We would like to remind everyone to drive safely during the Christmas holiday. Make sure you get home to your loved ones by slowing down, wearing your seat belts and driving defensively! Our Christmas eve started with this vehicle accident with no injuries to the occupants and an elevator rescue to remove 1 stuck in …
During this morning’s foggy commute, a vehicle accident occurred on Moulstown Road in the area of Youngs Road in Penn Township. Penn Township EMS units handled patient care while Engine 46-1 out of Hanover and Engine 49-2 from the Clearview Station handled fluid and traffic control. Car 49 (Brown) was in the area and added …
Just after 10:30 Sunday morning the Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments responded for the second reported structure fire in just over a hour in the 500 block of Broadway in Hanover Borough. Both departments having been in a training at the “south park” station (Station 49) all arrived together with black smoke visible on side Alpha …
Friday night at 2233hrs, engine 49-2 and Amb 49-3 were dispatched to Lee St in area of McKinley Ave, Hanover Borough box 46-06, for a vehicle into a structure with no injuries. Additional info was given as an truck into a house and reported to be stolen. Units arrived on scene with PD to stage while …
Santa? Nah, just the other legend, “J Shift” probationary firefighter Jay Lalley today during the annual Black Friday parade where the big guy, Santa Claus arrived back in Hanover via Truck 46.
Last evening, the first class of a 16-hour Elevator Rescue Operations class kicked off at Wirt Park Fire Station. This class is split into two evenings as well as a Sunday and covers all facets of elevator rescue operations. While elevator rescues don’t occur everyday in Hanover and Penn Township, they do happen with some …
The first day of factory training on the new Truck 46 is in the books. C Shift trained with the factory representative from Sutphen on all aspects of the ladder truck such as: driver controls, fluids, maintenance, driving, pumping, and aerial operations. Aerial operations were conducted off of Wilson Avenue in Penn Township with all …
With the recent uptick in activity in Hanover Borough and Penn Township, this local resident was spotted running through Wirt Park Fire Station (FS 46) looking to catch some of the action. Squirrels and firehouses seem to be a perfect match…
A steady Monday for 46/49 Fire and EMS crews found Engine 46-3 handling a medical emergency fly-out with Moul Field used as the landing zone. Since Sunday evening, Fire and EMS crews have been busy running a multitude of calls including vehicle accidents, fire alarms, medical assists and debris removal accidents.
This morning, Truck 49 received one its quarterly maintenance sessions which was conducted by Penn Township “C” Shift (and Hanover FF Waltemyer). Services conducted by staff during this maintenance included: greasing frame lubrication points (suspension, driveline, etc.), aerial grease lubrication points (waterway, joints, etc.), and a full operational and visual inspection of the aerial. Routine …
