IAFF Local #2045

Category: Hanover Fire Department

  • Helmet High Five Students

    Helmet High Five Students

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

  • Fire Prevention At Park Hills

    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

        
     

  • Car Under School Bus 


    Rescue 46 currently operating at a serious auto accident on York Road newr Abbottstown in Adams County. One car under a school bus, victim heavily entrapped, no injured school children. Photo by 911 Photography. 

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  • C Shift Training

    C Shift Training

    IMG_20150920_104526243[1]This morning, HFD/PTFD “C Shift” met at Wirt Park Fire Station to conduct regular shift-level training. Today’s training consisted of salvage cover throws and a rarely used skill, constructing a “water chute” using pike poles and tarps. The purpose of this type of chute would be to channel water away from one place and redirect it to another. Such an instance might be found with a water leak coming through a ceiling. For this training evolution, water had to be channeled to a floor drain. HFD and PTFD fire staff conduct routine shift-level training to maintain proficiency in basic skills as well as learn new information and skills.

  • Feast Fit For A Fire House

    Feast Fit For A Fire House

     

    Thursday evenings meal at the Wirt Park fire station was a feast to say the least. Little Everett’s BBQ catered a meal consisting of pulled chicken, ribs, baked beans, potato salad, and we can’t forget whoopee pies for dessert. New York Wire Cloth decided to provide dinner for the Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments as a way of appreciation for all the fires we have responded to their facilities in 2015 as well as over the years. This was a very generous thing for them to do. The group of twenty including EMS personnel,  firefighters, Deputy Chief Clousher and Assistant Chief Crouse in attendance are extremely grateful.

  • Annual Aerial And Ground Ladder Testing

    Annual Aerial And Ground Ladder Testing

     

    On this late summer day at Fire Station 49, aerial and ground ladder testing and certification was conducted by a third-party firm on Truck 46, Truck 49, and all ground ladders. The purpose of this testing is to ensure that the aerials and ladders meet the prescribed safety and loading requirements. NFPA 1911 (a national consensus standard) recommends annual aerial ladder testing and certification. NFPA 1932 (another national consensus standard) recommends annual ground ladder testing and certification.

  • Working Structure Fire 

    Working Structure Fire 

     
    Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments responded for mutual aid to a working fire today at Lau’s Antique Shop & Lodging in New Oxford Borough on Lincoln Way East. 

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  • Pole Fire 

      
    Engine and Utility 46 responded for a pole fire in the 200 block of Eagle Avenue in Hanover Borough Saturday afternoon. Fire department personnel were on scene for over two hours while Med Ed worked on correcting the extensive damage to the pole and wires. 

  • Remembering 9/11

    Remembering 9/11

    IMG_20150911_084615825-01[1]14 years after the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, 2011, 46/49 fire and EMS crews as well as command staff took time to pause and remember those responders who gave their lives. On that fateful day in New York City, 343 FDNY firefighters, 23 NYPD officers, 37 PAPD officers, two FDNY paramedics, nine NY state private paramedics and EMT’s, and one New York Fire Patrol firefighter gave their lives in the line of duty. To this day, emergency responders and members of the public continue to perish due to related illnesses from the NYC incident. The physical and emotional impact of the events that day live long past the actual events themselves. We also remember those civilians/military personnel that were killed in New York City, Shanksville, PA, and the Pentagon. A big “thank you” goes out to Reverend Scott Sager who offered a poem and prayer reading.

     

    “Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.” – President George W. Bush

  • Off-site Facility Tour At Crown Cork And Seal

    Off-site Facility Tour At Crown Cork And Seal

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    This morning, Hanover Fire and Penn Township Fire “C” Shift attended an off-site facility tour at Crown Cork and Seal located on Broadway in Penn Township. At the request of the facility safety supervisor, he wanted the fire department to come out to review permit-required confined space equipment. We also took the time to review fire safety features such as fire department connections to support the building’s sprinkler system, fire hydrant locations, and other fire safety features of the building. This type of pre-planning allows crews to get a look at these features should an emergency arise at the facility. It is often said that “When the moment of truth arrives, the time for preparation has passed”. These types of visits allow us to prepare should our services be needed.

    * Note: this facility requires all visitors to wear safety vests, hair nets, hearing protection, eye protection and gloves when touring their facility.