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Physical Address:
2900 W. Dutton Mill Rd.
Aston, PA 19014

Mailing Address:
PO Box 2057
Aston, PA 19014

Phone: 610.494.6771
Fax: 610.494.1557

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Monthly Calls

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	Fire	EMS
Jan	53	8
Feb	60	11
Mar	63	14
Apr	37	12
May	56	12
Jun	53	15
Jul	64	20
Aug	57	12
Sep	16	8
Oct	0	0
Nov	0	0
Dec	0	0
Total	459	112

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Top 10
Responder	Calls
Brian Harris Jr.	198
Matt McCormick	193
Chris Repine	170
Mike Evans & Frank Pizzi	154
Marc Calvecchio	149
Bob Herre	147
Ken Dawson	135
Conner Hughes	114
Chris Schmid	113
Ken Robertson	104

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09-09 07:52	FIRE-OTH WIRES/TRANSFORMER, W/ HAZARDS
09-09 08:03	FIRE-OTH WIRES/TRANSFORMER, W/HAZARDS
09-08 09:05	ALS-EMS UNCONCIOUS PERSON
09-07 12:14	FIRE-BLD BUILDING FIRE, COMMERCIAL BLDG
09-07 10:24	BLS-EMS FALL
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ALLOY SURFACES AGAIN

Friday, August 20, 2010 As many members were settling in at D/C Evans' birthday party, the pagers went off at 830pm for a building fire at Alloy Surfaces on Commerce Dr. in Chester Twp. Truck and Engine 63 were out the door together in a few minutes and arrived first due. Crews split with some going interior and some heading to the roof. Rescue 63 was also not far behind and sent their crew to the roof. Engine 63 also laid 300ft of 5 inch into Eng. 47. The roof crews found fire venting from around a vent stack. The interior crew was met with a heavy smoke condition. The roof guys opened up the area around the stack and extinguished the fire via a handline from Tower 61. The fire was placed under control by Alloy Surface Command, 47-9. Cos. were on scene for about an hour and included: 47, 63, 52, 57, 61, RITs 39 and 23. Chief Herre (63-9) had the roof sector.

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DRILL NIGHT

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Tonight for drill the members did something a little different from our normal routine training. We gathered up at the station and headed over to Northley Middle School's gym for a little game of Dodge ball and a game of kickball. The members got to enjoy some old school fun all while getting in some exercise. The training committee is incorporating physical fitness and healthy activities into our training program. Thank you Assist Chief K. Dawson for setting drill up and to Penn Delco School District for allowing the use of their gym.

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TRUCK COVER TO NCC

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 Just before 0530 hours the Truck was requested to cover Brandywine Hundred in NCC while they worked a building fire. The Truck covered with Parkside E45 for a few hours and helped restore some equipment before being released.

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2ND ALARM IN MARCUS HOOK

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 Around 1 a.m. RIT 63 was dispatched to assist the Marcus Hook Trainer Fire Co.(68) on the building fire in the hundred block of E. 9th Street. The response called for Companies 68(MHTFD), 39(Lower Chi), Rescue 40 (Boothwyn), Tower 61(Reliance), RIT 63 and Medic 100-7. Chief 68 (J.McClure) as well as Ladder 68 arrived 1st with "Fire Showing" on the "C" side, Divisions 1 & 2 of a partially vacant large twin. The Chief established the 9th Street Command while Ladder 68 went in service, Rescue 39 laid into the ladder, Rescue 40's crew started a primary search of the exposure building. Rescue 63 (Capt. Durbano) then arrived and assumed its preassigned task as the RIT team, throwing ladders and doing a 360. Once the 2nd RIT team arrived (Rescue 45), the Rescue was placed in service as the 1st due special service. The crew from U63 (A/C Dawson) pulled a primary attack line into the "B" exposure and began opening up division 3 to suppress the fire that was spreading across from the fire building's attic area. R63's crew then began to open up division 2 and pulled a back up line into the exposure to assist U63's crew. Due to the fire conditions a second alarm was struck which brought Engine 14(Swarthmore), Engine 12(Eddystone), Ladder 65(Garden City), and Telesqurt 50(Middletown) was also called into the scene to assist. Shortly after the 2nd alarm units arrived crews were evacuated from the building and all suppression attempts became defensive. Rescue 63 then remained on scene to fill air bottles until Air Unit 48 arrived on scene and took over. Co 63 then returned to service. Thanks to Engine 20(Garrettford Drexel) and Truck 19 (Lansdowne) for covering while units operated on the scene.

Later in the afternoon the Engine responded to Dutton Mill Rd for a rubbish fire. E63 placed the booster line in service for a mattress on fire against a PECO pole. PECO was notified and the Engine returned.

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Memorial Ride for Life Member

Sunday, August 15, 2010 Today the family and friends of deceased Life Member Dave Evans Sr. held a memorial ride in his honor. The ride was organized by his family and friends with the help of several members starting at our station and going for a nice ride through Delaware & Chester Counties before ending back at the station where the participants enjoyed a BBQ and music. The money raised was donated to Cancer research for a cure and to his widow. Thank you to all who participated and made this event a success.

During the memorial ride the Truck was dispatched to relocate to Lansdowne Station 19 while they battled a working fire in the Borough. The Truck stood by for a few hours and helped restore some equipment before being released.

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WALK THOUGH & LAID BACK DRILL

On Tuesday night the Truck and Rescue made the trip to Neumann University and went through the new Maranda Center and the dormitories. On Wednesday night the Truck and Engine traveled around town making several stops to review/pre-plan properties in the Township. Thank you to ABFC for setting up the walk through and Assist Chief K. Dawson for the Township residential review.

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GRFC VS ABFC SOFTBALL GAME

Sunday, August 1, 2010 Today members along with members from Aston-Beechwood met up at Sun Valley High School to play a friendly game of softball. Everyone had a great time and enjoyed the competition. The final score was 13-7 ABFC but everyone was considered a winner today. Congrats to both fire companies for a game well played and thank you FF J. Moletteri (72) and EMS LT. K. Carr for organizing this annual event.

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GREEN RIDGE NIGHT AT THE PHILLIES

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Green Ridge Firefighters took a well deserved night off from training and the soaring temperatures tonight and joined their families and friends at the 2nd Annual Phillies Trip to Citizens Bank Park. 75 members, their significant others and children and many other family and friends traveled by chartered bus to South Philadelphia to see the Philadelphia Phillies challenge the Arizona Diamondbacks. The group tailgated in the parking lot for about an hour snacking on delicious hoagies and fresh soft pretzels along with cold beverages. On the day before the Phillies acquired Roy Oswalt, the other Roy, as in Halladay, was taking the mound while minor league star Dominic Brown made his Major league debut in rightfield for the Phils. The game was all Phillies as Roy Halladay threw his league leading 8th complete game, as the Phils went on to win 7-1. The night was a great way for the firefighters to relax and enjoy some time together and to take a break from the busy summer running calls, training and fund raising.

Thank you to Ogden Fire Co. (Engine 55-1) and Newtown Square Fire Co. (Ladder 41) for covering our station. Thank you also to Deputy Chief Mike Evans for putting this night together for us. Last but not least....Happy 5th Birthday to little Michael Evans!!!!

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EMSOF EQUIPMENT ARRIVES

Tuesday, July 27, 2010 The EMS Division once again participated in the EMSOF Program. EMSOF, which stands for "Emergency Medical Services Operating Fund" provides for 50% funding of itemized equipment for EMS organizations. QRS units, BLS and ALS services are eligible to participate in the program which receives funding from the surcharges placed on citations issued by police departments throughout the Commonwealth of PA. For this round of funding, Green Ridge put in a requisition for 2 AEDs and a new stokes basket stretcher. The new AEDs are LifePak 1000s which use the same pads as the paramedics heart monitor which save time once the medics arrive on scene. They can simply plug our pads into their heart monitor. With the 2 new AEDs, this will allow Green Ridge to have one on each fire apparatus as well as the Chief's buggy. The new stokes basket is a Ferno plastic breakaway model which splits in half for ease of storage. The new basket will be placed on Truck 63.

Thank you to the Delaware County Regional EMS Office for administering this funding program.

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Stokes Basket	AEDs

TWP. BUS EXTRICATION DRILL

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 Tonight the Township Companies got together to do another joint training session together on bus anatomy and bus rescue put on by FF/EMT Gordon Pippin Sr. The crews went over the basic construction and extrication techniques for buses. After a short classroom session the crews got to go hands on with the equipment and tearing apart the bus. Once the crews finished with the extrication portion of the class the class shifted to bus fires to end the night. Thank you to Instructor Pippin, Assist Chief K. Dawson and Chief Mike Keiser for setting this drill up.

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