WGFC first responders Cecil Depot, Jack Wharry, Tyler Simpson, Tom Glass were on Capitol Hill for annual meetings with federal elected officials and their staffs.
Last week some members traveled to our nation’s capital to participate at the annual Congressional Fire Service Institute Symposium. The event's activities entail a breakfast on Capitol Hill for the PA Congressional Delegation, meeting privately with our local congressional members, and attending the annual CFSI dinner.
WGFC Past President and life member Steve Red Flegal coordinates the Breakfast ... (Full Story & Photos)
At the February monthly business, the Honorable Stephen B. Black, Mayor of West Grove Borough, held a swearing in ceremony for 2025 fire police of the West Grove Fire Company.
WGFC Fire Police are an invaluable group of volunteer first responders who are on scene to support emergency operations by providing traffic control. They are often at the roadway intersections for the full duration of incidents, ... (Full Story & Photos)
West Grove Mayor Black and the WGFC 2025 fire police.
WGFC handles a house fire on Evergreen Street in West Grove, one of two simultaneous emergencies handled on a Monday afternoon.
What started out as a call for a gas leak outside, turned into two emergencies simultaneously, with the second a working house fire.
The West Grove Fire Company was dispatched at 2:06 on Chesterville Road road in Landenberg for a reported gas leak outside. The resident smelled gas, with an above ground propane tank behind the residence. Engine 22-1 left the station in West Grove heading toward ... (Full Story & Photos)
Fire departments across southern Chester County were called to assist Avondale on a reported house fire in New Garden Township, in Toughkenamon at 11:33pm Sunday night. Multiple callers to the Chester County 911 Center reported a building on fire with it spreading to nearby homes.
The West Grove Fire Company assisted Avondale on this call, with Ladder 22 arriving as the first due special service ... (Full Story & Photos)
Ladder 22 has its main aerial over a building fire off of Main Street in Toughkenamon, as the WGFC assisted Avondale Fire Company.
Crews from Engine 22-1 stabilized the car to allow rescue evolutions to continue.
A sudden burst of unexpected sleet left area roads slick on Sunday evening resulting in many car crashes in Chester County. The WGFC was dispatched at about 9:15pm for reports of a car on its side with entrapment in Franklin Township.
The call was on Route 896 near Den Road, with a sedan on its side blocking the roadway. The operator was inside and could not get out of the car. Engine 22-1 and ... (Full Story & Photos)
As a progressive combination (volunteer + career) department, the West Grove Fire Company has always had a strong commitment to continuous training. That commitment is what drives how first responders arrive prepared, capable and confident to serve in nearly any emergency, even as the world around us is changing.
Evidence of this commitment can be found in 3,000 hours of logged training in the ... (Full Story & Photos)
A commitment to continuous learning, with 3,000 hours of training logged by WGFC first responders in 2024, here shown at the West Chester burn center at an all-company live fire training session.
Two vehicles sustained damage at this crash on Route 896 in front of the WGFC fire station in New London.
West Grove firefighters and EMS personnel reported a crash in front of the entrance to the WGFC's New London Station at 6:43pm on the evening of January 30.
There first responders found two cars that had significant front-end damage right where Fire House Lane intersects with Route 896/Newark Road. Both vehicles were blocking the roadway. While the crew of Ambulance 22-2 began evaluating potential ... (Full Story & Photos)
Wednesday morning proved to be busy for area firefighters as an accident with entrapment call in Lower Oxford Township was immediately followed by a building fire with explosion in Upper Oxford Township. Both calls were in the fire district of the Union Fire Company of Oxford, with West Grove units called to assist.
Just before 10:00 am units were called to Route 10 / Limestone Road for an accident ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC assisted the Union Fire Company on two emergencies in a row, including this commercial building fire in Upper Oxford Township.
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