Station 6 (Flourtown) and Station (29) dispatched on box 32-28 for the commercial building fire. Chief 6 went en-route and was advised by county that roofers were doing work on the building and the building was filling with smoke and possibly had fire in the wall.  County also advised that the alarm company was on [...]

Squad 6, Engine 6, Utility 6 along with Rescue 7 (Wissahickon) and Rescue 29, (Barren Hill) responded to a vehicle accident along Route 73, just South of Butler Pike. The vehicle left the roadway, struck a tree and the vehicle came to rest back on the roadway. The one occupant was extricated from the vehicle by stabilizing with cribbing and removing the driver’s side door.

Flourtown Fire Company has been state-certified in the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission – PA SWIFTWATER RESCUE COURSE Some training photos of the crew training in the Schuylkill River, near Norristown, PA and Lower Merion, PA

Flourtown Fire Company holds a weekly training session every Monday night (except major holidays) starting at 7PM. Training varies from a live burn exercise and a County Fire Training facility to classroom training session on a topic such as Hazardous Materials Operations. The photos below show some of the training Flourtown Fire Company conducts. Outside [...]

A fire ravaged and destroyed the old Boorse Farm Barn at the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Valley Green Road in Oreland. Images of Boorse Barn Fire (13-March-2009)

Saying Goodbye to Squad 6, 1993 Pierce Lance was sold to Jon’s Truck and Equipment Sales, Rogerville, MO. April 2009. New Squad 6 (2009 Pierce Quantum) was scheduled to arrive in July 2009. Images of Squad 6 going bye-bye

600 block of Bethlehem Pike, in front of Rittenhouse Lumber. Images of Vehicle Rescue (April 2009)

October 5, 2009 Flourtown Fire company held its annual fire prevention open house. There was food, tours of the fire trucks, a fire prevention puppet show, oven/stove fire demonstrations and Barren Hill Fire Company’s smoke house. The highlight of the evening was Scooby-Doo’s arrival on the new Squad 6 following the landing of PennStar’s helicopter. [...]

July, 2009, Flourtown Fire Company took delivery of it’s new Squad 6. Manufactured by Pierce Fire Apparatus the Squad was picked up from Glick in Lancaster, PA and driven to 1526 Bethlehem Pike. The truck was then outfitted with equipment and gold-leafing and insignia over the next several weeks. Images of Truck’s Arrival Images of [...]

FFCo takes a training class on the safe operation of their new airbags for Squad 6. July 2009 Images of Practical Training Session