Late this morning, Truck 49 transferred to Adams County Fire Station 1 (Gettysburg) as Company 1 and surrounding units worked a house fire in Straban Township. Truck 49 handled no calls for service in the hour they stood-by.
Category: Firefighters – Members
Mild Winter Weather Equates To A Perfect Day For Training
C Shift crews took advantage of an extremely mild late winter day to conduct its regularly scheduled shift training. The new Truck 46 was utilized for aerial master stream operations refresher on Wilson Ave. The 2015 Sutphen SPH 100 is slated to enter service in the very near future.
Probationary FireFighter Sworn In
Hanover Borough Mayor Ben Adams swears in newly hired probationary firefighter Adriel Garibay to the Hanover Fire Department. Garibay will start with the department on March 14, 2016 for orientation and then report to the HACC fire academy in Harrisburg March 15th for sixteen weeks.
Chimney Fire On Blooming Grove Rd.
Around 19:30 hours on February 16th, first alarm units were alerted to the 500 block of Blooming Grove Road for a reported chimney fire. Assistant 49 (Cromer) arrived to find intermittent sparks coming from the chimney with no other conditions present. Crews cleaned out the fireplace fire box and checked the flue for blockage with …
46/49 Crews Train On Forcible Entry Simulator
United Hook and Ladder (Adams County FS 33) was gracious enough to loan use of their foricble entry simulator to the HFD/PTDFRS. This afternoon, C Shift crews (along with FF Wysocki from B Shift) made use of the simulator for their regularly scheduled tour of duty training. The forcible entry simulator allowed crews to refresh …
Truck 49 Stands-by At Adams County FS 1
On Monday, January 18th, Truck 49 stood-by at Adams County FS 1 (Gettysburg) while they operated at a working barn fire. Truck 49 covered the area for almost two hours with no incidents taken in. This marked the second time in almost as many days that Truck 49 found itself covering Adams County FS 1 …
One Reported Trapped
Single vehicle accident with reported entrapment at the intersections of Eichelberger Street and Eisenhower Drive. Penn Township Mobile Intensive Care Unit arrived first and reported single occupant self extricated with serious damage to the vehicle. Engines 46-3 and 46-1 arrived, controlled hazards and cleaned up the debris from the accident.
Vehicle Accident Takes Out Utility Pole On Foggy Morning
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 …
Elevator Rescue Operations Class Kicks Off In Hanover/Penn
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 …
Neighborhood Resident Looks To Join In On The Action
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…
Shift Calendar – 2020
