Tower Health has also announced that they will now also close Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville on January 31 leaving all of western Chester County without a hospital.
Working closely with our partners in EMS and the greater emergency services community of southern Chester County, the WGFC was able to undertake a ... (Full Story & Photos)
The WGFC is proactively planning for EMS operations that will be significantly impacted by the immanent closing of the Jennersville Hospital.
A large barn and adjacent outbuildings were fully involved when units from West Grove and Oxford arrived at this fire in Upper Oxford Township late Sunday night.
Crews from multiple fire companies assisted the Union Fire Company of Oxford on a major incident late Sunday night in Upper Oxford Township.
Originally dispatched at 10:09pm as a barn fire in Penn Township for West Grove Fire Company, the call ultimately wound up being at a large complex of barns located along Route 896 at Grist Mill Lane in Upper Oxford Township. Calls began pouring into the ... (Full Story & Photos)
With firefighters just returning home from fighting a barn fire for three hours (https://www.wgfc.org/news/1132/Crews-Battle-Barn-Fire-In-Upper-Oxford), West Grove Fire Company and mutual aid companies were dispatched for a house fire at 1:46am Monday morning. The call was on Laurel Lane in the South Hills development in West Grove Borough, with reports of a home filling with smoke. Units from West ... (Full Story & Photos)
Crews from WGFC and other area companies investigated smoke in a dwelling West Grove Borough.
Arriving crews from the WGFC found a well involved garage fire extending to the second floor in New London Township. Aggressive firefighting saved most of the home.
West Grove Fire Company firefighters were dispatched for two fires over ten minutes Saturday -- the first in Kennett Township and the second fire in New London. The second response resulted in a working house fire with more limited damage than might have been due to a fast, aggressive fire attack by crews from Rescue 22.
Units from WGFC were responding to assist Longwood Fire Company for a RIT ... (Full Story & Photos)
Crews from across southern Chester County were called to assist Longwood Fire Company for a working house fire on Saturday afternoon. This was the first of two house fires that were dispatched for West Grove in a short span of ten minutes.
The first call was for a house fire on Sills Mill Road in Kennett Township at 12:21pm. For that call, WGFC was requested for a RIT response -- rapid intervention ... (Full Story & Photos)
This home in Kennett Township was destroyed in an afternoon house fire, with WGFC units assisting on the RIT assignment.
WGFC firefighters work to clear an obstructed chimney in Penn Township Friday evening.
On a cold and windy Friday evening, West Grove Fire Company volunteers and staff were dispatched for a chimney fire on East Ewing Road in Penn Township. Residents there reported smoke coming into the house from the chimney. Upon arrival, WGFC's Assistant Chief reported normal conditions from the outside, but found a smoke condition on the inside, and requested the first Engine to lay in.
As 2022 gets underway, the West Grove Fire Company has reported its call statistics for 2021:
In all areas, 2021 was a busy year. In particular, the emergency medical services (EMS) operation set a record for annual calls for the year with 2,896 dispatched emergencies -- that represents the busiest year in the organization's history, and exceeded the previous record year in 2018 with 2,612 calls. ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC set a record year for EMS calls in 2021 -- one of the busiest overall years in the Fire Company's history.
WGFC crews toured the new Avon Grove High School in Penn Township to gain an understanding of construction before structure is completed. The building is 298,000 square feet.
Fighting fires in large structures often involves understanding how buildings are constructed, what materials are used, and how large systems like electric, HVAC, gas and water are supplied in the building. It was with that in mind that the West Grove Fire Company took the opportunity to get a look at the new Avon Grove High School under construction in Penn Township near the intersection of Route ... (Full Story & Photos)
