A passerby reported smoke from a garage, located on the property of a mini-storage company on Kelton Road in Penn Township Sunday morning.
Just before 11:00 am, the West Grove Fire Company was alerted for a possible building fire on Kelton Road. Also on the initial dispatch were units from Oxford and Avondale. First to arrive was a West Grove FC fire police lieutenant who reported smoke from ... (Full Story & Photos)
A Penn Township business on Kelton Road sustained damage as West Grove and area fire crews made quick work of a fire on Sunday morning.
Saturday, Lowes in London Grove township hosted an Emergency Services Day.
Apparatus from West Grove, Avondale, Po-Mar-Lin, SCCEMS, Christiana Life Flight, PSPA, CC Sheriffs K9 Unit and companion K9 were on display. We saw well over 200 families today, sharing many fire safety tips and showing the equipment to everyone. A demonstration of vehicle extrication was shown as well as several fire engines, ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC members participated in a live burn training event at the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus (CCPSTC) in South Coatesville. With the assistance of Chester County instructor staff, members were confronted with different fire scenarios to identify and overcome. This training session also provide members the opportunity to work with the companies new ladder truck as well. Three evolutions ... (Full Story & Photos)
West Grove Volunteer Fire Company Lieutenant Rob Kloss doing a fire prevention program at a local school
October is Fire Safety Month and the West Grove Fire Company is proud share our knowledge of fire safety. Every year at this time, volunteers and career staff under the tremendous lead of the Fire Prevention Committee Chair Lisa Glass or commonly known by the youth of the Avon Grove community as "Fire Lisa" head out to the elementary schools; kindergarten centers and day care centers to spread the ... (Full Story & Photos)
On a Saturday evening at approximately 5:45pm, nearly all area fire companies were called to assist the Avondale Fire Company with a house fire on East Avondale - New London Road, at the intersection of Clay Creek Roads and Inniscrone Drive. The fire, which took nearly 2.5 hours to control, caused extensive damage to the home.
The initial dispatch indicated the home was on fire with many calls ... (Full Story & Photos)
Crews from all of southern Chester County's fire companies responded to this London Grove Township house fire on Saturday, which took more than two hours to bring under control.
Scenario 1- A vehicle that had rear-ended a box truck
On September 11, members travelled to Blittersdorf's Towing in Avondale to wrap up our month-long training topic of BVR (Basic Vehicle Rescue). Topics covered include removing doors and windows, utilizing air bags to stabilize a vehicle, "dash rolls", and other various techniques we as first responders use to free trapped victims from cars. Blittersdorf's was kind enough to donate four cars, and ... (Full Story & Photos)
Monday evening found the volunteers at West Grove Fire Company engaged with their weekly training, this week's topic was on air bag operations. Air bags are a tool carried on Rescue 22 that will allow the lifting of heavy objects during a rescue operation. Tonight's training centered around becoming proficient in the operation of the air bag controller and well as a tactical objective of lifting ... (Full Story & Photos)
Final height reached using many pieces of cribbing in combination with the air bags to provide the lift during training.
A comprehensive five session annual Basic Vehicle Rescue review is underway through out the month of August. Training Objectives include: Vehicle Stabilization & scene assessment, Door And Roof Removal, Dash Roll and Dash Lift techniques, EMS role at the accident scene, A Live cutting session will conclude the review where members will be challenged with rescue scenarios in which to apply their skills. ... (Full Story & Photos)
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