Join Glenside Fire Co. as a Limited
Active Member!
Can
you respond to 35 calls a year? If
so you should join the Glenside Fire Co.
as a limited active member. If you
live, work, or hang out anywhere near
Glenside Fire Co. and you are already a
firefighter at another company we want
to hear from you. Here's the deal:
If you are a trained and active
firefighter in another company, why not
respond to more calls and see more fire?
All you have to do is make about 35
calls a year and a few trainings and
you'll be a member at Station 1.
We always have and always will have an
open door for fellow firefighters from
other companies.
Contact
Matt Scholly
or any other Station 1
member to make it happen. Read
more about it
here, or click on the "Limited
Active Membership" tab above.
Engine 1 was dispatched for the
vehicle into a building at 201 Rice Mill Road. Crews arrived
to find a vehicle that had left the road, done some landscaping, and
ended up on the front steps of the house. Photos courtesy of
Phil Washington.
Ladder 1
on Working House Fire in Station 2's First Due (3/15/2008)
At 23:22
hours Ladder 1 was dispatched for the house fire at 1113 Arboretum
Road, right outside of the first due. Chief 2 arrived on
location reporting a working basement fire. Engine 5 went in
service with a line to the basement quickly knocking the fire.
Ladder 1 set up on side A with the main and the crew went to work
opening up side C.
Ladder 1 Responds on Working House Fire in Station 2's First Due
- (3/11/2008)
At 22:08
hours Ladder 1 was dispatched for the house fire at 10 Underwood
Road in Station 2's local. Chief 2 arrived on the scene of
a 2 story single family dwelling with fire in a second floor
bedroom. Ladder 1 set up ground ladders to Side B and Side
D while the engine companies got a quick knock.
Ladder 1
Responds on Working Building Fire in Flourtown's Local - (2/21/2008)
At 14:31 hours
County began receiving multiple calls for smoke and flames from 1501
Paper Mill Road. DC 700 arrived on location reporting a
working fire in a 1 story building. The crew from Ladder 1
helped vent the roof and open up inside. Ladder 1 cleared the
call at 15:51 hours. Photos courtesy of Dan Supplee, Chief
700.
Ladder 1
Responds on Working House Fire in 300's First Due - (2/17/2008)
At 14:29
hours, Ladder 1 was dispatched as a FAST team on a working house
fire at 2027 Wharton Rd in Station 300's First Due. Command had fire
on the second floor of the structure. Half of Ladder 1's crew went
to work in the house and the other half stood by as the FAST team.
The crew went to work with a handline, vented the second floor, and
performed overhaul. Photos courtesy of Deputy 1, Bob Scholly,
Jr.
Ladder 1 Responds on Working Apartment
Fire in Station 2's First Due -
(2/1/2008)
Ladder
1 responded to a working apartment fire
at 7649 Massey Way in Station 2's first
due. Engine 2 went in service with a
fire in a second floor bedroom. Ladder 1
set up the main in the rear of the
apartment and the crew went to work
setting up ground ladders and venting.
The ladder crew operated for about an
hour before heading home.
First Due
House Fire - 243 Brookdale Ave (1/28/2008)
At 17:56 hours,
the box was struck for a propane tank on fire inside of a house at
243 Brookdale Ave. Lt. 300 arrived on location reporting a working
kitchen fire. Engine 1 was the first truck on location and went in
service with an 1 3/4" line to the kitchen. Crews got a
quick knock on the fire and the fire was contained to the kitchen
area.
Vehicle Fire - 212 Limekiln Pike
(1/24/2008)
At
14:12 hours, Station 1 and Engine 5 were
dispatched for a reported Septa Bus on
fire in the area of Route 309 and Easton
Rd. The caller, however, reported
that the bus was near the Wawa.
Within a minute of that dispatch, county
advised that they were receiving reports
of a Mercedes on fire on Limekiln Pike between
Radcliffe Ave and Montier Road (a few
hundred feet from the Wawa). County
advised that they were separate
incidents. Assistant 1 arrived on
location of the Mercedes reporting the
engine compartment was involved. The
driver of the Septa Bus was able to hit
the fire in the bus with an
extinguisher. (Photos courtesy of
Captain McCann & Phil Washington)
First Due
Building Fire - Limekiln Pike & Willow Grove Ave (1/5/2008)
At 15:33 hours a business
owner at 43 Limekiln Pike reported that smoke and flames could be
seen from a second floor window from a building across from this
address. Deputy 1 arrived on location reporting the same.
Engine 1 arrived on location, established their own water supply and
went in service with an 1 3/4" line to the second floor,
quickly extinguishing the small fire. D/C 1 had the command.
(Photos courtesy of Captain McCann)
Fire
Calls for 2007 - 403
Glenside Fire
Company responded to 403 fire calls during 2007. See below for
the break down of our calls.
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
TOTAL
36
36
30
24
39
40
24
40
39
28
32
35
403
Glenside Fire Co. Video
Glenside Fire Co.
has released their second video on YOU TUBE. Check it out and
send the link to your friends!
Video cut and
chopped by Glenside Firefighter Matt Scholly. Video made
possible by the hard work and dedication of all the Firefighters at
Station 1.
