Saturday, December 3, 2011  This evening the Truck was dispatched to cover Lansdowne Fire Co. Sta. 19 while they battled a house fire. T63 (Krapf) covered Sta. 19 for about 6 hours and logged 0 runs. The crews helped them restore their trucks before returning to the local. Also covering was R44 & E6.

 

Sunday, November 27, 2011  After the crews got cleaned up and had some dinner, the Chester Township police called in multiple sheds on fire in the area of the 2700blk of Concord Rd. The Engine and the chief responded right away and arrived to find the rear of two sheds involved along with a fence. A line was placed in-service right away and Chief 63 held the assignment to the engine.



 

Saturday, November 26, 2011  While the company was lined up in Marcus Hook for the annual Christmas Parade, The box assignment was dispatched to Sterling Ave for a reported house on fire. 39-9b (Fuller) was the first to arrive and had a 2 story end of the row with fire showing from side Alpha and assumed the “Sterling Ave Command”. The Engine(Lt. Pippin) and Truck(Capt. Harris) both arrived and assumed the 2nd due responsibilities for each respected service. Engine 63 secured Rescue 39s continuous water supply and stretched a back-up line to assist with extinguishment. The crew from the Rescue and Truck split (inside/outside) and radioed a side "C" size-up, placed several portable ladders and cut 2 holes in the roof. The company operated just over an hour before returning to service.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.








 

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. 

 

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.  




 

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


 

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.

 

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.

 

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.