Steve Roth

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Gamewell Box Testing 

What are you doing on this high temperature high hunidity day? Station 46 firefighters are out checking over 100 pull boxes to be sure everyone in our community has a sure and rapid way to notify 911 in case of an emergency. 

Brother McSherry Returns Home

   This morning our brother Larry returned home from his stay in the Brethren Home after being there for knee replacement rehabilitation. Of course, Larry’s first stop off was the Wirt Park Station. Jim Startel and Earl Shoemaker sprung Larry out this morning and returned him home safely. 

2nd Alarm On East Middle Street

An early morning house fire in the 200 block of East Middle Street brought Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments to a house fire believed to be caused by a lightening strike with passing storms in the area overnight. 911 Photography Photo Gallery

Carroll County 2nd Alarm Fire

Tuesday evening Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments were dispatched to assist on a working house fire on Westminster Street, just off Route 27 in Carroll County Maryland. Engine 46-1, Truck 49, Rescue 49 responded. Engine 46 and Rescue 49 worked on scene for about thirty minutes before returning to service. Truck 49’s crew operated …

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After The Storm

Captain Miller captured this rainbow in front of the Penn Township fire station on Clover Lane earlier this week after thunderstorms  rolled through the area. 

Wirt Park Station Live-Ins’

 Recently a pair of doves moved into the firehouse above the duty officers bay door and then  recently, the proud mama and papa dove  welcomed into the world two bouncing baby doves. 

Broadway Accident

 Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments and Fire Police as well as Penn Township EMS responded to a minor auto accident Friday afternoon near the Amish Markets. 

Stack Fire at UTZ plant

Truck 46 was dispatched  and responded to Adams County Box 29-1 at UTZ Quality Foods on Kindig Lane for smoke coming from the roof of a large commercial building. While en-route, York County Department Of Emergency Services advised the fire was at the main UTZ facility on High Street, York County Box 46-6. Truck 46 arrived first with heavy …

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Ring Removal Training

Today member from Local 2045 “C” Shift participated in our weekly shift training going over wedding ring removal techniques for gold rings along with tungsten type rings. Crews started out with the basic of removing rings with oxygen mask strap, rubber bands and some lubricant. Once this was done we turned to using power tools …

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In Service Available

  EMT Adam Hartman backs MICU 49-2 back into quarters. MICU 49-2 responds out of the Hanover Fire Dept. Wirt Park station.