The Carbon volunteers were awakened around 2:30AM on Sunday, July 18th, 2010 for an early morning house fire in the Wendel section of Hempfield Township. The salvage unit and the squad truck responded to assist at the scene. Once Command 10 (Adamsburg) determined that the house was vacant and nobody was inside, crews performed an exterior attack due to heavy fire conditions and instability of the structure, while Ladder 6 (Fairmount-Hahntown) provided an aerial attack on the fire.

     As a majority of the fire was brought under control, Command 10 requested assistance from the Hempfield Township Public Works Department in the form of heavy machinery in order to demolish what remained of the unstable structure. After the house was demolished and the remaining hot spots were extinguished, the final units remaining on the scene were permitted to clear and return. Salvage 500 and Squad 23 were back in Carbon by 5:00AM.

Units Responding from Carbon:  Salvage 500 and Squad 23

Other Units Operating on the Scene:  Station 10 (Adamsburg), Engine 2 (Straw Pump), Engine 3 and Special Service 3 (Westmoreland City), Ladder 6 (Fairmount-Hahntown), Engine 14 (Rillton), Engine 15 (Herminie), Engine 18 and Tanker 18 (Madison), Engine 19 (Yukon), Engine 61 (High Park), Engine 94 (Penn), Rescue 104 (Fort Allen - Rapid Intervention Team), Air 500 (West Point), Snorkel 500 (Hempfield No. 2), Vent 500 (Luxor), Adamsburg Rescue 14 EMS, Sewickley Township EMS, North Huntingdon Rescue 8 EMS, Pennsylvania State Police, Allegheny Power, and Hempfield Township Public Works Department