On Monday afternoon Wagontown and Honey Brook units were dispatched to the 100 Block of Kaolin Rd for an odor investigation inside at 14:14 hours. Engine 35 arrived with normal conditions on arrival, Ladder 33 arrived 2nd due and crews worked to determine the source of the odor which was traced back to a controlled burn. This was the 2nd call for Ladder 33 and crews used the opportunity to use the ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Monday evening the members completed the 12 hour Brush/Portable pumps class in house. The course was based on the Wildland S-211 NWCG course. The 1st part was classroom with theory and operations of portable pumps and appliances with Part II last week covering the basics of drafting and sustaining a water flow and this week ended the class with positive water sources such as off of a tanker supply ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Monday evening crews went over to the Hibernia Park Rangers boat ramp and drafted with the Brush and Tac. This was part II of our in house pumps class on the smaller pumps and portable pumps that we have available to us. We have done a lot of training on the main fire pumps on the larger apparatus and this allowed those who have not pumped these pieces in a long while an opportunity to do so. ... (Full Story & Photos)

The day started with the fire police assisting the Downingtown Borough on their annual Good Neighbor Day events. Then attention turned to our get together on the 4th of July at the firehouse where over 30 members and their families gathered for the holiday for dinner. Crews enjoyed a great dinner and were socializing when about 8pm the storms moved in bringing 15 calls before midnight with and additional ... (Full Story & Photos)

As the crews prepared for the fireworks at the Country Club on Friday evening, calls for service kept coming in. At 17:50 hours the company was alerted along with 31 and MIC144 for a horse and Buggy accident in the 1200 Block of West Kings Hwy. Crews arrived to find one buggy overturned on Rt. 340 after colliding with a car. EMS transported the occupants and 35 fire police closed the roadway until ... (Full Story & Photos)