Firefighters from West Grove and Avondale conducted a shared training exercise focusing on engine company operations at the New London station Monday evening.
First arriving engine companies have a critical assignment at fires: size up the scene, quickly deploy handlines, and move with purpose to get water on the fire as soon as possible. Training hones those skills, especially helping firefighters ... (Full Story & Photos)
Firefighters from the West Grove Fire Company responded to reports of a shed fire Saturday in the Avon Wheel Estates neighborhood of London Grove Township. A fully involved shed fire had spread to a large tree and fire was threatening an adjacent residence.
Engine 22-1 arrived and laid in from a nearby hydrant, with crews quickly deploying an 1-3/4" attack line. With fire fueled by a reported gas ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC firefighters deploy a handline to prevent a shed and tree fire from damaging a residence in London Grove Township.
First responders reflect on the 25th anniversary of 9-11 at the Memorial Garden at the Avondale station.
First responders from the West Grove Fire Company participated in two events Friday, commemorating the 25th anniversary of September 11.
At the Avondale firehouse, first responders from the WGFC, Avondale Fire Company, Kennett Regional Fire Department, Medic 94, PA State Police, and the Southern Chester County Regional Police took a moment of remembrance and reflection at the 9-11 Memorial Garden ... (Full Story & Photos)
Students were welcomed back to the Penn London Elementary School along with the West Grove Fire Company.
First responders were on hand with fire prevention materials and apparatus tours, engaging with hundreds of students and parents. Our thanks to the Avon Grove PTA for the invitation to this popular, annual event. ... (Full Story & Photos)
Engine 22-2 was a student favorite at the annual welcome back to school event at the Penn London School Friday evening.
WGFC has completed annual testing of 16,000 feet of various size hose used for fighting fires and moving water.
It may surprise you to learn that the West Grove Fire Company uses more than 16,000 feet of hose ranging from the 1" forestry lines up to our 5" large diameter supply hose. That’s about three miles of hose which is carried on the WGFC fleet: 1 Brush unit, 3 Engines, 1 Squad, and a Tanker, each carrying a wide variety of fire attack and water supply hose (along with lots of spare hose at each of the ... (Full Story & Photos)
Tuesday night's thunderstorms created power outages, wires down, and lightning strikes that kept the fire company busy at calls across our area, and into Delaware and Cecil Counties.
With the extended power outage comes call for CO Alarms -- there were two of those calls simultaneously early Wednesday morning. These CO alarm calls are typically the result of exhaust from portable generators leaking ... (Full Story & Photos)
This generator's exhaust was pushing back into the corner of this home, with carbon monoxide gas getting into the residence. Two CO alarm calls Wednesday morning for the WGFC were generator-exhaust related.
Kevin Sweeney has been elected as the first fire chief of the newly formed Southern Chester County Fire Rescue, which will result from the merger of the Avondale & West Grove fire companies.
At a historic meeting last evening, significant progress was made toward the merger of the Avondale & West Grove fire companies with the election of officers for the new organization, Southern Chester County Fire Rescue (SCCFR), which is expected to begin operations on January 1, 2027.
In a meeting attended by members of both fire companies, Neil Vaughn was elected president and Kevin Sweeney was ... (Full Story & Photos)
The 23rd Annual West Grove Fire Company golf event was held on a gorgeous day Friday at London Grove Township's Inniscrone Golf Club.
The sold-out event featured 28 golf foursomes playing a scramble format at an event which raises money for the fire company, with funds used to support various community causes.
The fire company is thankful to the supervisors of London Grove Township for their support ... (Full Story & Photos)
Golfers make their way out on the course for the 23rd Annual WGFC Golf Event.
