Volunteers of the West Grove Fire Company dedicated a big part of last Saturday to cleaning up the Fire Company's apparatus.
After a long, wet, and busy winter season, West Grove's fire trucks were in need of a complete cleaning. The process, which takes many hours per fire truck, includes emptying out all of the compartments and cab -- which on a fire truck is quite a job since the trucks carry ... (Full Story & Photos)
Clean, clean, clean -- it was Spring cleaning Saturday at the West Grove Fire Company.
West Grove Fire Company recommends you vote YES to Ballot Question 4 on May 18.
On May 18, the Pennsylvania primary election will be held, and voters will see four questions on the ballot. Three of them are constitutional amendments for PA, and the fourth involves an important change that impacts fire companies like the West Grove Fire Company.
Question Number Four asks voters to consider a change to PA law that would allow fire departments and EMS services that have paid ... (Full Story & Photos)
Units from several area fire companies were dispatched for a house fire Saturday at noon in London Britain Township.
West Grove Fire Company received the dispatch for a house fire in the Morgan Hollow development off of Route 896. Along with WGFC, units from Aetna Hook, Hose and Ladder Company of Newark Delaware, Hockessin Fire Company, also in Delaware, Singerly of Elkton, and the Union Fire ... (Full Story & Photos)
An electrical panel fire in London Britain Township was handled by WGFC and area Fire Companies.
This fire in Elkton was one of two arson-related fires in Maryland and Delaware that summoned firefighters from West Grove.
Firefighters from West Grove were summoned to Maryland and Delaware yesterday on fires that have both been ruled arson. The fires occurred several hours apart on Thursday, and required the work of dozens of fire fighters to control and extinguish.
Elkton
West Grove firefighters were summoned to assist the Singerly Fire Company of Elkton on a residential fire at 7 Cherry Lane in Elkton for a reported ... (Full Story & Photos)
As a result of determined efforts to recruit new members, West Grove Fire Company is fortunate to have a strong class of new members who have joined the department and are moving through the journey of becoming first responders. These include a sizeable group of young men and women who have joined as junior members (younger than 18).
Last evening, at the New London Station, 17 new members were involved ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC conducted training for new and junior members last night. Successful recruiting efforts have translated into a strong group of new members.
The safety of emergency responders on our roads and highways is very important. A new law went into effect on April 27, 2021 to add emphasis to this safety issue.
Pennsylvania’s Move Over Law requires drivers approaching an emergency response area, who are unable to safely merge into a lane further away from the response area, to slow to at least 20 mph less than the posted speed limit. An emergency response area is where an emergency vehicle has its lights flashing, or where road crews or emergency responders have lighted flares, posted signs, or try to warn ... (Full Story & Photos)
Crews from the West Grove Fire Company and Medic 94 were summoned Tuesday to a head on crash on Route 896 in Franklin Township.
Dispatched just before 8:50am, the crash occurred just north of the intersection with Good Hope Road. The call was upgraded because callers to the 911 Center reported possible entrapment.
WGFC units responded with Engine 22-1, Engine 22-3, Rescue 22, Brush 22, and all ... (Full Story & Photos)
WGFC responded to this head-on crash on Route 896 in Franklin Township on Tuesday morning.
WGFC firefighters used rescue tools to remove a car crash victim along South Guernsey Road in Franklin Township early Saturday morning.
Emergency responders from West Grove Fire Company used the "jaws of life" to remove trapped victims of a car crash early Saturday morning in Franklin Township.
WGFC pagers were alerted to the crash on South Guernsey Road, near Hillcrest Drive. The dispatch at 2:08am was for West Grove Fire Company and paramedics from Medic 94. Reports to the Chester County 911 Center had a car on its side, with ... (Full Story & Photos)
