Its official - On the evening of June 23rd at the monthly meeting, the members of the Red Hill Fire Company voted to purchase a 54' articulating squirt from the Newport Fire Company in Bucks County. Delivery expected in July sometime.
*** Fire Company Carnival Dates Set***
The annual Red Hill Fire Company carnival will from Tues June 16th to Saturday June 20th. Come out, have some great food and fun all while supporting a great cause !
2 Alarm Pennsburg job - 4/24/2009 @ 1820 hrs Squad 71 was dispatched on the 1st alarm assignment to assist station 65 (Pennsburg) on a building fire. Chief 65 arrived to find a vacant auto repair garage with fire showing and requested a 2nd alarm. Squad 71 arrived and went into service with a 2" attack line to side "D". Remaining crew strethched the pre-connected 3" mercury gun to side "D". Special thanks to the Bucks 57 boys for not only supplying Squad 71 with water but providing plenty of entertainment by leaving their "smokey the bear costume" on Engine 57 for LT-71 to model at the scene..........
Green Lane Job - On 4/20/09 Squad 71 was dispatched @ 2220 hours to assist 42 (Green Lane) on a dryer fire. Engine 42 arrived with smoke showing and stretched a line into the basement. Squad 71 arrived 2nd due and its crew stretched the 2nd line in the dwelling. Crews had a quick knock on the fire with heavy smoke through out the house. All units cleared at 00:30 hours.
Station 71 adds to its numbers being water rescue certified - The weekend of March 20-21st Red Hill had 10 members travel to the Longwood fire company in Chester County to complete and be certified at the Phase I level of water rescue. This brings the number of certified personnel at least to Phase I level to over 20 members.
The following weekend the Chief and Captain traveled to Bellefonte, PA to the Fish and Boat commission training site and became certified as Awareness and Phase I Water Rescue Instructors.
Congrats to everyone for their accomplishments !
Recent Calls........
3/3/2009 - When it rains, it POURS ! Today has been like no other this year. In a 12 hour time frame the company ran 5 fire calls and 5 Ems runs. The day started at 0330 hrs for a gas leak inside a residence. From there a fire alarm, an hour later another alarm. Just prior to clearing the 2nd alarm the company was alerted for a CO detector with symptoms. Then came the assist to Pennsburg for the chimney fire. The QRS ran on 2 accident w/injuries and 3 medical runs in the same 12 hour time frame.......
2/25/08 - Busy day for the Tanker. The day started around 0100 hrs to assist Ems with forced entry. Upon returning to the station the Tanker was alerted to assist Bucks 75 on a working garage fire around 0130 hrs. The tanker was out the door with a crew of 6 in under 2 mins and was the 3rd unit on scene. Around 1115 hours the Squad was dispatched to assist 42 (Green Lane) on a building fire. No building was involved, however 2 school buses loaded with tires and 7 other vehicles were found to be on fire. Tanker 71 was also requested to respond. At 1725 hours the tanker was alerted again to assist Bucks 75 on a trash fire.
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