Category: Penn Township EMS

Hanover/Penn Fire And EMS Crews Treated To Olive Garden Lunch

Today, in honor of Labor Day, Olive Garden donated lunch to the fire and EMS crews working in Penn Township and Hanover Borough. We would like to thank the Olive Garden (located at 10 Wilson Ave. in the Gateway Shopping Center) for their gracious donation. Our thanks go out to the staff who prepared the …

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Broadway Crash With Confinement

  Firefighters and EMS dispatched and responded Saturday evening around 19:00 hours for a vehicle crash with confinement on Broadway near Keagy Avenue in Hanover Borough. Penn Township EMS Chief Smith arrived first and requested a door pop and bam cut on one of the cars. Engine 49-2 firefighter Wysocki used the battery operated and …

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Car Crashes Into Structure

Crews responded Friday morning for a passenger car into a house on Baltimore Street near O’Neal Street. A natural gas meter was struck and sheared off. One person transported by EMS for evaluation. Photo by Eric Miller and Hanover Evening Sun’s Lillian Reed

Fuel Spill

Engine 46-3 responded to Walmart parking lot for a vehicle leaking fuel. The crew mitigated the situation with stay dry and pig putty. Engine 46-1 and Deputy Chief 46 assisted with vehicle removal from the affected area. 

Southside Crews Tackle Saturday Cleanup

Southside (FS49) fire and EMS crews took on the customary Saturday house chore of pulling all the fire and EMS apparatus out and hosing down/scrubbing/cleaning the apparatus bays. Mother Nature blessed the crews with an atypical August morning of low humidity and temperatures.

Team Casey & Megan

 EMT’s Casey and Megan smile for the camera after taking up from the small fire at New York Wire Friday afternoon. 

New York Wire Fire

  Our usual Friday night box alarm for New York Wire Company came in at 16:54 hours. Engine 46-1 arrived on location  and reported  “smoke showing from the north tower again”. The crews of Engine 46-1 and Truck 49 found a small fire in the powder coating tower. A Dry chemical extinguisher was used by …

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3 Alarms On Carlisle Street

  Just before 12:00 hours Thursday morning, Box 46-05 was struck for the structure fire at 229 Carlisle Street for a fire in a laundry room. The fire quickly extended, eventually going three alarms. Slide show photos courtesy Hanover Evening Sun Helmet Cam Video  911 Photography Photo Gallery

Two Alarm House Fire

Hanover and Penn Township firefighters battled this house Sunday evening on Collins Circle. Early indications are the home owners gas grill on the back porch caught fire and extended to the home. It does appear the home is a total loss. Several departments assisted for mutual aid. 911 Photography Photo Gallery

Debris removal on W. Granger St.

Shortly after noon, Engine 49-1, Utility 49, and Ambulance 49-3 handled an unknown injury motor vehicle accident on W. Granger St., just west of the Beck Mill Rd. intersection. E49-1 handled fluid control and debris removal while A49-3 evaluated the patient for possible injury. Units cleared a brief time later.