Thursday, April 19, 2012 About 0110 this morning District 19, Rescue 21, GC BLS 82-35 and Underwood Paramedics were dispatched to a Car vs. House MVC in the Mount Royal section of town. A vehicle with one occupant had lost control struck two parked cars, two houses causing significant damage to the second house and striking a natural gas main. Due to the patient’s deteriorating condition, the patient was rapidly extricated from the vehicle. BLS 82-35 & LS-1 transported the patient to Cooper Trauma. Fire Department crews stood by with scene lighting for the police departments investigation and to assist the EG Construction Code Official. The Code Official had been requested to check the structural integrity of the dwellings. Fire units operating on scene included Deputy 19, Rescue 1918, Engine 1911, Gibbstown Fire Units Chief 21 & Rescue 2118.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 On Tuesday Evening the volunteers of East Greenwich Township Fire & Rescue went to the Gloucester County Fire Academy to practice their skills. Tonight’s training session was on extinguishing vehicle fires. Crews’ worked on fine tuning skills. Thanks to the staff of the Gloucester County Fire Academy and Gloucester County College for allowing us to use the facility.
Sunday, April 15, 2012 We would like to remind everyone to make sure they test their smoke detectors monthly to ensure the batteries are in good working order. If you did not change the batteries out during the recent time change, now is a good time to do so. There have been many working house fires in South Jersey recently some with fatal outcomes. Please take time to read the article below that was recently posted by the Gloucester County Times.
Friday, April 13, 2012 On Friday Morning, District 19, Gloucester County BLS Units 82-35 and 82-45 and Life Support were dispatched to Kings Highway and County House Roads for a 2 Car, Head On Motor Vehicle Crash. Rescue 1918 & Utility 1910 responded to assist. Crews assisted EMS and with controlling the leaking fluids from the vehicles. One patient was transported to Underwood Hospital and one patient was transported to Cooper Trauma. Crews operated on scene for approximately 45 minutes. This was the second motor vehicle crash for the day. Units were operating out on Interstate 295 southbound around 0130hrs for a single car MVC.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 On Tuesday Evening the volunteers firefighters received some much need help from the East Greenwich Township Committee. After many meetings the Town Fathers were able to come to an agreement to finance a new Rescue Pumper for the volunteer fire department. The department proposed a 3 for 1 vehicle purchase during a public presentation at the committee’s February Meeting. The department proposed retiring a 29 year old fire engine, a 26 year old fire engine and an 18 year old rescue truck to be replaced with a new combination Rescue Pumper. The two older fire engine are open cabs, this meaning the rear seating areas and not in an enclosure. The Members of East Greenwich Township Fire and Rescue would like to Thank the members of the Township Committee for being able to forge a deal to provide the funding for the purchase of the safer more up to date piece of fire apparatus.
Sunday, April 1, 2012 This evening East Greenwich Township Fire and Rescue was dispatched to a cover assignment in neighboring Swedesboro / Woolwich Township. Station 25-1 had been dispatched to a dwelling fire. Just as Engine 1911 was to respond the assignment was upgraded to a working fire and Engine 1911 was reassigned to West Wolfert Station Road and Warrington Mill Road to establish a water supply to refill water tenders that would be used to supply the firefighting effort. Water Tenders were being used due to the lack of hydrants in the area. Engine 1911 established a draft site at Warrington Mill Pond suctioning water from the pond and using it to refill the tenders. East Greenwich Tender 1914 was used to shuttle water from the draft site to the scene. Rescue 1918 and Utility 1910 also responded. Crews operated for approximately 3 hours extinguishing the fire.
Thursday, March 29, 2012 The Annual Pancake & Sausage Breakfast is on Palm Sunday, April 1st at the East Greenwich Township Fire & Rescue's Clarksboro Station located at 5 West Cohawkin Road, Clarksboro. Breakfast is served from 8 am until 1 pm. Tickets are available at the door. $8 for adults, $7 for children and seniors. Benefits East Greenwich Township Fire & Rescue
Friday, March 23, 2012 At 06:00 hours, the volunteers of East Greenwich Township Fire & Rescue were dispatched as a RIC to an All Hands Building Fire on the 500 block of Elm Ave. in Woodbury Heights. The location was Woodbury Heights (15-1's) Firehouse. District 19 responded with Rescue 1918 and joined 6-3's RIC team providing safety and protection in case of a down or missing firefighter. Members of 15-1 were able to get out their equipment and fellow members gear which lined the sidewalk and front lawn of their Municipal Building next door as crews went in service to extinguish the fire on the second floor. The fire was placed under control and crews went in overhaul and salvage operations.(Photos Courtesy of William Reiger III & BC Senkier) District 15 had just celebrated their 100th Anniversary last year (2011) and unfortunately this incident brings back memories to a previous fire at the same location many years back.Our Thoughts and Prayers go out to "Raggs" Tommy Radcliffe who was airlifted to Crozier Medical Center after inhaling superheated air while removing the apparatus from the Engine Room.
Friday, March 23, 2012 At 06:25 hours, Rescue 1918's O.I.C. (1903) was notified of a second assignment in our local. District 19 was dispatched in the area of Kings Highway and Whiskley Mill Roads for a reported M.V.C. with one patient needing medical attention. 1903 requested Mutual Aid to assist District 19's second duty crew to assist in this assignment. Chief 1901 and Utility 1910 responded to the 2nd assignment. Kings Highway was shut down for a couple of hours due to the accident. Thanks to Rescue 2118 for assisting with the crash.
Thursday, March 15, 2012 On Thursday Evening the Volunteers of East Greenwich Township Fire & Rescue were dispatched to the 200 block of Kings Highway for a reported working house fire. Neighbors flagged down EGPD Sgt Steve Ridinger who was passing through the area and alerted him to the smoke that they saw coming from a neighboring house. Sgt Ridinger found the source of the smoke and radioed to have the fire department dispatched and then continued to assist on scene. Smoke could be seen billowing down on Kings Hwy during rush hour. Flames were visible along the roof line of the right side of the house. Engine Co 1911 arrived and laddered the side of the house and went into service with a 1 ¾ water line. Crews quickly doused the flames. Harrison Township Ladder Co 2316 arrived and checked the upper floors for extension. The assignment was quickly placed under control. The house was originally built in 1721 and is a registered historical site for the township. Additional automatic mutual aid units on scene included Paulsboro's Eng 1721 & 1711, Gibbstown's Ladder 2116 and Woolwich's Ladder 2516 along with Gloucester County BLS Unit 8235. The Fire was investigated by CFM-1. Just after cleaning up Eng Co 1912 was sent to a wires arcing call at Hidden Acres Park. District 19 ran a total of 4 incidents in East Greenwich Township Thursday.
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