Tuesday evening the Duty Crew took the rescue out to do some show and tell for the daisy scouts. The group learned about fire extinguishers, calling 911, and stop, drop, and roll. The girls also got to try on some fire gear! We hope the scouts had fun learning about fire safety!
The Big Game Dinner Has Been Canceled.
Sorry
On Sunday April 19th while returning from a barn fire, rescue 8-4-1 stops in to check out the new rescue 7-6. This gave an opportunity for the 2 companies to check out the layouts of each other's rescue trucks. The 2 rescue trucks are the primary rescues for West Hempfield Township. We would like to thank station 8-4 for stopping in!
80 feet of pure heavy rescue!
After a few years of planning and many hours of hard work, the new rescue went into service on April 9th. The new rescue is a SVI box built on a Spartan chassis. Rescue 7-6 will provide better fire and rescue services to the residents of West Hempfield and surrounding areas.
On Saturday April 4th we had our first Chicken BBQ of the year. With the high winds throughout the day it took us longer to cook the chicken. We would like to give a big thanks to all the patient patrons who came out and supported us. We hope for better weather conditions and to see you at our next BBQ on June 13th!
On Saturday March 28th LT Ney took FF Haines and FF Kline out to train on the ATV at Lake Grubb and Chickies Rock Park. While out training, they decided it would be a good time to clear the trails of trees and debris.
On Sunday cub scouts stopped in at station for some fire prevention training and for a station tour. Thank you FF KLINE, FF HUNT, and LT NEY for your help!
**Active Members**
If you were unable to attend the recent SCBA Certification session, please see a member of the training committe BEFORE April 30th to get signed off.
Thank you!
This saturday April 4th, 2009 is the first of the four annual Chicken BBQ here at West Hempfield Fire & Rescue Company. We hope to see you there. Chickens will be ready at 11am so get lined up. Meals are $8.00 and halfs $4.00 this year. Thanks for your support.
** Attention All Active Firefighters **
The annual SCBA certification is Monday, March 30th. We will be departing the station at 6:45pm for LCPSTC. As a reminder, this is required as part of the WHFR Riding Requirements program.
If you are unable to attend this session, please see a member of the training committee to schedule a time to perform your certification.
Thank you!
On Saturday March 14th Silver Spring Family Restaurant will be having a benefit breakfast for WHFR. The Breakfast will be held from 6-11am. We really appreciate Silver Spring Restaurant for doing this for us and we also appreciate everyone who comes out to support us. Thank You! To see their menu or to find out any other info their website is http://www.silverspringfamrest.com/index.html.
On Saturday March 7th WHFR had a Celebration for the 2008 year and the Housing for the New Rescue. During the Celebration awards were given out for:
Member of the Year Firefighter of the Year Fire Police of the Year
QRS Responder of the Year Support Group Member President & Chief's Award
of the Year
In addition to the awards given out several members attained life membership during 2008:
After the Celebration the New Rescue had it's official Housing as it was pushed into the station by the members of the department:
On Saturday February 28th the Old Rescue 76 went out of service. All the equipment and everything else was then pulled off of it. Then in the afternoon the Rescue pulled out of Station 76 for the last time as it left to go to Command Fire Apparatus who had purchased the Rescue from us. Eventually the Old Rescue will be running calls with it's new company in Ohio. If all goes well the New Rescue 76 will be ready to go inservice in a few weeks.
Engine 76-2 was in need of a new hose bed after the old cover ripped out the few remaining snaps that were held it on the engine. The new cover was made by D & S Custom Covers out of Rockwood Pennsylvania. The new cover has a white and black chevron pattern on the back flap and is very reflective. The new cover looks great.
Recently West Hempfield Fire & Rescue picked up our new trailer for the Polaris Ranger. The trailer will allow us to take the Ranger anywhere we might need to get the unit to. In the near future the trailer and Ranger will be stripped and lettered to match the rest of the WHFR fleet. More pictures will be posted once they are finished.
