ENGINE 432, A 2001 PUMPER TRUCK, HAS BEEN SOLD TO THE PINEGROVE TOWNSHIP VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN VENANGO COUNTY NEAR OIL CITY PA.  THE 1500GPM PUMPER WITH 1000 GALLON WATER TANK WAS SOLD AND THE PROCEEDS WILL BE USED TOWARD THE NEW APPARATUS.  THE TRUCK WAS PICKED UP AND DRIVEN TO THE PINEGROVE TOWNSHIP FIRE HALL TODAY.THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAD A DECISION BACK IN 2020 TO SELL 3 OLDER TRUCKS AND REPLACE WITH 2 NEW TRUCKS TO DOWNSIZE THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS DUE TO LOW MANPOWER.  ...

OUR 2003 FIRE ENGINE WAS SOLD TO THE ROUSEVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN VENANGO COUNTY IN PREPARATION FOR REPLACEMENT WITH A NEW 2022 UNIT. THE CREW FROM ROUSEVILLE PICKED UP THE TRUCK SATURDAY TO DRIVE IT TO ITS NEW HOME. THE 18 YR OLD TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW AND  HAS PROVIDED GREAT SERVICE OVER THE YEARS.  THIS TRUCK WILL PROVIDE THE SMALL RURAL FIRE COMPANY WITH LOW CALL VOLUME GREAT SERVICE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.  THE NEW TRUCK WILL BE READY IN SPRING 2022. ...

AFTER 26 YRS OF SERVICE THE OLD 1995 TANKER TRUCK HAS BEEN SOLD.  THE TRUCK LEFT FOR ITS NEW HOME AT THE FRUITDALE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN BROWN COUNTY INDIANA TODAY AT 3PM.  THE 26 YR OLD TRUCK SERVED OUR TOWNSHIP AND SURROUNDING AREAS WELL.  THE 1800 GALLON WATER HAULER HAS PROVIDED WATER TO NUMEROUS FIRE ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM NORTHEAST TO GIRARD AND AS FAR SOUTH AS CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS. THIS UNIT RESPONDED TO SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI TO ASSIST IN PROVIDNG FIRE PROTECTION FOR 2 W...

https://yourfirstdue.com/manager/data/1236712801/File/perry_hi-way_hose_pumper_truck.pdf click on above to see drawing of new pumper truck.

https://yourfirstdue.com/manager/data/1236712801/File/perry_hi-way_hose_tanker.pdf click above for drawing of new unit.

THE TRAINING GROUNDS WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A $110,000 GRANT TO BE USED FOR A NFPA COMPLIANT BURN BUILDING TO REPLACE THE HOMEMADE BURN SYSTEM WE HAVE BEEN USING.  THE HOMEMADE UNIT ON SITE NOW IS NOT NFPA COMPLIANT AND COULD NOT BE UPGRADED ANY LONGER AND WOULD SOON BE DEEMED UNUSABLE FOR CERTIFIED TRAINING.  THE NEW BURN STRUCTURE WILL COME FROM  FIRE TRAINING STRUCTURES (FTS) AND BE A 2 STORY SYSTEM.  THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION TIME IS LATE  JULY 2021.&nb...

WE HAVE WELCOMED SOME NEW MEMBERS INTO THE VOLUNTEER RANKS AS WELL AS THE PAID STAFF RANKS.VOLUNTEERS:RICHARD SMITH  FIRE POLICE,  ERIN SMITH JUNIOR FF WHO WILL DO FIRE POLICE WHEN AGE 18, HAYDEN CARR FOR FIRE POLICE. SAMANTHA ____  ANOTHER JUNIOR FF WHO WANT TO DO FIRE AND EMS.  WITH SAMANTHA OUR JUNIOR FF PROGRAM NOW HAS 5 MEMBERS.PAID STAFF:FF/ MEDIC NEIL UNGER HAS COME BACK TO FILL IN PER DIEM SHIFTS,  FF/ EMT CHRIS PARKER HAS BEEN HIRED FOR PER DIEM SHIFTS AS WELL.&...

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS APPROVED THE SALE OF 3 OLD TRUCKS AND REPLACEMENT WITH 2 NEW TRUCKS AT THE MEETING TONIGHT.  THE CURRENT TANKER 435 AND OLDEST 2 ENGINES 423, 432 WILL ALL BE SOLD.  THE OLD UNITS WILL BE REPLACED BY 2 NEW UNITS; NEW ENGINE AND A TANKER WITH 1250GPM PUMP.  THIS WILL DOWNSIZE OUR FLEET BY 1 TRUCK SINCE WE HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING OUT THE APPARATUS.  THE DOWNSIZE WILL NOT AFFECT OUR PUMPING CAPACITY WITH THE ADDITION OF A FULL CLASS A FIRE PUMP ON ...

the Officers for 2021:Chief (420)  Kip HayfordDeputy Chief  (421)  John SpauldingFire Captain (431)  Chris PaceFire Lieutenant (42L1)  Nate SerafinFire Lieutenant (42L2)  Jeremy LevkusFire Police Lieutenant  (4202) Robert TrojanovichBOARD MEMBERS (16)President - John SpauldingVice -President - Don HarveySecretary - Brenda WunchTreasurer - Gretchen HayfordChief - Kip HayfordFire Board membersKim HalloranNate SerafinChris PaceJeremy LevkusRobert Trojano...

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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