IAFF Local #2045

Category: Miscellanious

  • Special Delivery

    Special Delivery

      
    Utility 46 was utilized to assist getting nursing staff from Breezewood Drive to Hanover Hall this afternoon. Road conditions are still bad and the nursing staff are essential personnel, so we were happy to give them a lift. 

  • Wirt Park Fire Station 

    Wirt Park Fire Station 

      
    Current conditions at the Wirt Park fire station at 20:00 hours. Please stay indoors and off the  roads if you do not have to be out, the roadways are getting nasty. Please be safe folks. 

  • Home Safety Reminder – Keep Vents Clear Of Snow

    Home Safety Reminder – Keep Vents Clear Of Snow

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    With the forecast heavy snow and drifting, Local 2045 would like to remind homeowners and renters alike to keep accessible furnace, hot water heater, and dryer vents free and clear of snow. Obstructed vents create a potential safety issue with regard to carbon monoxide poisoning in an enclosed structure. As a safety reminder, DO NOT climb onto a roof to clear vents!

  • Winter Storm Preparations Continue

    Winter Storm Preparations Continue

    2016012295192500[1]Winter storm preparations continue in the 2045 Local with staff installing chains on many of the department’s ambulances and select pieces of fire apparatus. Pictured is EMT Niner installing snow chains on Ambulance 49-3 which is located at the Clearview Station (FS 46-3). As the snow piles up, most frontline apparatus will be fitted with chains for traction. As a reminder, help us to help you and only travel if absolutely necessary during the blizzard conditions that are forecast for tonight and tomorrow.

  • Apio Facility Tour!

    Apio Facility Tour!

    Today members went on a facility tour in our local. Crews visited Apio, Inc. on Industrial Drive where we were requested to walk through their new addition which will more the triple their facility. During the tour we also went over their new refrigeration unit which contains 10,000 pounds of Anhydrous Ammonia along with all the safety features in place.

  • CO Detector Installation 

    CO Detector Installation 

      
    Firefighters Wysocki and McDermitt installing a CO detector in ahome earlier   today. It is so nice to be thanked for what we do, even though it is our job, knowing our residents are safe and appreciative of the services we provide makes it worth the sacrifices of working on holidays and being away from our families. 

  • Work Continues Christmas Eve

    Work Continues Christmas Eve

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    Crews working Christmas Eve still have time to give the front line apparatus a much needed bath. We wouldn’t want Santa to show up tonight and deliver present to the good firefighter’s and EMT’s working with dirty sleigh’s!

  • Santa’s Helpers 

    Today Members of Our Local, Along with Volunteers From Penn Twp. Took Gifts to People in Our Town who Needed Some Help This Year. So Proud of Everyone Who Donated to This Cause! Merry Christmas to All…

  • Air Pack Testing

    Air Pack Testing

      
    Firefighters Wysocki, McDermit and Startzel work on in house testing of the Scott Air Packs today at the Wirt Park Station. 

  • Elevator Rescue Operations Class Kicks Off In Hanover/Penn

    Elevator Rescue Operations Class Kicks Off In Hanover/Penn

    IMG_20151109_205031917[1]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 regularity. The instructor for this class is retired Harrisburg Bureau of Fire Battalion Chief and current Fort Indiantown Gap Assistant Fire Chief, Sam Clark. The class will make several field visits in Hanover Borough and Penn Township to look at and train on different elevator installations. In the picture above, crews review the drive system for a cable traction elevator at the Hotel McAllister in Hanover Borough.