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.

 

Free Landscaping - 201 Rices Mill Road (4/21/2008)

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.

Click here for the full You Tube link

 

 

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