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Senior Year Project

Probationary Firefighter, Greg Fasold spent the better part of the 2011-2012 school year work on his high school senior project.  This video is the culmination of the time and dedication he has spent working on this project, and the time spent with the Flourtown Fire Company learning about all of the different facets of the fire service and the brotherhood of being a firefighter.

In addition to working on this video, Greg also helped gather information that aids the Flourtown Fire Company in developing pre-plans for commercial structures, which is helpful when emergencies happen.  As well as maintenance of firefighting equipment, and administrative work around the firehouse.

The Flourtown Fire Company would like to congratulate Greg on his efforts, and the success of his project.  We also wish Greg good luck as he graduates as a member of the Springfield High School Class of 2012 and begins his college career!

	


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Heavy Truck and Bus Rescue Training

Sunday May 6th brought Flourtown and Wyndmoor Fire Companies together to train on Heavy Truck and Bus Rescue. A donated school bus and tractor made the training realistic. The companies worked on stabilization, lifting, and accessing the vehicles from multiple points, using all tools available to them. The ending scenario set up by the presenters of the class, Safety and Survival Training, pulled together all that we learned through out the day and prepared us for the worst. A portion of the money for this class was donated by the Springfield Township High School Student Council.

 

 

 

 

 

Weekend Training Opportunity

On Sunday, February 12th, Wyndmoor Hose Company invited Flourtown Fire Company to participate in a unique multi-company training exercise.

Wyndmoor was able to acquire a structure (house) that was scheduled to be torn down the following day.  This provided the Springfield Township Fire Company’s a unique opportunity to conduct realistic training evolutions that are normally simulated.  These activities are normally simulated, unless there is training prop available, since they often involve making large holes when performed “live”, which would cause damage that would need to be prepared.

However, since the acquired structure was scheduled to be torn down, we were free to breach walls, cut vent holes in the roof, force open interior/exterior doors, pull ceilings, open walls, as well as many other fire fighting skills that we are not normally able to practice.

 

 

Flourtown Fire Company Thanks Residents

On the evening of Monday, January 23, 2012 forty generous residents of Flourtown and Erdenheim, Pennsylvania were surprised to find a fire truck in front of their house and two or three Flourtown firefighters at their front door.  On most days firefighters only come to your house when things are going badly, but on this day they were there for a different reason.

That reason was to thank these residents for their generosity as donors in the 2011-2012 Flourtown Fire Company fund drive.  According to fire company Vice President, Dean Seltzer, fund drive donations have fallen off dramatically over the past three years as the economy has tanked.  To help reverse this trend, the Fire Company initiated a program this year to recognize its most generous residential and business donors.

As part of this program, residential donors giving $75 or more get an LED votive candle with the Fire Company logo, and those giving $150 or more get an even nicer LED candle.  Chief George Wilmot stated that the Fire Company decided to go with LED candles as a thank you gift because unattended candles are a leading cause of house fires.  The reason for the firefighters neighborhood visits on the 23rd was to deliver the first round of these LED candles.

Fire Company President Tim Ernst emphasized the fact that 100% of the fund drive donations go directly to the Fire Company, unlike certain other fund drive mailers where only a small fraction of the donations actually make it through to the sponsoring organization.