| 2008 Fallen
Firefighters Memorial |
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October 5, 2008-
Once again this year, members of WEFR traveled
to Emmitsburg, MD to participate in the 27th
Annual Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend.
This year 110 of our fallen brothers and sisters
were honored, 101 from 2007 and 9 from previous
years. Fire Chief Randy O'Donnell and Chief
Crawford Wiestling assisted with the candle
lighting in the Chapel on Saturday and were in
attendance on Sunday. FF Ryan Gochenauer acted
as a family escort for one of the 110 families.
FF's Matt Martenas, Eric Jones, Anthony Diehl,
and Ryan Elborne participated in honor guard
activities for the weekend. Finally, FF Paul
White assisted with child care for the families
on Saturday. Thanks to all who sacrificed a
weekend from their families to give a little
something back to our fallen brothers and
sisters families. |
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(Photos taken by Ryan Elborne & Fire Chief
O'Donnell)
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| Cramer's Insurance
Donates Fire Safety Materials! |
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October 6,
2008-
Today, Carl L.
Cramer Insurance kicked off Fire
Prevention week by donating Fire Safety
Materials to be used by the three
departments during their fire prevention
activities. Fire Prevention Week runs
from October 5th until the 11th.
Thank you
Cramer's Insurance! |
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(Photos taken by Denny
Clopper)
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| Industrial Accident at Valley
Quarries |
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October 15, 2008-
Squad 15 was dispatched to assist Co. 52 with an Industrial
Accident at Valley Quarries, located at 472 Newville Rd.
Units arrived to find two cement silos which had collapsed. |
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(Photos taken by Denny Clopper)
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| Another DCFD
Fireman! |
October
17, 2008-
Today, another
member of WEFR has officially joined the
ranks of the DCFD. Probationary Fireman
Jeremy Heckman graduated from the DCFD
Training Academy. Jeremy has been
assigned to Engine 17, #3 platoon.
Engine 17 is known as the "Jackson H.
Gerhart House", in honor of our long
lost brother. Jeremy joins a long list
of WEFR members who have made
firefighting their career both in the
DCFD and other Departments in the
Tri-state area.
Good Luck Jeremy! |
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(Photos taken by
Jeremy Heckman's family)
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| Fire Prevention at
Nancy Grayson Elementary |
October 17, 2008-
Company 15, along with other members of the
Shippensburg Fire Department, continued its
fire prevention activities this month by
utilizing a smoke house. Members set up the
smoke house at Nancy Grayson Elementary school
and demonstrated to the students how they should
react if their house would experience a fire.
They discussed evacuation techniques and allowed
the kids to tour the apparatus.
Thanks goes out
to Station 4 for allowing us to borrow the Smoke
House! Also, A Special Thank You to
Gary Himes for transporting it to and
from "The Big House"! |
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(Photos taken by Denny
Clopper)
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| Annual Shippenburg Halloween
Parade |
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October 18, 2008-
Members participated in the annual Shippensburg Halloween
Parade! |
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(Photos taken by Denny Clopper)
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| MVA at Baltimore Rd
& Cleversburg Rd |
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October 19, 2008-
Squad 15 responded to the intersection of
Baltimore Rd & Cleversburg Rd for an auto
accident. Units from Co. 52 and Squad 15
arrived to find two vehicles involved with no
entrapment and the roadway completely blocked.
Squad 15 returned to service after assisting EMS
and checking for leaks and hazards. |
Photo taken by
Sara Myers |
Photo taken by
Denny Clopper |
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| MVA in front of 617
W. King St. |
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October 20, 2008-
Company 15 was alerted at 21:40 hrs for a MVA in
front of 617 W. King St. in the borough of
Shippensburg, Box 54-01. Squad 15 arrived to
find one vehicle which had struck a parked car
in front of the above address. Squad 15 checked
for hazards and leaks. Only minor injuries
occurred. Company 15 returned to service. |
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(Photos taken by Denny
Clopper)
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| MVA With One Trapped
on PA Turnpike |
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October 23, 2008-
Squad 15 was dispatched just after 4 p.m. to the
PA Turnpike, mile marker 211 East Bound, for an
MVA involving multiple tractor trailers. Units
arrived to find a tractor trailer hauling boxes
of dirt who had rear ended another tractor
trailer full of syrup. The driver of the
tractor trailer was heavily pinned. There was
heavy impact in the front of the cab from rear
ending the other tractor trailer and in the back
of the cab from his load shifting forward into
the cab. Three Rescue Squads were present on
the scene and crews from Co. 51, 47, 15 and Sta.
4 assisted with their tools in the extrication.
Extrication took approximately one and a half
hours. The patient was flown from the scene by
Life Lion. Rescue Squad 15 returned to service
shortly after 7 p.m.. |
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| One Trapped & One
Ejected on PA Turnpike |
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October 25, 2008-
Squad 15 was dispatched to the PA Turnpike, mile
marker 204 East Bound at the Three Square Hollow
Rd overpass, for an MVA with entrapment and
ejection. Units arrived to find a passenger car
vs. a tractor trailer. One occupant of the car
was ejected and determined to be a class 4
patient. Two other occupants were entrapped in
the car. The Squad crew, along with Co. 51
members, began extrication of the victims. Air
medical was unavailable due to the weather.
Three patients were transported via ambulance,
one later died at the hospital. Squad 15
returned to service after extrication was
complete and all patients were transported. |
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| Box Alarm for Smoke
in the Basement |
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October 26, 2008-
Company 15 was dispatched on a box alarm for
smoke in the basement of 330 E. Garfield St. in
the boro of Shippensburg. |
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(Photos taken by Denny
Clopper)
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Child's Dream
Article
The following is an article written by Fire Chief Randy O'Donnell about
our annual Child's Dream Weekend. It has been published on the
www.everyonegoeshome.com
website, along with an article inspired by Chief Crawford Wiestling
about a similar program in Minnesota. This program is just one way
that WEFR is reaching out to the community, please take the time to read
it. A link to Chief Wiestling's article is located at the bottom
of this one. Thank You!
Child's Dream Weekend Teaches Kids the Courage to Be Safe!
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