Rescues
Severe weather causes major flooding
Late Friday night sever weather rolled into the regions dumping flooding rains and even spawning tornado warnings. Water rescue crews were out all night long throughout the area pulling people out of stranded vehicles. Rain […]
Jaws-of-Life used to free driver that hit pole
Late Monday evening, Lehigh County 9-1-1 transmitted the rescue box for 4405 Main Street in the Egypt section of Whitehall for the auto extrication sending Rescue Engine 5 (LC4041), Engine 4, Rescue 8 (LC3641), Medic […]
Man seriously injured in eastside crash
Sunday afternoon Allentown transmitted a rescue box for Engines 13, 6, 9 and Battalion 43 for box 3345 for the 700 block of Hanover Avenue. were dispatched to the 700 blk of Hanover Avenue. Engine […]
Deck collapse, 10 people injured
Early Saturday evening, 10 people were injured in the 1800 block of Georgia Drive in Whitehall. Engine 2 (3711), Rescue 8 (3641), Ladder 6 (3631), Chief 35 (Nelson) and multiple EMS rigs from Cetronia […]
Teens rescued from Lehigh River
Friday night at 7:00PM, Whitehall Fire Department along with its Dive Team responded to the Lehigh River near the Hokey-NorthCatasauqua Bridge for two teens screaming for help. Whitehall Firefighters launched a boat to go pull […]
Car splits in half after hitting pole and tree, 2 people pinned
Just after 1:00AM Tuesday, Station 18, Rescue 2, Engine 42 and Medic 75 were sent to a rescue box in the 1400 block of 4th Street in North Catasauqua for an auto extrication. Police arrived […]