The members of the West Grove Fire Company have the Cornell family in their thoughts this week, with the passing of Life Member Gwen Cornell of Landenberg, PA.
Gwen was a life long member of the West Grove Fire Company, serving as a volunteer on the ambulance for both emergencies and transports. She also served as an officer, as the Membership Secretary of the Ambulance Division. She was a member ... (Full Story & Photos)
Early on Sunday morning, at 3:15am, West Grove firefighters were dispatched for an auto accident that turned into a serious incident.
The call was for an accident on Route 896, south of Appleton Road, just below Kemblesville in Franklin Township. Responding units were told it was a single car accident, car vs. tree. West Grove's ambulance crew went on location first, requesting a second ambulance ... (Full Story & Photos)
West Grove units handled a serious auto accident on Route 896 in Franklin Township early Sunday morning. The incident sent two patients to a nearby trauma center.
Two Vehicle accident at the Intersection of Rt.-896 and State Road.
WGFC was dispatched to the intersection of SR 896 and State Road for a two vehicle accident with unknown injuries. Asssistant-22 arrived on scene and assumed command. Fortunately there were no injuries to the occupants requiring transport to local health care facilities. Units on scene secured the damaged vehicles, assisted EMS with patient assessment and Fire Police with traffic control. Route 896 ... (Full Story & Photos)
With the Summer heat and humidity arriving water based activities will draw people to pools, lakes, streams and rivers to cool down. With these activities bring the increase risk of water rescue incidents. Summer weather is very unpredictable which also brings an increase risk of water rescues with flooding and flash flooding conditions developing with little or no warning. To be better prepared to ... (Full Story & Photos)
On Wednesday June 7th over 40 EMS and Fire Personnel from West Grove, Union Fire Company #1 and Keystone Valley Fire Department gathered at Station 2 for a training session on combating the opioid epidemic. Dr. Derek Isenberg, an attending Emergency Room Physician at Temple University Hospital who serves as the Medical Director for the 3 aforementioned agencies arranged for Dr. Kristin McCloskey ... (Full Story & Photos)
During the height of the Annual Kennett Square Memorial Day Parade the Southern End Companies were dispatched for a building fire in the 1200 Block of Newark Road, New Garden Township. Units on the parade route from the Kennett Square Fire Company, Longwood Fire Company , Avondale Fire Company and West Grove Fire Company responded direct. Regional Police on location reported a working structure fire ... (Full Story & Photos)
FF/EMT Staud, FF/EMT DeMarco and FF/EMT Vickers honored for a successful cardiac arrest save
WGFC was well represented Wednesday evening at the Red Clay Room for the 13th Annual Chester County EMS Council Awards Banquet. Our crews along with several of our mutual aid agencies were honored with clinical save awards, pre-hospital delivery (child birth) commendation and clinical excellence awards. Firefighter Scott McLimans was honored with a well deserved Telecommunicator of the Year award ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC in conjunction with the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus held a Basic Fire Police Course at Station -22. Twenty three members attended the course which included seasoned WGFC Fire Police, Firefighters, EMTs, and Line Officers. The course consisted of two classroom sessions, a practical session and written examination. WGFC has dramatically increased the number of members who can serve ... (Full Story & Photos)
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