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.

 

Saturday, October 29, 2011  Companies 72, 63, 54, 71 and NCC RIT 13 were sent to the unit block of Kent Rd in the Rolling Hills Industrial park to AM Radio station WPWA 1590 this afternoon for a building. M72 arrived with smoke showing. E54 laid in while Truck 63 (Dawson) was positioned on the Alpha side of the building. The Truck crew laddered all sides of the building & roof while crews from E72 and 54 searched the two story building and eventually found the source of the smoke condition. The source was found to be an old transmitter and the transformer inside of this unit burned up. The assignment was scaled back and the Township Fire Marshall made the response. Chief 72 (Keiser) had Kent Road Command.

 

Saturday, October 29, 2011  Today several members travelled to NCC Station 13 Claymont for a pilot class put on by our friends at Traditions Training about Waving Red Flags on the Fire Ground. The class was taught by Larry Schultz (Ret. DCFD) and Ricky Riley (Operations Chief CFD/Past Chief Kentland) and covered several case studies and their personal incidents that resulted in FF fatalities or near misses and the red flags that should have been waved on those fire grounds by the Incident Commanders.

 

Friday, October 28, 2011  The officers and members would like to congratulate member Chris Durbano and his wife Christina and big sister Cydney & Uncle  capt. Dave Durbano on the birth of their second daughter:

Courtney Lea Durbano
Born 10/28/11
0908 hrs
16 3/4 inches
4 lbs 9 oz
Mom and baby are doing well despite being in a Florida hospital. See that’s the funny part, Chris and the family were vacationing in Florida at Disney World when baby Courtney decided she wanted to come into this world. Well we wish you safe travels and can’t wait to meet the new addition to the Green Ridge Family.
 

Thursday, October 27, 2011  The Twp. Co.’s were dispatched just before lunch to the unit block of Bunting Lane for the Gas leak inside. E63 (Harris Jr.) arrived on scene with PECO already on location and held the assignment to the E63. As the Engine cleared up and returned to the station the Twp Rescue Assignment was put out for the accident at Pennell Rd @ Mount Alverno. R63 (Harris Jr.) & QRS 63 arrived with a two vehicle accident and fluid on the roadway. Units assisted EMS with patient packaging and controlled all the hazards.

 

Sunday, October 16, 2011  This afternoon the Truck was requested to relocate to Newton Square Sta. 41 while they operated at a house fire. Truck 63 under the Command of AFM S Joyce covered for several hours before returning back to the local.

 

Sunday, October 16, 2011  Just after 0400 hours Co. 71 Chester Heights was dispatched to the area of their station for the brush fire. Co. 71 quickly released this was not a brush fire as a large fire ball was seen from miles away, and the assignment was upgraded to a building assignment. An officer from 71 arrived on scene of Camp Meeting with multiple buildings including a church well involved and corrected the address and added additional units on the run. Command was established and crews began laying into the scene. Multiple hand lines and master streams were put in service to try to stop the fire from spreading to multiple exposures. Due to the lack of water in the area additional Engines were called for long hydrant lays and relay pumpers. Truck 63 operated for over 6 hours to control the blaze and hit hot spots. Crews were on scene into the morning before the assignment was scaled back to Co. 71. Units operated under the Command of Sammy Iannucci Jr. Thank you to L65 & R39 for covering the local.

 

Saturday, October 15, 2011  Today the Engine travelled south to New Castle County Sta. 23 for their open house & rescue housing. The Engine covered for several hours with L12 Christiana FC. The Engine & Ladder ran a MVC on I-95. We would like to thank Minquas for the invite and wish them best of luck with the new Rescue Squad.

 

Friday, October 14, 2011  Tonight the Rescue travelled to Chesco Sta. 54/56 to cover for their fire prevention open house. The rescue covered for several hours with no calls. We would like to thank Goshen Fire Co. for the invite and congratulate them on another successful Fire Prevention Open House.

 

Friday, October 14, 2011  This morning during rush hour the rescue response was dispatched to Bodley Rd & Birney Highway for the accident with entrapment. R72 & 72-9B arrived with one overturned and one confined. R63, QRS 63, CMD & DO 63 arrived and assisted with patient removal and packaging. Units operated on scene for 40 minutes before returning.

 

Thursday, October 13, 2011  In the late evening the Twp. Companies were dispatched to the 2300 Block of Cisco Lane for the CO Alarm. The homeowner called the PD & FD to report the alarm but didn't want to make it a "big deal". The Truck & Engine made the response under the Command of Chief B Herre. Tac 72 arrived 1st and investigated. The homeowner was still upset of the "waste of taxpayers money" for the emergency he didn't think was a big deal. Truck & Engine 63 arrived and assisted Tac 72 crews who found CO readings in the residents with the windows open. The crew from T63 used their meter and found high levels of CO in the basement around the heater and hot water heater. Gas was secured to the residents and PECO was notified. Tac 72 awaited the arrival of PECO.

The purpose of a smoke detector & CO detector is just that to DETECT! They don't go off for no reason at all, even if it is dirty or has a dead battery that is a reason. CO is not something residents should take lightly. It can & will KILL no matter what until the problem is resolved.

 

Saturday, October 8, 2011  Today was a great day for a parade. The weather was sunny and warm and the members took the full company to Tinicum Twp for the 2011 DCFA parade. The members spent the week prior cleaning the apparatus and giving all of our hand tools our annual PM. The Co. won awards for the following:

Truck 63- 1st Place Best Appearing & Most Functional Aerial Device
Rescue 63- 1st Place Best Appearing & Most Functional Rescue
Command 63-1st Place Best Appearing & Most Functional Support Vehicle
Engine 63- 2nd Place Best Appearing & Most Functional Pumper
We would like to say thank you to Sta. 48 for hosting the parade and to the DCFA for another successful parade. We would also like to congratulate all the winners in each category.