On a hot summer afternoon, with temperatures at 92 degrees, fire companies from across southern Chester County responded to a mushroom house fire in New London Township. The West Grove Fire Company was dispatched for a building fire at 1:08pm on West Avondale Road near the intersection with State Road. Initial reports indicated a mushroom house fire, with workers evacuating. Units from Avondale ... (Full Story & Photos)
Each year, the Cochranville Fire Company holds a carnival to raise funds to support its operations. Last evening, the West Grove Fire Company sent Rescue 22 and five volunteer firefighters to standby at Station 27 so their members could run the carnival. Rescue 22 stood by alongside the Tanker truck from the Refton Fire Company (59) of Lancaster County and Ambulance from the Keystone Valley Fire ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC Rescue 22 stands by at the Cochranville Fire Company during their annual carnival, held each night through this Saturday.
A heavy tow truck cranes a car from off the US 1 Bypass after WGFC handled a complicated rescue Tuesday evening.
A serious accident involving a passenger sedan and tractor trailer involved a complicated rescue and closed the Route 1 Bypass for several hours last evening between Jennersville and West Grove.
The West Grove Fire Company was dispatched for an auto accident just past 6pm Tuesday evening that was reported as car vs. tractor trailer with a vehicle possibly overturned. A fully-staffed Engine was on ... (Full Story & Photos)
The West Grove community participated in National Night Out festivities in the Borough on Tuesday evening, and the West Grove Fire Company was a part of the event.
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out enhances the relationship ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC participated in West Grove's National Night Out festivities Tuesday evening.
Units from WGFC and Longwood Fire Company work to remove an injured equestrian from a remote location in Franklin Township.
A Sunday afternoon ride on a horse resulted in an injured party and a fire/rescue/EMS response involving multiple agencies.
The West Grove Fire Company was dispatched at 11:34am for a injured equestrian. The Chester County 911 Center reported that the incident was located on the North End Trail, off of Strickersville Road between Mt. Olivet Road and Springlawn Trail. The 911 Center reported that ... (Full Story & Photos)
Units from across Chester County and also Lancaster County were dispatched to assist the Cochranville Fire Company (27) at 5:14pm Wednesday afternoon for an outbuilding fire in Londonderry Township.
The West Grove Fire Company was requested as one of several fire companies -- including Avondale (23), Oxford (21), Po-Mar-Lin (Unionville 36), Longwood (25), and Christiana (Lancaster 52). The Chester ... (Full Story & Photos)
Units from several fire companies responded to this shed fire in Londonderry Township Wednesday.
Eagle Scout Candidate Andrew Russell donated these two benches to the WGFC New London Station. Also pictured are his parents and grandfather, along with WGFC member Charles Foy.
The West Grove Fire Company is always appreciative of the support received from the community. That support helps our volunteers and staff stay focused on our mission to provide fire, rescue, and EMS services to the area, and feel appreciated as well.
Recently, as part of an Eagle Scout project, Andrew Russell built two very nice park benches. Eagle Scout candidates will nearly always have a community ... (Full Story & Photos)
Monday evening approximately 35 volunteers gathered at the New London Station for the WGFC's weekly training. Assistant Chief/Training Officer Keiser addressed the members to start the training that focused on the use of and the operation of master streams.
Put simply, master streams provide very high water flows when large volumes of fire are present, and are typically truck mounted on fire engines ... (Full Story & Photos)
The WGFC training was on the use of master streams, in this photo on the new Engine 22-1.
