Tuesday, June 29, 2010 7PM If you have been fitted for a personal facepiece for our new SCBA’s (BA), please pay attention to these dates of importance about our new Scott NXG7 Air packs as well as a timetable for placing the units in service. 6/18: Tentative Receipt Date for the Units from the Factory. 6/29: Factory Demo by Scott Reps. Additional Training will be Available if you are unable to attend this Tues. HOWEVER, we would like to have as many people as possible attend this night. If you are planning on wearing a BA and do not have urgent prior commitments, please plan to attend this evening. If you are not able to attend, we will make arrangements for you. 7/6: In House Training: Again, we plan on covering departmental SOG's this evening and it is imperative that all individuals wearing BA attend. Again, please RSVP to this E-mail. If you are unable to attend, arrangements will be made. Facepieces will be distributed this evening AND at the conclusion of this training, the new BA's will be placed on the rigs, and will be in service. 7/27: Combined Training: This training will focus on Station 1-6 and the RIT/PAK Tracker capabilities of our new BA's. Again, we need everyone to attend, as we must all be familiar with these features. The Chief's Office is going to be working with the Engineer's Office regarding bracket replacements for the new high pressure cylinders. Again, it is imperative that we all attend these trainings, as facepieces will not be issued to individuals until after completing the necessary training. As always, thank you for your commitment to the department and training! If there are any questions on the new BA’s and receiving training in their use please direct them to Captain Mike Kiefer
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 6:30PM Join us for our annual Open House on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Station 1-5. We are located at 135 S State St, Ephrata. There will be demonstrations of all of our equipment and a chance to try using the equipment for yourself.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 7PM There is a growing need for volunteers in the fire department and we need you’re help. We are looking for individuals who have the ability to work as a team, a willingness to help others and an interest in the fire service to become a member of our team. Please join us on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 7 p.m. for Recruitment Night to hear about the fire service, and find out how your skills can be beneficial for everyone. We are looking for members to serve in capacities such as Fire Fighter, Fire Police, Support Personnel and Auxiliary Members. If you have any questions, please call the station on any Tuesday evening between 6:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Also please stop by our Open House on Tuesday, June 22, 2010.
Friday, June 4, 2010 Crews were dispatched for a building fire in the 500 block of West Main St at the A-Plus gas station. EMS arrived with Lt 1-5-1 and found a vehicle on fire next to the building and advised County Radio of the change in call status. EMS crews responded from their station with extinguishers and prevented the fire from spreading prior to the arrival of Engine 1-5-2. The quick assistance from EMS and PD with multiple extinguishers prevented the fire from damaging anything other then the vehicle involved. This response prior to the arrival of the engine allowed a quick knockdown of the fire once the engine was on scene. It also prevented a time consuming overhaul of the vehicle as the fire was contained to mostly the engine compartment. This allowed the Pioneer volunteers to be able to return to work more quickly. The EMS staff was very glad the engine arrived as timely as they did as all available extinguishers were being used quickly and the fire was still growing and getting out of control. As Engine 1-5-2 returned to service County Dispatched advised of a second call in the district. Engine 1-5-2 and Deputy 1-5 responded for an Automatic Alarm at Cadmus Printing on Church St. Crews found a broken water pipe upon arrival. Back to back calls on a hot day.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 The Ephrata Pioneers were dispatched to assist EMS with a Landing Zone for a patient with a traumatic injury. Engine 1-5-1 responded and established the LZ and assisted EMS with patient care and transporting the patient the short distance to the helicopter. Penn Star 4 arrived and crew assisted in loading the patient in the aircraft. Engine 1-5-1 then returned available.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010 Station 1-5 was dispatched for a dumpster fire at Redners Market on North Reading Rd. While units were responding Deputy and Assistant 1-5 were advised by Lancaster County Radio that there were also reports of a dumpster fire in the 300 block of Church St. Crews located the fire to be in the Ephrata Borough cardboard recycling dumpster. The fire was brought under control quickly and units returned to service.
The Ephrata Pioneer Fire Company would like to introduce Squad 1-5-2, our newest addition to the fleet of apparatus used to better serve and protect the residents and visitors to the Ephrata Area. Squad 1-5-2 is a 2003 Chevy AWD Astro Van that will be utilized by the Fire Police division of the company. Squad 2 can carry 4 members and a host of traffic control equipment and devices. This vehicle will now help the Fire Police better protect firefighters and direct the community around emergency scenes from fires to accidents to weather closures. The unit carries additional barricades, DOT signs and radio equipment including the new Pyramid Repeater system which allows members to communicate further and more reliable making the job to traffic control easier and safer. The vehicle was equipped and assembled by the members of the Fire Police division of the Fire Company. Job well done.
Operational members are needed to assist in the “Every 15 Minutes” program. All those available are to be at station ready to leave by 10:45 on May 20th. The drill should take about an hour. If interested please sign up on the training board or contact Captain Weber. This is a pre-planed drill to be run as an actual call with live response to the scene. Other departments involved are Lincoln, Akron, Rescue, Ephrata Ambulance, Ephrata Hospital ALS, Ephrata Police and Life Lion. This is a national awareness program and further information can be found at www.every15minutes.com. Video of the last program the department participated in can be found here on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiKmAQv7RIg
Monday, April 19, 2010 Shortly before 2 am Monday morning units were dispatched to 998 Hammon Ave to assist Station 1-6 (Lincoln) with an apartment building fire. First arriving units encountered heavy fire from the rear and roof of the structure and quickly dispatched the second alarm assignment. Multiple handlines were deployed and a primary search of all 12 units was completed while Engine 1-6-1, Truck 1-5 and Truck 2-5 (Lititz) set up for master stream operations. Crews brought the fire under control in apporximately 30 minutes but remained on scene for several hours completing salvage and overhaul operations and hitting any hot spots. Photos coutesy of Pumpfire.com
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