Last evening, West Grove Fire Company held a junior member orientation and training session at the New London Station.
Junior members are those defined as younger than 18 years old, and represent the "next generation" of volunteers at WGFC. The program follows a well-documented set of WGFC guidelines, which take into account regulations established by state and federal authorities, to help assure ... (Full Story & Photos)
Junior members get hands-on experience at WGFC's orientation and training session held last evening in New London.
Two-year old Logan of West Grove poses with his family and the team that saved his life after a choking incident late last week.
The West Grove Fire Company had a very special visitor this morning. Little two-year old Logan Hamilton and his family stopped by Station 22 to say thank you and to meet the team that helped save his life on June 12.
Just before 8:00 am that morning, Logan began choking while having breakfast with his young sisters at their home in West Grove Borough. It's every parents' worst nightmare, but fortunately ... (Full Story & Photos)
The West Grove Fire Company was dispatched for a brush fire today behind 680 West Avondale Road in New London Township.
The Chester County Fire Radio reported a controlled burning was spreading. Responding were Engines 22-1, 22-2, and 22-3, along with Tanker 22, Brush 22, an ambulance and fire police.
Brush 22 responded from the nearby station in New London, and arrived to find brush on fire ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC crews handled a controlled burn that spread across a field in New London. Brush 22 is seen back in the field as crews finish extinguishment.
This car crashed with a tractor trailer on Route 1 Northbound in Penn Township, in accident response from the West Grove Fire Company. The accident closed Route 1 for about two hours.
On Wednesday morning just before 11am, the West Grove Fire Company was dispatched for an auto accident on Route 1 below Jennersville in Penn Township.
The accident was reported to be a crash between a car and a tractor trailer in the northbound lanes. A responding WGFC fire policeman found the accident under the Pusey Mill Road overpass with a car on its side. The first arriving WGFC ambulance ... (Full Story & Photos)
For the first time in many months, the West Grove Fire Company conducted its monthly business meeting in person on Wednesday evening.
Utilizing the company's New London Station, about 50 members attended the meeting, held in a set up to promote social distancing, with all participants in masks. With all the apparatus bay doors up, the meeting was nearly completely outside -- all factors designed ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC members hold the June business meeting at the New London Station, the first in-person meeting since the pandemic hit our area.
WGFC assisted Elkton on a truck fire at a large warehouse in Cecil County early Friday morning.
West Grove volunteers responded to Delaware and Maryland for two separate incidents Thursday evening and early Friday morning.
Newark, Delaware
Just after wrapping up a house fire and medical assist calls in its own district, the WGFC was requested to assist Aetna of Newark with a fire at the Unity Star Campus on Research Boulevard, part of the University of Delaware. Engines 22-1 and 22-2 responded ... (Full Story & Photos)
The West Grove Fire Company was dispatched for a house fire Thursday afternoon in Franklin Township just before 5:00 pm. Initial dispatch reports indicated flames in the attic and roof area. Dispatched to assist WGFC were units from Oxford, Avondale, Elkton (Cecil County MD) and Cochranville. The fire was on Liberti Lane, just south of the intersection of Routes 841 and 896.
Just before 10-00pm last evening, fire companies were alerted for a house fire near Auburn Road and Lookout Circle in Landenberg.
Numerous calls to the Chester County 911 Center reported a house on fire with fire in the area of the garage and spreading. Alerted were the Avondale, West Grove, and Hockessin Fire Companies. Avondale's ambulance arrived first to report heavy fire conditions, with fire ... (Full Story & Photos)
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