Volunteers Serving Springfield Township
Flourtown Fire Company will hold its annual Fire Prevention Open House on:
At the firehouse, 1526 Bethlehem Pike, Flourtown, PA 19031
Scooby Doo, along with all your volunteer firefighter and fire police will be on hand to demonstrate equipment, answer questions and discuss how your family can practice fire safety.
Please join us for this annual event with the community, for more information on fire prevention see www.firepreventionweek.org
We had such a good time with our Golf Outing for our 100th Anniversary in 2010, Flourtown Fire Company decided to do it again in 2011. Fun was had by all, a beautiful day on the golf course sure beats anywhere else.
Follow the link to some photos from Bob Wilmot of the Search and Rescue Drill devised by Captain Chris Manning behind the firehouse. Members wore SCBA and full PPE and had to navigate a room and pathway, following the hose line through a series of obstacles.
Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week has grown exponentially in scope each year since, drawing the support and endorsement of all subsequent U.S. presidents, governors, mayors and other respected elected officials.
National Volunteer Week is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. It’s about demonstrating to the nation that by working together, in unison, we have the fortitude to meet our challenges and accomplish our goals.
National Volunteer Week is about taking action, encouraging individuals and their respective communities to be at the center of social change—discovering and actively demonstrating their collective power to foster positive transformation.
So, what do you think? Are you up for a challenge? Would you like to serve your community, and help your fellow man?
We want you! Consider volunteering at Flourtown Fire Company.
Join us! Click here for more information.
Company responded to 1668 Bethlehem Pk. for a odor of electrical burning inside the store. Assisted by the Oreland and Wyndmoor Fire Companies,firefighter found a overheated light ballast to be the cause. Company was in service for 23 minutes.
[slideshow id=34]
On Saturday, February 19, 2011 – Flourtown responded along with Barren Hill (Station 29), Lincoln Fire Company, Oreland Volunteer Fire Company, Wyndmoor Hose Co. #1, Wissahickon Fire Co. and Fort Washington Fire Company along with other support units to an explosion and fire at the PECO sub-station located at 551 Bethlehem Pike. Because of the energized nature of the structures and equipment, priority was placed on PECO securing the equipment and electricity prior any fire suppression could take place. Units were on location from 12:33 until 15:05.
Members responded to a car fire at Bethlehem Pike near McCloskey Road on 2/14/11. Fire was out upon arrival.
On January 16, 2011, Flourtown responded as a RIT team to assist Ft. Washington Fire Co. (Sta. 88) at the scene of a non-commercial building fire.
Fortunately, there were no injuries, and the property was saved.
Photo by: R. Wilmot
An annual tradition continued in 2010 with the Santa Run through the Flourtown Gardens area of the Township. Held each Christmas Eve for over 50 years the community has embraced the trek of St. Nick through the neighborhoods and parties and family reunions are actually planned around it. Originally conceived by Rosemary Samtmann and Lou McGettigan in 1957 the Run has grown in popularity and children of all ages enjoy welcoming Santa and Mrs. Claus on the rear of Ladder 6 each Dec. 24th. A similar run happens in Erdenheim on the Sunday prior to Christmas yet is much younger having started in 2000. Photos by Bob Wilmot, Jr.
A Century of Service
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Community Carnival and Fireworks
The Carnival and Fireworks were an overwhelming success! Thank you to everyone who came out. We were in awe of the crowd and the response we received for our free Community Carnival and Grand Fireworks display. We have hundreds of photos of the event and will be sharing them here soon. We still have Cookbooks, T-Shirts and Pint Glasses for sale to commemorate the 100th Anniversary and we appreciate your support.
In 1910, Flourtown was started to save lives and property and our mission remains the same today. Starting at 4PM our free community carnival with food, drinks and plenty of fun and games for the kids was packed with families, friends and a turnout estimated at over 1,000 people. As dusk settled 1,000′s joined us as we celebrated the fire company and remember all those that lost their lives on that fateful day nine years ago, 9/11/01.
It was our way of saying thank you to the community for 100 years of support.
