IAFF Local #2045

Category: Penn Township EMS

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

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

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    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 meal as well as Olive Garden, at the corporate level, who provides these donations country-wide on Labor Day.

    News story: Olive Garden honors First Responders on Labor Day

    Rich, the gentleman in the center and an Olive Garden employee, was a victim in the recent Hanover/Penn arson spree. He was particularly thankful for the rapid response of crews when his occupied townhouse was struck by fire.

  • Broadway Crash With Confinement

    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 hydraulic rescue tools to free the confined victim. Minor fluids and glass debris on the roadway was cleared. Engine 46-1 left to handle a medical emergency assist at a local restaurant in Penn Township.

  • Car Crashes Into Structure

    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

    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

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    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

    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 the engine company to extinguish the small fire. The assignment was held to the initial dispatch companies.

  • 3 Alarms On Carlisle Street

    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

    Two Alarm House Fire

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    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.

    Debris removal on W. Granger St.

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    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.