonte Police on the scene that the noise was an alarm clock sounding, wishing to cancel the Fire Department at 1332 hours.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 2314 hours Centre County 911 alerted Fire Box 111 for an Electrical Fire in front of 232 North Spring Street in Bellefonte. Engine 210 responded on the Box and found a small fire in the area of the fuse. Engine 210 cleared the Box at 2329 hours.

Monday, August 23, 2010 2300 hours Centre County 911 alerted Fire Box 211 for a reported of an automatic fire alarm at the Bellefonte Middle School 100 North School Street in Bellefonte. Units arrived on the scene and found a false activation and cleared at 2316 hours.

Sunday, August 22, 2010 1934 hours While units were busy with accidents on Interstate 80, 911 Staff alerted Fire Box 231 for an Automobile Fire at 129 Clemens Lane in Benner Township. E-210 responded on the box with (6) Firefighters and found a working car fire with no exposures. E-210's crew deployed the bumper line and had the fire under control in seconds. Units cleared Box 231 in service at 2040 hours.

Sunday, August 22, 2010 1905 hours Centre County 911 alerted Rescue Box 180 for a reported vehicle accident with injuries at mile marker 165 Eastbound on Interstate 80 in Marion Township. E-212 and R/E-114 arrived on the scene arrived on the scene and found (4) patients. Deputy Chief 201 (Toner) assumed the command on Fire 3. Units controlled fluids and provided patient care until the arrival of EMS. Command placed Box 180 in service at 2040 hours.

Sunday, August 22, 2010 1840 hours Centre County 911 alerted Rescue Box 124 for a reported vehicle accident at State Route 26 and Interstate 80 Eastbound off Ramp in Spring Township. Captain 293 (Pressler) arrived on the scene and found (2) vehicles on the roadway with (1) injury. While units operated on Box 124, 911 Staff advised of a pending call on Interstate 80 at Mile Stick 165. Command placed R/E-114 and E-212 in service to handle the this call. Command placed Box 124 in service at 2003 hours.

Friday, August 20, 2010 1702 hours Centre County 911 alerted Local Box 5610 at the request of EMS already on the scene for a Non Emergency Lift Assist at 105 West Bishop Street Apartment #6 in Bellefonte. E-212 responded on the box. Department Chief Bruno on the scene and held the box to manpower already on the scene. Chief Bruno placed the box in service at 1713 hours.

Friday, August 20, 2010 1613 hours Centre County 911 alerted Rescue Box 124 for a report of a vehicle accident with injuries at Jacksonville Road and State Route 26 in Spring Township. Department Chief 5600 (Bruno) arrived on the scene and reported two vehicles on the roadway blocking the left lane of State Route 26. Chief Bruno found one patient with minor injuries and held the box to E-212, Fire Police and EMS. Units cleared box 124 at 1658 hours.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  BELLEFONTE — When firefighters from the Logan and Undine fire companies pulled up to the Cadillac Building around 1 a.m. Dec. 22, they could see people hanging out windows, screaming for help as flames surrounded them.

The Bellefonte Fire Company will be honored Friday for its response to the Cadillac Building fire in December.

“It ranks up there with one of the scariest moments,” said Bellefonte Fire Chief Fred Bruno. “As soon as I got there, it was a bad situation. From the time it was dispatched from alarm bells in the building, to flames shooting out the third story window, as soon as I made the turn to come across the Diamond, I was like, ‘This ain’t good.’ ”

It was three days before Christmas, and most of the residents in those 18 apartments lost everything. But none of them lost their lives, thanks to firefighters who rescued many who were trapped.

“It’s dark, you’ve got flames shooting out the window into the street and it’s spreading fast,” Bruno said. “You have people out the windows yelling because they couldn’t get out the hallways.”

For their work, the Bellefonte Fire Company is receiving the Medal of Valor on Friday from the Central District Volunteer Firemen’s Association.

“It’s about all the guys,” Bruno said. “Every one of them deserves it. It was a group effort.”

The company is one of seven award recipients from the 23-county area served by the organization. Four award recipients are civilians and two are firefighters. Bellefonte Fire Company will receive the only companywide award. All were nominated based on lifesaving acts that go beyond the call of a volunteer.

The Bellefonte company previously received the award in 2004 for its response to a 50-vehicle pileup on Interstate 80 that killed six people and shut down the highway for several hours. The Howard Fire Company is also a past Medal of Valor recipient.

See the whole story here: http://www.centredaily.com/2010/08/19/2159249/bellefonte-firefighters-to-be.html