LTFD .org Community News and Information   News Room   Join Us   Recent Incidents   Members Only   2012 Calendar   Training   Event Sign Up   Fire Prevention   Apparatus   Multimedia   Apparel   Hall Rental-Members   Reflective Green Signs   Fire Police   Photo Archive   Members   Officers   Community   Contact Us   Live Web CAD   Lanc. Co. Stations   2010 Banquet   Monthly Call Totals   Online Training   Tornado Safety Recent Incidents LTFD F/F Helps Save Woman From Blaze April 25th, 2006, 12:30 PM Firefighter Pat Egan LTFD firefighter Pat Egan assisted with the rescue of a 61-year-old woman from a fire that a passer-by spotted at a Columbia Avenue home shortly after 7:30 a.m., Monday April 24. Egan was sitting in his car at the intersection of Columbia Avenue and Rohrerstown Road enroute to the Blockbuster store to return rented videos, when he heard the dispatch. The address was just seconds away. Egan headed to the burning building at 2351 Columbia Avenue, located west of the Route 741 intersection in East Hempfield Township. Egan met the lady who called 911 in the driveway. She said the house was on fire. I was inside, come here and I'll show you. Light smoke was visible from the exterior. Two cars were in the garage with no visible sign of residents. Egan and the unidentified woman entered the residence to check on occupants and could not find anyone or hear anyone. The pair entered the kitchen, turned the corner and found the second floor ablaze with heavy smoke. A mattress, a child protective gate, table, carpet and door/window frames were observed on fire. The pair exited the second floor. Egan radioed County that fire was confirmed on the second floor. Egan met with the arriving Rohrerstown firefighters and told them “we need to do a search”. He told them he saw a mattress in the hallway on the second floor, SOMEBODY must be around. Rohrerstown firefighters knocked down the fire with water cans and performed a search for occupants. Firefighters found the resident, Karen Kehoe in a second-floor bedroom. Egan assisted the firefighters on the steps to bring Kehoe outside through the front door, where medical crews were waiting with oxygen. Kehoe was first taken to Lancaster General Hospital but transferred to the burn center at Crozer-Chester Hospital in Delaware County. Her condition was not known. Firefighters also rescued a small dog from the home. A life was saved and all firefighters returned home safely. Egan forgot to return the videos. Print this article - Email this article ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------