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Thursday, August 12, 2010 2130
Station was alerted for ATR (Advanced Technical Rescue) stand-by Box 6-1 Dover Borough for a structure collapse. Personnel responded to the station. As personnel were readying PPE the IC requested the ATR team to respond. Rescue 61 / ATR-5 responded with five ATR personnel including two structure collapse technicians. ATR 2 (Jansen) arrived on scene assessing that there were no victims trapped and no one injured. IC canceled the ATR team and advised the homeowner to contact a contractor to secure the structure.
Basement Wall Collapse (photo ATR-2)
Brick Veneer Collapse as a Result of
Basement Wall Failure (photo ATR-2)