Bomb Threat, House Fire Highlighted Forks Fire Calls

The Forks Township Fire Department eased into the new year after having a hectic 2012.

Fire Chief Chuck Chapman reported that his department handled 29 calls for January.

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

For December, the calls took 396.95 manpower hours over 32.83 hours of time and involved the use of 57 units, the report states.

The calls included:

• 10 activated alarms.
• Four vehicle accidents.
• Other calls included one for QRS (quick response service), one for EMS assistance, another for police assistance and one each for a bomb threat, chimney fire, CO alarm, dwelling fire, an odor investigation, a Hazmat spill/leak, wires down and a transformer/substation issue.

Forks also handled a vehicle fire in Palmer Township, a dwelling fire in Plainfield Township, a CO alarm in Tatamy and a Hazmat spill/leak in Upper Mount Bethel.

For 2012, the Forks Township Fire Department spent nearly 354.4 incident hours handling 329 calls in Forks, 36 in Stockertown, 16 in Palmer, six in Tatamy, four in Easton, three in Plainfield and one each in Wind Gap, Upper Nazareth, Lower Mount Bethel and Lower Nazareth.