Category: Fire Prevention

Fire Prevention Activities Continue

Fire prevention activities continued today with a detail at New Beginnings Child Care Center in Penn Township. Here, FF Kemmerly from the Hanover Fire Department dresses up a staff member in turnout gear and SCBA. The detail was broken into several portions: a lecture in the classroom, dress up for those who wished to do …

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Fire Prevention Activities Continue At Penn Township Assisted Living Facility

The day’s fire prevention activities continued with fire extinguisher training for the staff of Columbia Cottage of Hanover. Many businesses throughout Hanover Borough, Penn Township, and West Manheim Township conduct annual in-service fire extinguisher training for their employees. Utilizing the Bullex system (shown) allows efficient and environmentally responsible extinguisher training. Here, FF Charlie Hale directs …

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Fire Extinguisher Training At Penn Township Business

This morning, Penn Township staff from the Clover Lane station handled fire extinguisher training at Finch Services, located on Frederick Street. October continues to be a busy month with multiple fire prevention, extinguisher training, and inspection activities.

Hanover Street Elementary Fire Prevention

Penn Township and Hanover Fire Departments Fire Prevention team took the show on the road again today to Hanover Street Elementary School where an auditorium full of children and teacher learned about escape plans, smoke detectors, meeting places as well as watched the antics of Helmet, Played by FF Smith trying to kick a field goal while …

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Helmet High Five Students

   Fire Prevention Week continued again today at Hanover Street Elementary School. 

Fire Prevention At Park Hills

Park Hills Elementary School students participated in the annual fire prevention program hosted by the Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments. Photos provided by Hanover Evening Sun       

Smoke Detectors Save Lives

It is that time of the year again when firefighters from Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments will be out in the public and schools teaching fire prevention to our youth and residents. Plenty of fire prevention presentations  are already on the calendar for the next two weeks. We strongly encourage all residents to have …

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National Night Out 2015

  Tonight firefighters, EMS and Scuba personnel from Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments and EMS participated in the 30th annual National Night Out program held at South Western High School. We offered apparatus tours, scuba diving search presentations as well as passed out plastic fire helmets to the children. A great night to promote …

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Fire Dept. Visits Library

  Station 46 firefighters took the apparatus to the Gutherie Memorial Library in Hanover Borough Friday morning for about seventy-five children to explore the fire apparatus and get some valuable life saving fire prevention skills  and information.  Firefighter Startzel read a book to the children, while Captain Clousher played a game of “who wore it …

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