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Third Alarm Tower Response
	February 25, 2012: 23:20 2320 Hours Tower 14 was dispatched to cover Station 98 then redirected to the third alarm on Box 98-5. Tower 14 was sent to staging then immediately sent to the scene via the Tyburn road side of the fire. Tower 14's crew used New York roof hooks to move 1200 feet of LDH so we could position the Tower on Side A-D next to the first arriving apparatus. Tower 14 was used for lighting and tools and Tower 14 crew took a RIT assignment on Side A of the row homes. 50 MPH wind gusts, a common cockloft and numerous energized wires contributed to a loss of 15 units.

Lower Bucks Hospital Fire
January 19, 2012: 16:25 Box 14-91 was dispatched at 16:25 on January 19, 2012. While responding to the station Captain 14-1 M. Ferguson had direct radio communications with L.B.H. security, who reported there was a fire on the 4th floor. As Chief 14 went responding, Bucks County 9-1-1 Communications Center notified the Chief there were “multiple calls, reporting fire and heavy smoke on the 4th floor”. Chief 14 requested a 2nd alarm be struck. FM225, the first fire personnel to arrive, went to the 4th floor and reported a fire in room 446 had been contained by the sprinkler system, and a search of the room was negative. Engine 14 supported the fire sprinkler system on side C, crews went to the 4th floor of the hospital. Incoming apparatus took a staging position on side A of the complex. Hospital medical staff performed well in relocating patients to safe portions of the hospital for safety. Fire placed under control @ 16:41. Second alarm companies were recalled. Hospital staff reported that the patient in the room left the floor and was later found in the wooded area behind the hospital by Bristol Township Police, who took the patient into custody. Crews worked tirelessly to shut down the water from the sprinkler head until the fire pumps were shut down and drained. Crews continued to work in the salvage mode to vacate the water that had flowed from the sprinkler system on the 4th and 2nd floors. Chief 11 had 4th floor command, Chief 52 and Chief 12, 2nd floor command, Deputy 52 was charged with manpower and equipment supply. The task force was requested for manpower, but was shortly released after arriving. The Emergency Room was temporarily shut down during the emergency, but opened a couple hours later. The fire remains under investigation by the Bristol Township Fire Marshals Office. Audio