UPCOMING EVENTS |
BREAKFAST
Sunday, May 26th
7 am - 11 am
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CHICKEN BBQ &
COMMUNITY YARD SALE
Saturday, June 15th |
BREAKFAST
Sunday, June 23rd
7 am - 11 am
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Mar |
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Apr |
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6 |
May |
25 |
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June |
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July |
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Aug |
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Sept |
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24 |
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Mar |
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Apr |
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12 |
May |
26 |
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June |
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16 |
July |
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20 |
Aug |
10 |
12 |
Sept |
12 |
17 |
Oct |
33 |
19 |
Nov |
16 |
11 |
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Mar |
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10 |
May |
15 |
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June |
17 |
12 |
July |
11 |
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Aug |
16 |
22 |
Sept |
18 |
16 |
Oct |
12 |
15 |
Nov |
17 |
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Join PTVFD Today!!!
We are looking for people who are interested in running emergency calls (including
firefighters, EMS personnel, and rescue workers), as well as assist with events and fundraising activities.
Anyone from age 14 and older is welcome to join.
If interested, please contact Tim Knepp, Sr. at
717-486-5488.
Click here to download a membership application.
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Bingo Every Friday Night!
Games start at 7 pm |
Water Hauling Service Available
Need your swimming pool filled? Need a large amount of
water for anything else? Well, we can help you out! We offer delivery of water to residents of Penn Township, as well as neighboring townships. Water is hauled from our Tanker 250, which holds 2,500 gallons of water. If you need more than 2,500 gallons, we can make several trips until we fulfill your needs. For pricing details and/or to schedule a delivery, please contact our firehouse at (717) 486-5488.
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Rent Our Social Hall!
Our Social Hall is available for rent for any occasion, such as a
wedding or a group meeting. For pricing and availability, please
contact Cindy Whistler at (717) 243-5090.
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Free Smoke Detectors
If your family is in need of a smoke detector, Penn Township Fire Department will provide you with one free of charge. Please call the firehouse at (717) 486-5488 or contact Chris Alleman at (717) 226-0636 for more details.
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JOIN US AT OUR MEAT RAFFLE TONIGHT |
4/13/13 - 09:37 |
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| We will be serving Bar-B-Que, potato salad and baked beans for the dinner tonight at the Meat Raffle, Saturday April 13th. Doors will open at 5 pm, with dinner served soon thereafter. The raffle will then get underway around 6 pm or so. We hope to see you there! |
EASTER EVENTS PLANNED FOR THIS WEEKEND |
3/28/13 - 06:07 |
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| Please join us this weekend for our Easter-related events. We are holding a Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday (March 30th) on our grounds, which will take place around 10 am. And then on Sunday (March 31st) we will be having an All-You-Care-To-Eat Easter Breakfast in our hall, which will take place from 7 am to 11 am. |
YEAR-END STATS / HAPPY NEW YEAR |
1/3/13 - 17:05 |
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| For the year of 2012, our company responded to a total of 384 emergency calls, consisting of 189 Fire calls and 195 EMS calls. 2012 marks the first year for our department that our EMS calls have surpassed our Fire calls. Since we have no ambulance at our station, we rely on ambulance services from Newville, Shippensburg, Mt. Holly Springs and Carlisle to respond to medical calls in our first due territory, along with the assistance of our first responder medical services from our station, including our QRS (Quick Response Service) unit. The goal is to have our medical providers arrive at the scene before ambulance services from our neighboring departments. Thanks to all of our neighboring mutual aid companies and to all of our members for their invaluable services this past year. And special thanks to the support you have given to us to make 2012 such a succesful year. Lets hope to make 2013 even better than the last! Happy New Year! |
MVA WITH ENTRAPMENT IN MOOREDALE |
12/30/12 - 03:30 |
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Units were alerted at 16:21 hours on Christmas Day for an auto accident in the area of Walnut Bottom Road and Mooredale Road in Dickinson Township. Chief 150 arrived on the scene to find a 2 vehicle accident with entrapment. The patient was extricated shortly after arrival. A total of 8 patients were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Units cleared the scene at 16:57 hours.
UNITS: Rescue 50, Chief 150, Chief 6, Chief 6A
MUTUAL AID: Engine 141, Rescue 45 |
SHED FIRE ON GREASON ROAD |
12/30/12 - 03:20 |
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Units were alerted at 03:52 hours on December 19th for a possible barn fire in the 600 block of Greason Road in West Pennsboro Township. Chief 46 arrived on the scene to find a well-involved shed on fire next to a barn. Tanker 150 assisted with water supply on the scene and Tanker 250 staged per command. Both tankers went available approximately 2 hours later.
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2 VEHICLE MVA AT ROUTE 11 & FICKES ROAD |
12/30/12 - 02:25 |
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Units were alerted at 19:00 hours on December 7th for an auto accident with unknown injuries in the area of Route 11 & Centerville Road. Units arrived on the scene to find a 2 vehicle accident on Route 11 near Fickes Road in Penn Township. Several patients were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Fire Police shut down Route 11 from Centerville Road to Smith Road. Units cleared the scene at 20:12 hours.
UNITS: QRS 50, Chief 150
MUTUAL AID: Engine 147, Chief 147
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FIRE TRAINING ON CENTERVILLE ROAD |
12/30/12 - 01:58 |
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Members from our station, along with members from Companies 47, 49, and 53 attended a fire training exercise at a vacant house in the 1000 block of Centerville Road on Penn Township on November 29th and December 2nd. Several different exercises were performed, including pumping artificial smoke into the house and simulating different search & rescue scenarios. Thanks to everyone involved, we had a great time!
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CHIMNEY FIRE ON OLD SHIPPENSBURG ROAD |
12/30/12 - 01:17 |
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Units were alerted at 05:07 hours on November 19th for a chimney fire on Old Shippensburg Road in Cooke Township. Units arrived on the scene to find some support beams underneath the house that were smoldering. The smoldering beams were extinguished and all units were placed available a short time later.
UNITS: Tanker 150, Chief 150
MUTUAL AID: Engine 236, Truck 36, Brush 136, Adams County Engine 7-1, Adams County Engine 7-2, Adams County Engine-Tanker 27
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FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE |
12/30/12 - 00:44 |
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Our station was alerted at 09:50 hours on November 6th to assist on a motor vehicle accident with a tractor trailer fire in the area of milemarker 30.2 in Southampton Township. Tanker 250 responded and assisted with water supply to Engine 252 before going available approximately an hour later.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF JULIE A. KOUGH |
12/22/12 - 02:52 |
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Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of Julie Kough, who died this past Tuesday at Harrisburg Hospital. Julie was vice president and proud member of our fire department, as well as a loving wife of our current fire chief, Robert Kough Jr. Funeral services will be held this morning at 10:30 am at Ewing Brothers Funeral Home in Carlisle. Julie will be laid to rest at Westminster Memorial Gardens in Carlisle.
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PICKUP TRUCK FIRE ON SOUTHSIDE DRIVE |
12/22/12 - 02:35 |
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Units were alerted at 15:19 hours on October 21st for a pickup truck on fire near a house in the 200 block of Southside Drive in Penn Township. Chief 50 arrived on the scene to find a well involved pickup truck on fire. Units on the scene extinguished the fire before going available at 15:55 hours.
UNITS: Engine 250, Chief 50
MUTUAL AID: Engine 49, Traffic 49
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MVA AT ROUTE 233 & WALNUT BOTTOM ROAD |
12/5/12 - 08:48 |
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Units were alerted at 16:49 hours on October 19th for an auto accident at Route 233 and Walnut Bottom Road in Penn Township. Chief 150 arrived on the scene to find a 2 vehicle accident at the intersection, with all occupants out of their vehicles. Units on the scene assisted with clean-up before going available a short time later.
UNITS: Engine 250, Chief 150
MUTUAL AID: Engine 49
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VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON SOUTH MOUNTAIN |
12/5/12 - 08:28 |
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Units were alerted at 08:51 hours on October 19th for an auto accident with possible entrapment in the area of Centerville Road and Pinebrook Drive in Cooke Township. Captain 150 arrived on the scene to find a 2 vehicle accident on the s-curves near Ridge Road. All occupants were out of their vehicles. One patient was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Centerville Road was closed for approximately an hour while the accident was cleared.
UNITS: Engine 250, Traffic 50, Captain 150
MUTUAL AID: Engine 49, Chief 249, Rescue 47, Traffic 36
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SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON I-81 |
12/5/12 - 01:15 |
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Units were alerted at 11:20 hours on October 12th for an auto accident in the area of milemarker 34 on northbound Interstate 81 in Penn Township. Units arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the roadway. Crews at the scene assisted with patient packaging before going available.
UNITS: Traffic 50
MUTUAL AID: Engine 49, Engine 147, Squad 54
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FIRE PREVENTION & SAFETY EVENT PHOTOS |
12/5/12 - 01:10 |
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Our company attended numerous Fire Prevention events during the month of October this year. Pictures from some of these details are posted below. Thanks to all of our township residents and neighboring fire companies for thier continued support!
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TRACTOR TRAILER CRASH ON THE INTERSTATE |
12/4/12 - 00:36 |
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Units were alerted at 03:07 hours on September 24th for an auto accident involving 2 tractor trailers in the area of milemarker 38 on northbound Interstate 81 in Penn Township. Units arrived on the scene to find 2 tractor trailers in the roadway.Crews on the scene cleaned up a large gas spill and spilled product from the trailers on the roadway. One patient was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. Northbound I-81 from exit 37 to exit 44 was closed to traffic until approximately 11 am as a result of the crash.
UNITS: Engine 250, Tanker 150, Traffic 50, Chief 150
MUTUAL AID: Engine 141, Tanker 41, Rescue 45, Chief 145, Engine 247, Traffic 3, Traffic 33, Traffic 36, Traffic 52
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TRASH FIRE ON PINE ROAD |
12/4/12 - 00:20 |
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Units were alerted at 15:01 hours on September 14th for a trash fire in the 1400 block of Pine Road in Penn Township. Brush 50 arrived on the scene to find a pile of debris burning at the scene of a previous house fire. Crews extinguished the fire before going available approximately one hour later.
UNITS: Brush 50, Engine 250, Tanker 150, Chief 50, Chief 150 |
CUMBERLAND COUNTY CONVENTION & GAMES |
11/20/12 - 04:52 |
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4 members from our station and 2 members from Company 49 attended the Cumberland County Convention Games on September 12th. Our team won 1st place in the Bucket Brigade and 3rd place in Fastest Dressed. The Cumberland County Convention Parade was then held on September 15th, where our Engine 250 won 3rd place in Best Appearing Engine from 2006-present, and our Tanker 250 won 2nd place for Eliptical Tanker.
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SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON CENTERVILLE ROAD |
11/20/12 - 04:27 |
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Units were alerted at 03:36 hours on September 11th for an auto accident with a vehicle into a tree in the 1500 block of Centerville Road in Penn Township. Engine 250 arrived on the scene to find a single vehicle off the road. Units on the scene assisted with patient packaging before going available.
UNITS: Engine 250, Chief 150
MUTUAL AID: Engine 49, Chief 49
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HUNTINGDON & ADAMS COUNTY CONVENTIONS |
11/20/12 - 03:53 |
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Members from our fire department attended the Huntingdon County Convention held at Three Spring Fire Company on July 14th where our Engine 250 took 1st Place Out Of County Engine, and we also won for Farthest Traveled Fire Company. We also attended the Adams County Convention on August 11th, where our Tanker 150 won 1st place Out Of County Tanker.
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