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2018 was another record year with a total of 487 incidents. This was the highest total on record and an increase of 51 incidents from 2017’s total. A total of 56 members completed a total of 3894 of recorded man hours on incidents, training, company events and other activities in…

We were alerted at 1:44 am on December 1 for a working garage fire in Adams Township. The fire was reported to be threatening a nearby house. Engine 2, Chief, and Tanker responded to the fire. First due companies from Adams Area Fire District, and the Callery VFC found a…

Our members were extremely busy with calls in November with a total of 73. 51 calls occurred between the afternoon of November 15 and the end of the day on November 17. The overwhelming majority of these calls were due to a severe winter weather event involving freezing rain. During…

Fall is probably the busiest time of the year for our organization with events and activities, and they all come to a peak in October. With fire prevention month, we provided fire safety education to approximately 800 children at the preschool and grade school level through school visits and station tours. We also held…

September was another active month for fire calls with 49. The most common type of call was automatic fire alarms with over ten responses. The highlight for month included our open house on September 29. We estimate that about 50 people turned out over the two hour event. Activities included…

August was a little slower than previous months with 29 calls. Incidents of note include serious motor vehicle crashes in Marshall and Pine; two vehicle fires in Pine including a paper shredder truck; and a close call with a smoldering dishwasher control panel in Bradford Woods. We were able to…

Members attended the Wexford Block Party at the Northway Christian Community campus on August 24. The event was a great opportunity for our organization to connect with the community as hundreds of parents and kids stopped by our trucks. A big hit of the evening was when Junior Firefighter Nick Artzberger stopped by…

We were invited to join the Marshall Volunteer Fire Department in a car fire training class on Tuesday, August 7. Marshall scheduled the class and use of the car fire simulator through Butler County Community College and held the class at their station 2. Members rotated through “roll ins” for…

As we look back at July, we saw our busiest month of the year for calls with 49. The most notable incident involved a damaged gas line in the Stonewood East office park that required evacuation of one building and monitoring of four others until the gas company was able to stop leak. A quick moving…