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; HAZ-MAT AWARENESS,  CPR & FIRST AIDSTEVE SAMPLE; CPR & FIRST AIDJASON GOODWILL;  CPR & FIRST AIDROB TRAJANOVICH; CPR & FIRST AIDJONAH DOUGLASS;  CPR & FIRST AID&nbs...

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 AGAIN. HE WILL BE ANSWERING OUT OF STATION 43. STEVE WILL BE GETTING SOME REFRESHER CLASSES AND LEARN THE NEW TRUCKS TO GET READY TO RESPOND ON EMERGENCY CALLS.NEW MEMBER RYAN DIDOMENICO&nbs...

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 TO A VICTIM.  A TOTAL OF 10 MEMBERS ATTENDED THE CLASS.

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 HAD. WE NOTED MORE ICE AND ICE SICKLES LAST WINTER SO WE FELT IT WAS TIME TO RE-INSULATE THE ATTIC WITH NEW-38 FIBERGLASS INSULATION.  THE INSULATION WAS PURCHASED FROM CARTER LUMBER AND DELIVERED...

CREWS THIS AM WERE CALLED TO TRANSPORT A PATIENT WITH SHORTNESS of BREATH TO THE HOSPITAL. THE PATIENT WAS TAKEN FROM THE MICROTEL WHERE THEY HAD BEEN HELD IN QUARRENTINE.  CREWS WERE ALERTED TO THE PATIENT'S CONDITION BY THE 911 DISPATCHER AND HAD ON THEIR PERSONNEL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT SO THERE WAS NO EXPOSURE ISSUES.  AFTER THE TRANSPORT, THE CREW COMPLETELY DECONTAMINATED THE AMBULANCE AND THE COT WITH APPROVED DISENFICTANT. THE CREW MEMBERS THEN SHOWER...

WITH A DELIVERY DATE OF MARCH 12, 2020 THE 2 NEW AMBULANCES HAVE ARRIVED.  WE THEN HAD TO GET EMMCO WEST TO DO THE DOH INSPECTION AND APPROVE THEM FOR SERVICE.  ON MONDAY AFTERNOON THE OLD S-437 WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE AND THE EQUIPMENT CHECKED BY EMMCO REPRESENTATIVE AND PLACED ONTO THE NEW AMBULANCE. THE EQUIPMENT WAS INSTALLED ONTO THE NEW TRUCK AS WELL AS A FEW LAST MIN MOUNTING OF EQUIPMENT TO GET THE FIRST NEW RIG IN SERVICE BEFORE 4PM. THE SECOND SQUAD WAS THEN REMOVE...

PERRY HI-WAY WILL BE HOSTING  3 STATE FIRE ACADEMY CLASSES THIS SPRINGPIPE LINE AWARNESS  FRIDAY MAY 1, 2020  STATION 43  1800 - 2200 HRS - CLASS ROOMETHANOL FIREFIGHTING SATURDAY MAY 2, 2020  STATION 43  0800 - 1500 - CLASS ROOMFOAM FIREFIGHTING FOR ETHANOL FIRES  SUNDAY MAY 3, 2020  0800 - 1700  CLASS ROOM & PRACTICAL EXERCISESALL 3 CLASSES CAN BE TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY OR THEY CAN BE TAKEN ALL TOGETHER.  SO IF YOU CAN ONLY ATTEND 1 OF THE CLAS...

The 2 new ambulances will be here before we know it.  They are near completion at the PL Custom plant in New Jersey and will be going to the dealer for final touches and equipment mounting.  we have a couple pictures included for review.

36 NEW AKRON NOZZLES HAVE ARRIVED.  THE NEW NOZZLES WILL GET ALL PUMPERS AND THE QUINT SET WITH THE SAME NOZZLES.  THE NOZZLES WERE PURCHASED WITH THE FEMA GRANT.  TOTAL COST FOR THE 36 NOZZLES AND 2 NEW MERCURY NOZZLES WAS $28,000.  WE WENT WITH THE AKRON BRAND BASED ON THE RESEARCH OF STATION 44.  THE OFFICERS OF PHHC MET WITH THE OFFICERS AT STATION 44 WHO DID THE FLOW TEST TO LOOK AT THEIR DATA.  WE NOW HAVE ALL HAND LINE NOZZLES BOTH 13/4" AND 21/2&qu...

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FRIDAY AFTERNOON THE NEW MEDIC TRUCK WAS FINALLY PLACED INTO SERVICE. AFTER 6 MONTHS.  THE LONGEST WAIT WAS TO GET THE LETTERING AND STRIPING PLACED ON THE TRUCK IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PA DOH REGULATIONS.  EMMCO WEST WAS IN AT 9AM ON FRIDAY MORNING THE 20TH TO INSPECT THE NEW TRUCK. THE TRUCK PASSED THE INSPECTION AND THE NEW DOH LICENSE STICKERS WERE PLACED ON THE TRUCK.  THE TRUCK WAS THEN PLACED IN SERVICE JUST AFTER NOON.THE OLD MEDIC 42 TRUCK WILL BE GOING TO THE SUMMIT TOWNS...

MEMBERS MET TODAY AT STATION 43 FOR ELECTION DAY LUNCHEON AS WELL AS THE MONTHLY BOARD MEETING AND GENERAL MEETING. A MEAL OF ROAST BEEF, MEATBALLS, LASAGNA, AUGRATEN POTATOES, CORN AND GARDEN SALAD WAS CATERED BY SERAFIN'S FOOD MARKET.  THE BROWNIES AND PEPERONI ROLLS WERE SPECIAL TREATS ICLUDED IN THE MENU.  FOLLOWING THE MEAL THE COMBINED MEETING WAS HELD AND THE ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS WAS HELD.2020 LINE OFFICERS:CHIEF (420)  KIP HAYFORDDEPUTY CHIEF (4...

4 PERRY HI-WAY MEMBERS COMPLETED THEIR HAZ-MAT OPERATIONS PRO BOARD CERTIFICATION TESTING TODAY.  CANDIDATES TOOK THE WRITTEN TEST FRIDAY NIGHT THEN COMPLETED THEIR PRACTICAL SKILLS TODAY AT THE TRAINING GROUNDS BEHIND STATION 42 ON EAST ROBISON ROAD.  THE PRO BOARD CERTIFICATION TESTS EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TO THE NATIONAL STANDARD FOR OPERATIONS LEVEL HAZARDOUS MATERIAL RESPONSE. ( A MID LEVEL RESPONSE)  (AWARENESS  -  OPERATIONS  -  TECHNICIAN) INDIVIDUALS MUST...

THANKS TO A GRANT FROM THE FIRE ACT GRANT COMPLETED IN 2018 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE NEW BATTERY POWERED VEHICLE EXTRICATION TOOLS, COMMONLY CALLED "THE JAWS of LIFE"  THE NEW TOOLS ARE POWERED BY LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND NO LONGER NEED THE NOISY MOTOR AND HOSES TO OPERATE. WE HAVE PURCHASED A NEW 28" SPREADER, 10" CUTTER, RAM AND COMBINATION TOOL FOR THE RESCUE TRUCK  AS WELL AS COMBINATION TOOLS FOR EACH AMBULANCE.  THE AWARD ALSO INCLUDED A NEW FORCE ENT...

CONGRATS GO OUT TO VOLUNTEER KRISSY SERAFIN AND PARAMEDIC BRUCE SHEARER FOR PASSING THEIR FIREFIGHTER 1 TESTING.  BOTH RECIEVED NEWS OF THEIR PASSING THE WRITTEN TESTING A FEW DAYS AGO.  THEY HAD TAKEN THE PRACTICAL SKILLS AND PASSED THEM AUGUST 17TH BUT HAD TO WAIT FOR THEIR WRITTEN SCORES TILL NOW.  THIS HELPS KEEP US AT 100% FIREFIGHTER  CERTIFICATION LEVEL.

THE FINAL PAPERWORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED BY EMMCO WEST AND SENT TO THE STATE AS WE RECEIVED OUR CERTIFICATE OF RENEWAL FOR THE STATE VOLUNTARY RESCUE CERTIFICATION.  THIS IS A VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROCESS IN COOPERATION WITH THE STATE FIRE ACADEMY AND THE PA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR EQUIPMENT CARRIED AND TRAINING LEVELS BY THOSE RESPONDING ON THE RESCUE.  THIS IS OUR 3RD RENEWAL AND 4TH 3 YEAR CYCLE OF CERTIFICATION.  WE HAVE BEEN CERTIFIED SINCE 2007 AT THE OPERATIONS ...

PERRY HI-WAY MEMBERS BRUCE SHEARER AND KRISTEN SERAFIN WERE AMONG 12 COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS THAT TOOK THEIR FIREFIGHTER 1 TEST THIS WEEKEND.  THE WRITTEN TEST WAS DONE FRIDAY NIGHT AND THE PRACTICAL EXERCISES WERE COMPLETED TODAY AT THE TRAINING GROUNDS. ALL 12 CANDIDATES PASSED THE SKILL STATIONS DESPITE THE RAINY WEATHER. THIS FIREFIGHTER 1 TEST WAS SPONSORED AND PAID FOR BY THE ERIE COUNTY FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION.THANKS TO THE ERIE COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION FOR SPONSORING TH...

CONGRATULATIONS AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FORMER JUNIOR FIREFIGHTER KRISTINE SERAFIN.  SHE HAS MOVED TO THE SENIOR DEPARTMENT ON HER 18TH BIRTHDAY.  SHE ALSO COMPLETED HER STRUCTURAL BURN CLASS THIS WEEKEND AND IS READY TO TEST OUT FOR HER FIREFIGHTER 1 CERTIFICATION COMING UP IN AUGUST.GOOD LUCK ON YOUR TESTING AND WELCOME TO THE SENIOR DEPARTMENT.

THE CONTRACT FOR 2 NEW AMBULANCES WAS SIGNED AND A $20,000 DEPOSIT MADE TODAY.  2 NEW PL CUSTOM AMBULANCES WILL BE BUILT ON NEW 2019 FORD F550 CHASSIS.  DELIVERY IS SCHEDULED FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY 2020.  THESE NEW UNITS WILL REPLACE THE CURRENT 2013 UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAGUED BY MECHANICAL ISSUES THAT RESULTED IN INCREASED MAINTENANCE COSTS AND INCREASED DOWN TIME - OR TIME OUT OF SERVICE WHILE IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS AND NOT AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSES.  TH...