Category: Volunteers

Mutual Aid Fire In New Oxford 

Captain Kemmerly and firefighter Garibay work on opening the roof of a rancher style home in New Oxford where Hanover Engine 46-1 assisted on a kitchen fire as RIT.  911 Photography Gallery

Water Rescue Awareness Training

Tonight Instructor Brad Tracey from the Pennsylvania Boat & Fish Commission was training our members on Water Rescue Awareness. This is the first class in a series to better prepare our members for urban flood that may occur in our local area. 17 members from Hanover Borough and Penn Township attended along with three other …

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Fill The Boot For MDA

 Firefighters from both Penn Township and Hanover Fire Departments, career and volunteer participated in the annual Fill The Boot Drive for MDA today. Equipment and firefighters were staged at both ends of Hanover at the shopping center on Baltimore Pike as well as on Eisenhower Drive collecting money from the very generous donators passing by …

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FF Shoemaker Forever  Memorialized

Today, volunteers are placing a new batch of memorial bricks in the Walk of Honor at the National Fire Academy in Emmittsburg Md. honoring fallen firefighters, and our brother and friend Earl Shoemakers brick was one of them. A special thank you to Littlestown Fire Company president and firefighter Steve Laughman for sending us this …

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Vehicle Accident With Fire Just Across Municipal Line

  Late this afternoon, Engine 49-1 assisted Pleasant Hill crews with a vehicle accident involving fire in the 1600 block of Baltimore Pike. Engine 49-1 arrived to find a minivan alongside the road, well involved. Engine 49-1’s crew, along with Pleasant Hill crews, extinguished the fire and overhauled the involved vehicle. Chief 52-1 (Morris) had …

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Non-Injury MVA On Baltimore Street

A non-injury vehicle accident sent units to the area of Baltimore Street and Meadow Lane during the mid-morning hours. Engine 49-1 arrived to find a rollback and passenger vehicle involved, both off the roadway. The rollback narrowly missed a utility pole that contained multiple transformers and high tension lines. No injuries were found and Fire/EMS …

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North Franklin Street House Fire

Hanover and Penn Township Fire Departments responded overnight for a house fire in the five hundred block of North Franklin Street, where firefighters found smoke showing from a house. Firefighters found smoky conditions throughout the house. A dehumidifier in the basement  is suspected as the cause of the fire. PHOTO GALLERY

15 Years Later – NEVER FORGET!

Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children. – President George …

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MDA Boot Drive 

Come Help Us Today Raise Money For a Great Cause! This is Mark (A MDA Ambassador) and FF/EMT Lalley! Come Meet Mark and The Rest of the Brothers and Sisters Helping. We Really Want To Beat Our Record From Last Year of Over $13,000.00

Department Training

Volunteer and career firefighters from Penn Township and Hanover Fire Departments trained this evening on breaching walls and large area search techniques at the old car dealership on Eisenhower Drive beside Bay City. Over the next few months, many training sessions will be held in this building along with the old Pizza Hut before they …

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