IAFF Local #2045

Category: Penn Township Fire Department

  • Fire Prevention Activities Continue

    Fire Prevention Activities Continue

    IMG_20151015_101625483[1]Fire prevention activities continued today with a detail at New Beginnings Child Care Center in Penn Township. Here, FF Kemmerly from the Hanover Fire Department dresses up a staff member in turnout gear and SCBA. The detail was broken into several portions: a lecture in the classroom, dress up for those who wished to do so, a tour of Truck 49, and lastly, extinguisher training for staff members.

  • Fire Prevention Activities Continue At Penn Township Assisted Living Facility

    Fire Prevention Activities Continue At Penn Township Assisted Living Facility

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    The day’s fire prevention activities continued with fire extinguisher training for the staff of Columbia Cottage of Hanover. Many businesses throughout Hanover Borough, Penn Township, and West Manheim Township conduct annual in-service fire extinguisher training for their employees. Utilizing the Bullex system (shown) allows efficient and environmentally responsible extinguisher training. Here, FF Charlie Hale directs a staff member on extinguisher use while FF Jason Kopp runs the control system. 

  • Fire Extinguisher Training At Penn Township Business

    Fire Extinguisher Training At Penn Township Business

    IMG_20151014_101539758_HDR-01[1]This morning, Penn Township staff from the Clover Lane station handled fire extinguisher training at Finch Services, located on Frederick Street. October continues to be a busy month with multiple fire prevention, extinguisher training, and inspection activities.

  • 2015 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial

    2015 National Fallen Firefighters Memorial

    Firefighter Parks represented the Penn Twp Fire Dept and IAFF Local #2045 serving as a family escort for Ashmar family Samir “Sam Ashmar Died while serving at the Upper Macungie Twp Bureau of Fire in Allentown Pennsylvania. Photos complimentary of The Hanover Evening Sun

    National Fallen Firefighter Roll Of Honor for firefighter Ashmar

  • Supporting The Cause

    Supporting The Cause

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    MICU 49-1 crew Paramedic Heather Kraus and EMT Adam Hartman along with firefighter Jeff Parks gather for quick photo supporting the cause wearing 2015 Pink Out  t-shirts.

  • Hanover Street Elementary Fire Prevention

    Hanover Street Elementary Fire Prevention

    Penn Township and Hanover Fire Departments Fire Prevention team took the show on the road again today to Hanover Street Elementary School where an auditorium full of children and teacher learned about escape plans, smoke detectors, meeting places as well as watched the antics of Helmet, Played by FF Smith trying to kick a field goal while Capt. Amspacher kept doing the old “Lucy” trick from Charlie Brown show where she pulled the football out just as Charlie Brown attempted to kick the ball….well, the captain did that numerous times for Helmet. That’s okay, a yellow penalty flag  was thrown by the official Bo played by FF Startzel.

    Firefighters Angel, Waltermyer, Arnold, and Sponseller, Kemmerly, Johnston and fire police captain Angel played vital rolls assisting in the successful and fun program.

  • 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

        
     

  • 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.