| 2 Alarm Barn Fire |
| Wed. Jul 9th 2008 |
At 1:44PM the company along with Quarryville and Rising Sun(Md) Fire companies were dispatched to 55 Clendenin Rd in Little Britain township for the reported barn fire. Deputy 5-13 (Sample) responded and was advised of multiple calls reporting a large barn fire, deputy 5-13 advised he was several mi...
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| Search Detail turns into Water Rescue |
| Tue. Jul 8th 2008 |
Just before 11PM Deputy 5-13 (Sample) was notified by LCWC of a subject missing along the Susquehanna river, The deputy arrived at the river and began to gather more information and at 11:46PM the station was dispatched to assist in the search. Rescue 5-13 arrived and received info that a...
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| Slow Month of June comes to a End |
| Sun. Jun 29th 2008 |
There hasn't been much to report on in the southern end for the month of June, with only 16 "minor" calls for service members have kept busy with training and placing some new equipment into service. 16 members have just completed there 3rd stage in the water rescue curriculum with W...
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| LCFA Convention Parade |
| Sat. Jun 7th 2008 |
On Saturday June 7th members loaded up into the Rescue and Engine 5 for the trip to Strasburg for the 88th Annual Lancaster County Fireman's Convention Parade, this years judging was done by Cutting Edge Judging, and was based on functionality and equipment rather then cleanliness as in years past.&...
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| Working Commercial Structure Fire |
| Mon. May 12th 2008 |
Just before 4AM on Monday Morning, members were dispatched to the area of Nottingham Rd and Eagle Rd in Little Britain Township for the reported building fire, Deputy 5-13 (Sample) responded and LCWC advised a passerby who was not from the area, advised about 3 or 4 miles east of the firehouse on RT...
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| 2 Accidents on Wednesday Morning |
| Wed. May 7th 2008 |
Crews responded to 2 accidents on Wednesday morning, the first came in just after 7:30AM as a vehicle accident standby at the Intersection of Noble Rd and Little Britain Rd N, Rescue 5-13 went enroute with 5 and arrived to find a 3 vehicle accident. Captain 5-13 (Hodgden) set up command and a...
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| Wildfire in Chester County |
| Tue. May 6th 2008 |
Just before 1PM on Tuesday afternoon members were alerted to assist Union Fire Company of Oxford on a Woods fire at Nottingham Park in Southern Chester County, as crews began responding to the station they could observe a large smoke header in the sky from the Wakefield area and knew they were in fo...
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| Building Fire in Drumore Twp |
| Sun. Apr 13th 2008 |
Just after 2:30PM on Sunday afternoon, as members were working bingo, they, along with Station 5-7 (Quarryville) and Station 5-8 (Rawlinsville), were sent to the area of Spring Valley Rd and Lancaster Pike in Drumore township for the reported building fire. Deputy 5-13 (Sample) responded and was adv...
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| Standby Crew Catches Work |
| Sun. Mar 30th 2008 |
Just before 3PM on Sunday afternoon, members were alerted for a engine transfer to Union Fire Company of Oxford while they worked a brush fire on Newark Rd, Engine 5-13-1 marked up with a crew of 6 under command of Captain 5-13 (Hodgden) within 3 minutes and arrived at station 21 at 3:12PM, as crews...
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| Fatal Accident in Fulton Twp |
| Thu. Mar 27th 2008 |
Fulton Volunteers along with 2 ambulances and 2 medics were dispatched to the 1900Blk of Lancaster Pike for the reported vehicle accident with entrapment involving a tractor trailer, Rescue 5-13 arrived on scene within 4 minutes of dispatch, under the command of Captain 5-13 (Hodgden) and advised co...
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Special thanks to the
members of the Swift
Middle School National
Junior Honor Society for
sponsoring a car wash for
the fire...
Thanks to all that helped
to make out 2008 spring
mud sale a success, it
could never have been
done without the hundreds
of p...
