DELCO USAR TRAINING

Sunday, November 20, 2011  Members of the Delaware County USAR team met at station 63 along with representatives from Hilti to conduct training on newly purchased search and rescue equipment.  Over 30 members attended a class room session at Sta. 63 and then proceeded to Knowlton Construction for a hands on training.  Members spent a few hours on the new equipment and fine tuned skills to continue to build the team. All members that participated got certified by Hilti to operate the specialized rescue equipment. Thank You again to Delaware County 911 Center, Dennis Gallagher and Knowlton Construction for allowing us to train at their facility.

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HIGH RISE BOX ALARM

Sunday, November 20, 2011  Just after the lunch the company was dispatched to the Crum Creek Condos in Nether Providence for an odor of smoke on the 2nd floor. The Truck and Engine responded right away with a staffing of 8. Ladder 65 along with Engine 45 had a smoke condition on the 2nd floor and found unattended cooking in one of the apartments. Our crews assisted 65s crew with ventilation and were in service for 30 min.

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WEEKEND TRAINING

Sunday, November 20, 2011  This past weekend seven members attended a basic ropes and rigging class put on by the DelCo ESTC. The members had a day in the classroom on Saturday and had a review of knots and the basic understanding of how to set up everything from the "Z-rig" to the "4 to 1". Sunday they met at 0830 and began the day of practicals. The crews secured a hose dummy to a stokes basket and went over different types of rope rescue setups using the aerial device from Truck 63. Thanks to instructor John Calamia for the excellent class.

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BROOKHAVEN HOLIDAY PARADE

Saturday, November 19, 2011  Today members attended the Brookhaven Borough Holiday parade to kick off the 2011 Holiday season. The officers and members would like to thank Brookhaven Borough and the Holiday Committee for the invitation and another successful parade. 

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MEMBERS ATTEND DRIVE 2 SURVIVE

Tuesday, November 15, 2011  Each year, 25% of firefighter fatalities are result of motor vehicle crashes, yet few fire departments train their members on the safe operation of emergency apparatus. This evening several members attended the "Drive to Survive" training program seminar. The program is designed to teach members, regaurdless of how long they've been driving, the limits of the safe operation of emergency apparatus. Instructor Chris Daly used the same techniques used by crash investigators to provide a better understanding of topics essential for safe vehicle operation, including; Vehicle Dynamics, air brakes and brake fade, roadway friction, stopping distances and rollover thresholds. This was yet another class attended as Green Ridge strives to maintain the highest level of qualified drivers and operators.

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WEBSITE RE-LAUNCHED

Monday, November 14, 2011  Green Ridge is proud to launch the newly redesigned greenridge63.com website. After months of coordination with Firecompanies.com, this is the end result.  We'd like to thank firecompanies.com for all of their awesome work as well as the website committee that brought this to fruition. Please check back frequently as we will be adding some more information especially to the new "Retired Apparatus" page

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SMALL BEDROOM FIRE IN TOBY FARMS

Sunday, November 6, 2011  Just before 1100 hrs the street assignment was hit for the 1300 Block of Rainer Rd for the row house fire. T63 (Dawson) & U63 (Repine) quickly hit the street w/ 7 as the RIT. Chief 47 arrived on scene with smoke showing from the 2nd floor. E 57 stretched a line for attack. T63/U63 arrived as the 1st Due special services and assumed the RIT position. Interior crews quickly had the fire in check and crews stood by while fire extension was checked and ventilation performed before returning. The Co. also ran a fire alarm and Odor Investigation later in the afternoon.

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GRFC RALLIES FOR US OIL WORKERS

Saturday, November 5, 2011  Today the Co. along w/ Co. 68, 40, 55, 61 participated in a Rally from USW 10-234 Local in Lower Chi down Market St to the Marcus Hook waterfront Memorial Park located between Sunoco & Conoco Phillips Oil Refineries to show our support to US Oil Workers who are being laid off as these two companies have decided to close 3 major refineries on the East Coast two located in Delaware County. There was a good showing by the community and local officials to help spread the word on the impact of these closing is going to have on the Region not only Marcus Hook and Trainer but all of Delaware County, PA, NJ & DE. Please join the fight to keep good American Jobs in the US and Keep It Made In the USA. Contact your local politicians to voice your support or sign the petitions on line or located throughout the County.

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FIRE PREVENTION

Thursday, November 3, 2011  Today the Fire Prevention team headed to St. Joesph School to do a fire prevention detail for kids K-4. The crew went over basic fire safety and prevention and showed off some of our equipment. The officers and members would like to say thank you again to St. Joe's staff for allowing us to spread the word on fire safety to our youth.

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MULCH PILE FIRE & ACCIDENT

Sunday, October 30, 2011  This morning as some members were doing some fall cleaning at the station, the Twp Companies were dispatced to the unit block of Crozerville Rd for the investigation. T63 (Dawson) & E63 (Schmid) arrived at a corrected address of Mt. Pleasant Dr. with multiple large mulch piles on fire at the Mulch Works property. Tac 72 laid a 2.5 into the scene and set up a master stream monitor. Units operated for over an hour before being released by 72 Command. Shortly after the rescue assignment was put out for Pennell Rd @ Mount Rd for the accident. R63, E63 & QRS 63 arrived with a two vehicle accident and two injuries. Crews controlled the hazards & assisted with EMS. Units operated under the Command of Chief 72 Keiser before returning.

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