While on standby for The Lantern Festival at Carolina Speedway a few of the lanterns drifted into the cell tower on the property causing a fire to ignite some of the equipment. 518 on scene requested Ladder 51, Tanker 513, and Tanker 50 from New Hope VFD to respond. Upon arrival Ladder 51 set up the aerial  to reach the fire naer the top of the tower while Tanker 513 and Tanker 50 provided water to Ladder 51. Fire was under control in about 45 minutes.  

On Sunday at around 12:45 pm Station 51 was dispatched to a single vehicle accident with entrapment. 5100 arrived to find a single vehicle with heavy damage. 1 patient out of vehicle and 1 patient entrapped.  Ladder 51 and 519 responded and on arrival made a quick extrication of the Patient from the vehicle. both patients were transported  priority 1 to GMH. 

At 3:25 PM on Tuesday November 25th, 2014 Station 51  along with Station 50 and 55 were dispatched to a house fire on Robinson Rd. First arriving units arrived just minutes after dispatch to find a single story residential structure with heavy smoke showing.  Crews made an aggressive interior attack, they located the fire inside of the interior walls with extension into the attic. Once crews had suppressed the fire they salvaged what they could from the home. Gaston Coun...

Station 51 was dispatched to a house fire on Lindsay St at 01:11 AM this morning. 513 arrived on scene to a fully involved house fire. crews made an aggressive attack on the fire which ended in a successful knock down.  crews were on scene until about 05:00 AM. Responding units: 513, Ladder 51, 519, 511, Car 51, QRV 51, Tanker 50, Tanker 554, QRV 50, and AIR 50. Gaston County Fire Marshals office came to investigate the fire. GEMS had a unit on scene for medical standby for t...

At 1230 Saturday afternoon Station 51 received all call to assist the City Of Gastonia Fire Department with a Cessna 172 who's landing gear failed to deploy. 513 responded to the airport where the pilot was circling the runway, with only 1 tire partially deployed, waiting on emergency crew to get in place. Once all units were in place the pilot made his final approach and landed the aircraft on its belly. The apparatus responded to the aircrafts final stopping position, the fo...

Early Monday morning Station 51 received a call to assist station 55 with a barn fire.  Engine 55 arrived to find 2 barns fully involved and a third barn that was partially involved.  513 responded. Upon 513's arrival, 513's crew assisted in suppression efforts and overhaul. 513 provided 3000 gallons of water to engine 55. crews were on scene for around 2 hours 

Around 20:30 Saturday night Station 51 along with Station 50 and Station 55 received a call for an abandoned house on fire.  5502 located the structure at the end of Huffman Rd.  He found a well involved abandoned structure, initial units attempted to control the fire, but the fire had already consumed too much of the structure to save it. Command decided to fight the fire defensively and not risk entering the structure.  units where on scene for about 4 hours 

Station 51 was dispatched to assist station 55 with an overturned tanker truck on highway 321. 51's crew assisted with controlling the fluid spill and providing man power units were on the scene for about 5 hours.

On Sunday morning Station 51 received a call to assist Station 55 with a commercial business fire at Valley Protein. Tanker 513, Rescue 519 and QRV-51 were on location. 51"s crews assisted in suppression of a fire inside a hopper. Tanker 513 assisted in delivering water to Engine 55. Station 55, Station 51 and Station 19 responded to the call, all units  were on scene for 4 hours.  

Station 51 was dispatched to a Structure fire involving an outbuilding  on Fairgreen Dr.  513, L51, Engine 55 and Tanker 50 responded.  513 arrived to find a working fire in an outbuilding that had collapsed prior to units arrival. 51 command had Gaston County Fire Marshals office investigate the fire. Units were on scene for about 2 hours. 

Station 51 responded to a woods fire Thursday afternoon, Arriving units found a 1.5 acre woods fire actively burning. Due to the location of the fire, it was difficult for crews to gain access to it. NC Forestry F1 responded to the scene and assisted with the suppression of the fire. Crews were on scene for about 3 hours.

Station 51 was requested by Car 3 to responded to a spill in the roadway causing a hazard for drivers. 518 and 513 responded. upon our arrival it was determined that the substance in the roadway was animal by-products and was causing the road to become slick. NC DOT was requested to bring a sand truck to spread over the roadway to allow traction for motorist to safely navigate the road. units stood by until a representative from the company hauling the material arrived for clean up. Units w...

Station 51 was dispatched to assist station 55 with a 2 acre brush fire. 518 intially responded to the call. While enroute to their location 55 command requested 513 and engine 8 to respond for water supplies. Upon arrival 518 helped suppression efforts while 513 filled the brush units as needed  

While 513 and 518 were out assisting station 55 with the woods fire, station 51 recieved another call for an MVA with injuries on Union Rd. When Ladder 51 arrived on scene they found a Fed-ex van that had over turned and landed back on its wheels. Ladder 51 crew removed the patient from the vehicle and provided basic medical care until GEMS arrived on scene. They also notified the City Of Gastonia that a utility pole had been broken because of the accident. Ladder 51 was on scene for a...

Station 51 was dispatched to assist station 55 with a structure fire. Upon 5500 arrival he witnessed an abandoned mobile home and  approximately 5 acres burning. Station 51 already had Tanker 513 en route to their location, they requested that 518 respond also to assist in suppressing the wildland fire. 513 arrived and was assigned water supplies, when 518 arrived it was assigned suppression. all units on scene operated for about 4 hours to bring the fire under control. Other respondin...

On Saturday Station 51 was requested  for assistance from 55 command reference a 2 acre brush fire with a barn involved, Tanker 513 and Brush 518 responded 

On the Morning of Saturday April 13th 2013 Gastonia Fire units were dispatched to 1925 West Poplar St for a reported smoke coming from a large warehouse. First arriving units reported smoke showing and set up for a offensive attack. Units quickly realized that due to the amount of storage in the facility this was going to be a tough task without more help. The Commanding officer quickly called for a second and a third alarm assignment bringing help from several departments in the county includin...

Station 51 was dispatched to a single car MVA rollover. Ladder 51 and squad 519 responded and found 1 vehicle on its roof in the middle of Akinbac RD. There were a total of 2 patients involved and both were free from the vehicle upon ladder 51's arrival. Both patients were transport to GMH by GEMS Personnel with non-life threatening injuries. The accident was investigated by SHP.

The 51 House was dispatched to the intersection of Patrick Rd and Meek Rd in reference to a 2 car MVA with injuries. Ladder 51 and Squad 519 responded to find 1 vehicle with moderate front end damage and the other vehicle on its side. A Total of 4 patients were transport to GMH by GEMS Personnel. The Accident is under investigation by state hightway patrol.

Units were dispatched today to assist New Hope VFD Sta. #50 with an MVA with Injury possible entrapment. L51 checked enroute to the scene and NHVFD Chief 5000 advised that we were the only unit responding at this time due to NHVFD units being tied up on another call. NHVFD Chief 5000 and L51 arrived on the scene to find a 2 car MVA head on collision with major damage to both vehicles. No major injuries reported with one Pt being transported to GMH by GEMS ambulance. SHP was called for inv...