A Friday evening back to school night at the Avon Grove Intermediate School featured public safety units from the West Grove Fire Company and area police agencies.
Third graders were welcomed back to school with an open house, and the WGFC was invited to be present. Crews brought Engine 22-2 and Ladder 22 to be on display. Dozens of students and parents toured the apparatus, and the kids loved ... (Full Story & Photos)
Ladder 22 proudly displays the fire company's large American flag at the AGIS at a back to school night.
Downed PECO wires from a lightning strike created traffic and safety issues in New London Township near the AG Intermediate School.
A mid-afternoon thunderstorm created a traffic headache on Monday, August 23.
When lightning struck a PECO pole at the intersection of Route 896 and Violet Lane, the result was fallen power lines and an outage that impacted traffic lights -- and it didn't help that it blocked traffic at the entrance of the Avon Grove Intermediate School campus.
If you've lived in southern Chester County, you know that mushrooms are big business -- they represent one of the biggest industries unique to our area, and, yes, more mushrooms are grown in our area than in most other places around the globe.
Mushrooms are grown in carefully created compost, composed of hay, straw and other products. As those products are made into compost, they create an odor ... (Full Story & Photos)
A large haybale fire on Friday was the scene of a 6.5 hour firefighting effort in New Garden Township. Ladder 22 is on scene.
Heavy fire conditions in the basement greeted Longwood's first-in Engine crew at this house fire in Pocopson Township. WGFC units assisted on the second alarm.
A two-alarm fire in a home in Pocopson Township drew an emergency response from multiple area fire companies from two counties earlier this week.
The Longwood Fire Company, and neighboring companies were dispatched for a house fire along Street Road (Route 926). The first in Engine from Longwood found heavy fire in the basement level, with smoke conditions throughout the home. That Engine had laid ... (Full Story & Photos)
The science of fighting fire has changed a lot since the early days of bucket brigades and horse-drawn pumpers. But even over the past ten years, the methods used to fight fire continue to evolve -- and that has been the subject of training at the West Grove Fire Company this month.
Scientific research, field experience and the continuing changes in building construction methods and materials have ... (Full Story & Photos)
A custom-built model allows WGFC firefighters to learn about fire flows in burning homes during training at the New London Station.
Annual hose testing was held this past week -- nearly three miles of hose was tested over two days of hard, hot work.
It may surprise you to learn that the West Grove Fire Company uses more than 14,000 feet of hose ranging from the 1" forestry lines up to our 5" large diameter supply hose and 6" soft suction. That’s 2.72 miles of hose which is carried on the WGFC fleet: 1 Brush unit, 3 Engines, 1 Rescue Engine, and a Tanker, each carrying a wide variety of fire attack and water supply hose.
West Grove Fire Company was proud to display apparatus as part of the National Night out festivities in West Grove Borough held last evening.
The event was put together and coordinated by the Southern Chester County Regional Police. Ladder 22 proudly displayed the American flag, with Engine 22-1 and two of the Ambulances also on display.
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign ... (Full Story & Photos)
Engine 22-1 and WGFC Ambulances on display.
WGFC Engine 22-2 stands by at the Belmont Hills Fire Company in Montgomery County.
Members of the West Grove Fire Company traveled to Montgomery County PA on Tuesday to provide standby coverage for a Fire Company that had a recent Line of Duty Death on Saturday, July 24.
Engine 22-2 stood by at the Belmont Hills Fire Company in Lower Merion Township for the day, as that Fire Company continues to take time to mourn the loss of a firefighter struck and killed at an auto accident. ... (Full Story & Photos)
