Category: Penn Township Fire Department

Carroll County 2nd Alarm Fire

Tuesday evening Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments were dispatched to assist on a working house fire on Westminster Street, just off Route 27 in Carroll County Maryland. Engine 46-1, Truck 49, Rescue 49 responded. Engine 46 and Rescue 49 worked on scene for about thirty minutes before returning to service. Truck 49’s crew operated …

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After The Storm

Captain Miller captured this rainbow in front of the Penn Township fire station on Clover Lane earlier this week after thunderstorms  rolled through the area. 

Auto Extrication Training

Department Training Tonight On Vehicle Rescue. Thanks To Mike’s Towing For The Cars And Hospitality!

Vehicle Accident On York Street

 Penn Township Engine 49-1, Rescue 49, Ambulance 49-3, MICU 49-1, Chief 49, Hanover Engine 46-1 respond to a single vehicle accident with injury in York Street near Hanover Foods. 

Broadway Accident

 Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments and Fire Police as well as Penn Township EMS responded to a minor auto accident Friday afternoon near the Amish Markets. 

Stack Fire at UTZ plant

Truck 46 was dispatched  and responded to Adams County Box 29-1 at UTZ Quality Foods on Kindig Lane for smoke coming from the roof of a large commercial building. While en-route, York County Department Of Emergency Services advised the fire was at the main UTZ facility on High Street, York County Box 46-6. Truck 46 arrived first with heavy …

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Ring Removal Training

Today member from Local 2045 “C” Shift participated in our weekly shift training going over wedding ring removal techniques for gold rings along with tungsten type rings. Crews started out with the basic of removing rings with oxygen mask strap, rubber bands and some lubricant. Once this was done we turned to using power tools …

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Smoke In The House

Hanover and Penn Township firefighters on A Shift responded to 909 York Street in Penn Township for “smoke in the house”. firefighters found a refrigerator on fire in the basement. Photo by 911 Photography 

Car into the Dollar General Store

Engine 46-1, Engine 49-1, Rescue 49, EMS and fire police responded today at 12:22 hours to the Dollar General on Baltimore Street after a car crashed into and through the wall. 

Rollover On Broadway

Engines 46-1 & 49-2,  Rescue 46 and EMS responded for a vehical crash with reported entrapment in the 500 block of Broadway in Hanover Borough. The entrapment was negative, one patient transported to York Hospital.