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February was a steady month with 29 calls. Our crews assisted Marshall VFD with a motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Perry Highway and Thornhill Road with one person trapped on February 10. We took delivery of a new squad vehicle. The new squad features a utility body in…

January was not an extremely busy month, but steady with 28 fire calls. The most common type of call was motor vehicle crashes. There were no calls involving significant fire loss or of other serious nature. Members started off the year training on basics with topics such as modern fire…

As we wrap up 2019, we’re pleased to report that we’ll have some new faces in key leadership positions for 2020. President Dave Buttermore has elected to step out of the president’s position after serving in the position three separate times in his over 50 years of service to the…

A commercial structure fire occurred on November 30 at a building located on Wallace Road. The fire was reported at approximately 10:30 am. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the building, and a fire started coming from a portion of the roof shortly after arrival. A second alarm…

November was an extremely active month for the members of the Wexford VFC. We responded to 50 calls that included many severe weather-related responses, and a commercial structure fire on Wallace Road. The equipment mounting and reflective striping were completed for our new Seagrave 95ft Aerialscope tower ladder, and the…

We received word from the North Pole that our date with Santa has been confirmed for December 14! We’ll be bringing him around the Township of Pine between 10 am and 5 pm.

October is always a busy time of year for the members of the Wexford Volunteer Fire Company with various events, education and other activities. We were active with 39 fire calls. The rain and high wind weather event on Halloween generated 8 weather related incidents from flooded basements, to trees…

We were honored to be invited to St. Seelos Academy for a dinner to show appreciation for local emergency responders on October 22. The sit down dinner was completely staffed with student greeters and servers. Students also provided artwork on placemats and keepsake prayer rocks that were given to attendees….

Our Kids Halloween Party and Costume Contest was a great success on Friday, October 25! We had 100 kids participate and over 200 guests at the station for the event. It is always great to see the kids in their costumes, and there were certainly some awesome costume designs this…

July was an uncharacteristically quiet month for fire calls with 26, but members were still very active with training and many other department activities. We were pleased to be a part of another Pine Township Community Day as the Township celebrated the 30th anniversary of the event. With the help…