The HFCo. was dispatched at 11:30 hours for a man-power assignment with stations 50 (Nazareth Borough) and 54 (Upper Nazareth Fire Department) who were already operating at a working dwelling fire at 318 Belvidere Street in the Borough of Nazareth. Station 50 was alerted at 11:16 for a dwelling fire with smoke showing from division 2 of a 3-unit set of row-homes. 5312 responded with a crew of 5 with a total of 8 personnel from Station 53 making the response. 5312 was initially assigned to RIT but was soon redirected to perform ventilation on the D side of the structure. With the vent task complete and ladders thrown, the 53 crew re-assembled for RIT for the remainder of the incident. At the request of 5351 (Chief Seip) one engine from Station 14 (Nancy Run) was requested to move up to Station 53 while 5312 was responding. Engine 1413 after re-locating to Station 53, was requested to the scene for additional man-power. 5351 then requested Station 46 (East Allen) to handle the cover assignment at Station 53. Engine 4611 provided coverage to 53's area for the remainder of the incident.
** Early in the incident police from Nazareth Borough and Upper Nazareth Township successfully rescued a teenager from the third unit of the row. Firefighters rescued several pets from the attached homes also. There were no injuries to civilians or emergency personnel during the incident.
