In a few weeks time the Newtown Square Fire Company will be proud owners of  a 2008 Pierce Velocity PUC.  This unit has been in the works for about a year now and we are extremely pleased with the final product.

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When the Newtown Square Fire Company was dispatched to the 6000 block of Goshen Road, Willistown, Chester County on April 15, the resulting fire provided the potential of a reminiscent challenge.  The 11:30 a.m. dispatch aired the simple message, “Brush and woods.” Upon their arrival, Newtown Square firefighters found a fire fanned by a brisk wind and fueled by an expanse of dry brush.

A segment of the two-county fire fighting crew is seen during the final stages of extinguishing one of many wind-enhanced areas that kept fire crews busy in a Willistown Township, Chester County fire on Tuesday, April 15

The Newtown Square Vol. Fire Co. Auxiliary collects Acme Receipt for the firefighters of Newtown Square.  Please collect and place you Acme receipts in the mailbox marked "Acme Receipts" infront of the firehouse, it is located on the railing next to the Wawa parking lot.  Every bit helps.

When asked the question, “What is the quickest way to lift a bus?” the answer volunteered by Newtown Square firefighters will probably differ from the answers provided by non-firefighters.  The method that would be used by firefighters would use available, specialty tools and they would not have to wait for the arrival of the answer suggested by non-firefighters.

The Newtown Square firefighter response would cite two items. One would be a specially fabricated device that looks somewhat like a pillow. The other would be the cylindrical, pressurized air bottle worn by firefighters when they enter hostile environments.

In explaining this lifting method and the effective rescue device, Chief Doug Everlof stated, “This simple ‘lifting muscle’ is the product of training, the supply of air contained in the self-contained breathing bottle, and a very strong, yet flexible pillow-looking device.”

The target for a recent training exercise was a common rescue backboard and two, special lifting devices called airbags. The left airbag is un-inflected, while its counterpart on the right is almost totally inflated. In practice, a controlling device, not picture, permits the operator to do either simultaneous or individual rates of inflations. The demands of rescue dictate which method will be use.

Thanks to the Newtown Square Vol. Fire Co. Auxiliary Class B uniforms were purchased for all memebers.  Firefighter will utilize these uniforms for cover assignments, fire prevention week events, duty nights etc.

Lt. Mike Kenny possing in his new Class Bs