Monday August, 24 2020 @ 06:14

Nature: Alarm Sounding

Location: Long Neck Elementary School

Address:  26064 School Lane Millsboro, DE 19966

On Monday morning, August 24^th, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was alerted for an alarm sounding at the Long Neck Elementary School. 

Emergency response units from Indian River included Incident Command 80, Tanker 80 and Ladder 80 from the Oak Orchard area and Engines #80-1 and #80-3 from the Long Neck area as well as the Delaware State Fire Police.

Emergency response crew assignments included ladder set up for roof access, tanker assignment at hydrant, engine assignments for building access to evaluate and investigate.  An additional ladder assignment was requested from the Millsboro (83) Fire Company.  An interior evaluation of the facility was conducted to identify the source and origin of the concern.

It appears that upon arrival of the Incident Command Unit, a light smoke and haze condition was detected inside the facility that needed additional evaluation.  The issue was isolated to the air conditioning handling unit and the facility was turned over to the custodial staff members after conclusion of the evaluations.

All  units were able to clear the incident and return to their respective fire stations.