On this late summer day at Fire Station 49, aerial and ground ladder testing and certification was conducted by a third-party firm on Truck 46, Truck 49, and all ground ladders. The purpose of this testing is to ensure that the aerials and ladders meet the prescribed safety and loading requirements. NFPA 1911 (a …
Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments responded for mutual aid to a working fire today at Lau’s Antique Shop & Lodging in New Oxford Borough on Lincoln Way East. 911 Photography Photo Gallery
This morning, Hanover Fire and Penn Township Fire “C” Shift attended an off-site facility tour at Crown Cork and Seal located on Broadway in Penn Township. At the request of the facility safety supervisor, he wanted the fire department to come out to review permit-required confined space equipment. We also took the time to review …
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 …
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 …
While returning from a helicopter landing call, Engine 49-2 was waved in by a group of Hanover High School Seniors having a car wash. Firefighters McDermitt and Wysocki wheeled the engine in and the class of 2016 set out scrubbing the engine. Deciding to help out the kids more, they returned to quarters and …
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
Mondays in the Hanover and Penn Township Fire Department are typically reserved for vehicle and equipment maintenance. In addition to the other daily and weekly tasks the staff are tasked with, they perform routine weekly maintenance on the vehicles and equipment. This includes, but is not limited to: fluid checks, portable equipment checks, fixed equipment …
Firefighters Jason Kopp of Station 49 and firefighter Charlie Hale of Station 46 are all smiles after a quick Friday night fire at New York Wire Company. Did they just discover they’re father and son?? Is that why such happy faces?
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.
