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Incidents We finished June with 61 calls.  There were five fire-related responses included an assist with two residential structure fires in the Town of McCandless. There were also two vehicle fires with a car fire assist in Marshall Township and a cement mixer fire in Pine. Crews responded to seven…

Incidents We finished May with 42 calls.  There were four fire-related responses included an assist in Adams Township with a garage fire, a vehicle fire in Marshall, and a couple of small mulch fires. Crews responded to two motor vehicle crashes with injuries. One involved a vehicle that hit a…

Incidents We finished April with 41 calls.  The two fire-related responses included an assist with a chimney fire in Valencia and a mulch fire at a commercial building in Pine. There were six motor vehicle crashes involving injuries in Pine including five in Pine and one in Marshall Township. Most…

Incidents We finished March with 32 calls.  Five fire-related responses included a residential structure fire on Old State Road in Pine and four brush fires in Pine and Marshall townships. The residential fire on Old State Road occurred in an unoccupied home. Fire hydrants were not close to the property…

We regret to report the loss of a retired life member, William “Bucky” McAfee, this past Friday. Bucky served as a board member in the fire company and was also served for many years as a supervisor for the Township of Pine. His efforts with both entities certainly helped shape…

Incidents We finished February with 31 calls.  Three fire-related incidents included assisted with a commercial structure fire in Richland Township, a confined cooking fire in McCandless, and a chimney fire on Pinkerton Road in Pine. Here is a breakdown of incident totals by major incident type category: False Alarm &…

Incidents We finished January with 24 calls.  Most incidents were minor in nature. There was one chimney fire incident in Pine. The fire was contained to the chimney flue.   Here is a breakdown of incident totals by major incident type category: False Alarm & False Call- 3 Fire- 3 Good…

We regret to announce the passing of Life Member Raymond McKinney. Ray was a long time dedicated member serving as president, board member, and lieutenant during his active years. We were recently honored to help celebrate Ray’s 95th birthday with a parade past his house. Our membership is forever thankful…

2020 is in the books, and while we understand most would like to forget and move on, here is a short review of our activities for the year. Incidents We finished 2020 with 417 total calls. This total is a decrease from previous years, likely due to a lower call…

Our hearts are saddened this week as we lost a long time member of the Wexford VFC family. Life member George Thunell passed away on January 4. George was a respected member of the company serving in multiple positions, including fire chief. He was also an active scuba diver when…