Category: Hanover Fire Department

Fire Alarm On Square

   Stations 46 & 49 currently operating at an fire alarm sounding on center square at Yvonnes Bridal Boutique. Hanover Police Department assisting. 

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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Auto Extrication Training

Department Training Tonight On Vehicle Rescue. Thanks To Mike’s Towing For The Cars And Hospitality!

Vehicle Accident On York Street

 Penn Township Engine 49-1, Rescue 49, Ambulance 49-3, MICU 49-1, Chief 49, Hanover Engine 46-1 respond to a single vehicle accident with injury in York Street near Hanover Foods. 

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. 

YWCA Summer Camp Tour

YWCA summer camp children visited the Wirt Park Station today. Crews from “C” shift gave the children a tour of the fire station and equipment. Once that was done we went over fire safety items including some detectors, stop drop and roll, home fire drill procedures. Then firefighter Lalley dressed up in his fire gear …

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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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