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)
WGFC first responders handled this crash where a pickup left the roadway and struck a tree. No victims were found at the scene.
Engine 22-1 crews roll hose after extinguishing a car fire on Route 841 north of Chatham. No driver was found at the scene.
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)
WGFC Engine 22-1 handled a fuel leak on this truck in Penn Township.
Crews worked from 6am until mid-afternoon cooking barbeque chicken as part of a fundraiser to support SCCFR.
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)
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)
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)
Crews ready to make entry into the training trailer at the New London station during engine operations training.
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)
