EVEN WITH THE COVID 19 TRAINING MUST GO ON.  WE HAVE HAD TOE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PASS VARIOUS CERTIFICATIONS FROM TRAINING CLASSES LATE THIS SUMMER.VINNY DRAGULIN;  HAZ-MAT AWARENESS, HAZ-MAT OPERATIONS, FIREFIGHTER 1SHAWN WROBLEWSKI;  HAZ-MAT AWARENESS, HAZ-MAT OPERATIONSBEN SPAULDING;...

BEN SPAULDING HAS JOINED THE RANKS TODAY AS A NEW JUNIOR FIREFIGHTER.  BEN HAS JOINED ON HIS 16TH BIRTHDAY AND LOOKS FORWARD TO ATTENDING TRAINING AND GETTING READY TO ANSWER EMERGENCY ALARMS AS ABLE.  BEN IS THE 3RD GENERATION TO BELONG TO THE DEPARTMENT.

PAST MEMBER STEVE SAMPLE HAS RETURNED TO THE FIRE COMPANY AFTER A 12 YEAR BREAK DURING WHICH TIME HE WAS WORKING OUT OF TOWN FOR A RAILROAD COMPANY. HIS WORK HAD HIM OUT OF TOWN MOST OF THE WEEK SO HE HEAD NO TIME TO VOLUNTEER.  CHANGES IN HIS WORK HAS MADE HIM AVAILABLE TO BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER ...

SEVERAL MEMBERS TOOK THE AERIAL LINE CLASS OVER 2 MONDAYS AND THE SATURDAY JUNE 22.  THIS 16 HR CLASS USED THE LADDER FOR ROPE RESCUE SITUATIONS INCLUDING USE OF THE STOKES BASKET TO EVACUATE PEOPLE FROM A ROOF  OR UPPER FLOOR OF A BUILDING AND ALSO TO RAISE AND LOWER A RESCUE PERSON DOWN ...

MEMBERS GATHERED THIS AM TO INSTALL NEW FIBERGLASS INSULATION IN THE ATTIC SPACE OF STATION 42.  WITH THE BUILDING BEING 25 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR IT WAS TIME TO BOLSTER THE ATTIC INSULATION. THE ORIGINAL BLOWN IN INSULATION HAD SETTLED AND WAS NOT PROVING THE LEVEL OF INSULATION AS IT ONCE H...

JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT CREWS WERE DISPATCHED FOR A COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE FIRE AT THE TARGET STORE ON PEACH STREET. AN EMPLOYEE CALLED THE 911 CENTER TO REPORT SMOKE IN THE BUILDING IN THE ELECTRONICS AREA. A FULL FIRST ALARM ASSIGNMENT WAS DISPATCHED.  L-429, E-432, E-423 RESPONDED FROM STATION 42...

SHORTLY AFTER 1PM TODAY CREWS WERE SENT TO A ROLL OVER MVA IN MCKEAN TOWNSHIP AT ROUTE99 AND BARGAN ROAD.  RESPONDING UNITS FOUND 2 VEHICLES WITH 1 ROLL OVER AND A LARGE DEBRIS FIELD PRESENT ON RT 99. WE WERE CALLED TO ASSIST WITH 1 ALS AMBULANCE AND 1 RESCUE.  2-427 AND R-428 BOTH RESPOND...

CREWS WERE CALLED OUT FOR A KITCHEN FIRE ON OLD HERSHEY ROAD. A FIRST ALARM ASSIGNMENT WAS DISPATCHED BY THE 911 CENTER. KEARSARGE L-449 RESPONDED AND WAS FIRST DUE TO FIND SMOKE SHOWING FROM THE RESIDENCE. THE CREW ON L-449 DEPLOYED A 13/4" HAND LINE AND MADE AN INTERIOR ATTACK. E-432, U-438 A...

CREWS WERE CALLED OUT AGAIN TODAY TO ASSIST WEST RIDGE ON A WILD LAND FIRE NEAR A RESIDENCE THIS TIME IN THE 5000 BLOCK OF LANCASTER DRIVE. A HOMEOWNER WAS BURNING TRASH IN HIS BURNING BARREL AND EMBERS SET THE LEAVES AND TINDER ON FIRE AND THE BREEZE PUSHED IT TO THE SOUTH WEST.  WEST RIDGE E-...

JUST AFTER 1300 HRS TODAY WEST RIDGE WAS CALLED TO A GARAGE FIRE IN THE 3100 BLOCK OF WEST 38TH STREET.  TOWER 479 ARRIVED AND FOUND HEAVY FIRE FROM A DETACHED GARAGE BEHIND THE RESIDENCE ON WEST 38TH STREET.  THE FIRE WAS INTENSE AND STARTED THE LEAVES AND HARDWOOD LITTER AND BRUSH ON FIR...