On Tuesday, first responders were called to the Avon Grove High School in Penn Township for a reported chemical spill in one of the science classrooms. Working closely with the Chester County HazMat Team, Penn Township and school officials, the WGFC team worked to assure the safety of the school environment for students, staff and first responders.
Ever wonder what a "typical" day looks like for a busy local fire department? On Tuesday, it was a busy day for the crews of WGFC:
The day started out for our crews with a residential carbon monoxide alarm in London Grove Township at 7:35am. Engine 22-1 arrived to find the alarm activation was related to light smoke from cooking. No hazardous conditions were found within the home.
In 1922, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) named the second week of October Fire Prevention Week in commemoration of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and, since then, fire safety education has been a focus of the month of October. Each year, the West Grove Fire Company sends its first responders out to area schools and daycares in a focused effort to reach young children with fire safety ... (Full Story & Photos)
How to safely charge batteries is a national focus during Fire Prevention Week this year.
WGFC first responders handled this crash where a pickup left the roadway and struck a tree. No victims were found at the scene.
Early Saturday morning, West Grove first responders were sent to a reported vehicle crash on Route 841 at the intersection with Old School House Road.
At 645am, a passerby noticed a pickup truck off the road into the woods and called 911. The pickup was about 25 feet off the road, and had slammed into a tree. Engine 22-1 arrived along with Ambulance 22-1. Crews found a badly damaged pickup with ... (Full Story & Photos)
First responders were dispatched for a vehicle fire in West Marlborough Township Tuesday evening.
The call was dispatched for the Kennett Regional Fire Department, and, with reports of the call right on the district lines, the on-station duty crew at the West Grove Fire Company responded to assist. Ultimately, the call was about 1/10 of a mile north of the intersection, closer to Laramee Road.
West Grove firefighters responded to a reported fuel link in Penn Township Tuesday along Route 796 near the Penn London elementary school.
Engine 22-1 handled the call and found a large truck / crane combination leaking diesel fuel from a tank puncture. The damage was likely caused from a rock at a job site the same morning. Crews used oil dry materials to handle the leaking fuel until a tow service ... (Full Story & Photos)
The area community purchased more than 600 tickets for a delicious chicken barbeque meal held Saturday at the Avondale station to benefit the fire company.
A crew of about 30 first responders began cooking at 6am Saturday morning. More than 700 chicken quarters were slow cooked on massive cookers, seasoned and turned by the cooking crew. Meals included chicken, a four-bean salad, mushroom salad, ... (Full Story & Photos)
Crews worked from 6am until mid-afternoon cooking barbeque chicken as part of a fundraiser to support SCCFR.
Crews from West Grove and Oxford assisted Singerly of Elkton on this house fire near the state line below Lewisville. (Thanks to Oxford for this photo)
Units from Chester and New Castle Counties were called to provide mutual aid to the Singerly Fire Company of Elkton at a fire near Lewisville in a residence at 630pm Saturday evening. The call was just south of the PA-Maryland border off of Route 841/MD213.
West Grove sent Engine 22-1 and Tanker 22 to the house fire, with reports of a bedroom on the second floor fully involved. Arriving Elkton ... (Full Story & Photos)
