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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…

For many of us, the memories of the summer between our senior year of high school and college include senior beach trips, parties, and preparing for that all important first year of college. Not many can lay claim to spending that summer on the grounds of a fire training academy…

We are pleased to announce the following Wexford Volunteer Fire Company sponsored community events for the remainder of 2018: Saturday, September 29- Open House/Live Fire Demonstration 1p to 3p- We will open our main station on North Chapel Drive to community for some demonstrations and fun for kids. Kids will be able…

June was another very active month for incidents with forty-seven total responses. Vehicle accidents and fire alarms were most common. Wexford crews assisted Marshall VFD with a vehicle fire on Perry Highway at Freeport Road. Members spent June training on truck company operations, and specifically ground ladders and related operations. Fire…

Training this month has focused on the ground ladders element of truck company operations. Last week, members ran through multiple evolutions of ladder carries and raises. Last night, members added climbing and working with tools from a ladder. They had a chance to clear out a simulated window from a…

Anyone living in the area of our main station on North Chapel may have heard the sounds of aluminum banging on masonry walls yesterday evening. Nothing was going wrong, members were just working on ladders skills as part of this month’s training topic on truck company operations. Members worked on…

May was another steady month with 39 incidents which ranged from alarms, to vehicle crashes to utility pole fires. Brush fires fortunately tapered off after a very active brush fire season in April. Vehicle crashes are definitely on an upward trend in this area with increasing traffic volume. Use caution on…

“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!”- Last night’s training brought that famous line from the movie “Dodge Ball” to mind. This month’s training focus on engine company operations continued with the 2 1/2 inch hose line, which is a larger caliber hose line for advanced…

May 8th was a beautiful night to flow some water. For weekly training, members worked on flow testing some hose lines and master stream operations on Engine 1. There is more to fire suppression than simply squirting water at a fire. Fire engine hose packages should be set up to achieve…