Three Dwelling Fires Sparked Forks Fire Calls

The Forks Township Fire Department got a breather for March compared with the number of fire calls in February.

But the department still was busy, handling three dwelling fires and a structure fire.

After responding to 62 calls in February, March's workload fell to 22 calls, Fire Chief Chuck Chapman reported.

The department handled 29 calls in January and 35 calls in December.

For March, the calls took 249.84 manpower hours over 20.31 hours of time and involved the use of 49 units, the report states.

The calls included:

• 8 activated alarms.
• Four vehicle accidents.
• Three dwelling fires.
• One structure fire.
• One odor investigation.
• One CO alarm.
• One brush fire.

Forks also handled an odor investigation in Palmer Township and a dwelling fire and a brush fire in Stockertown.

For the year, the calls to date are: 75 for Forks Township, four for Stockertown, three for Palmer, two for Plainfield Township and one each for Upper Mount Bethel Township and Tatamy.