Volunteers Serving Springfield Township
Flourtown Fire Company helped welcome home local soldier, Russ Souders III and his commanding officer Army Captain John Billings, on Saturday, September 13th.
We thank you for your sacrifice, and all that you do to protect our great nation!
Welcome home soldiers!
For the second year in a row, the crew from Flourtown Fire Co. took first place in the annual barrel fights hosted by Fort Washington Fire Company.
Teams from local companies gathered at the Fort Washington Fire Co.’s training grounds on Monday, August 18th to compete against each other in a “barrel fight”.
A “barrel fight” consists of a steel barrel hung on a zip line between two poles, and it is sprayed with water from a fire hose on opposite ends by each team. The team that was able to push the barrel to the other side is the winner. Essentially, it is a fire hose tug-of-war, but with pushing rather than pulling.
Way to go Station 6!
Pictured left to right: Firefighters Sal Santangelo, Tyler Buckley, Ross Pike, Andrew Johnson & Ryan Johnson
On the morning of August 8th, at 02:05 hours, Ladder 6 was dispatched to assist the Fort Washington Fire Company (Station 88) at a commercial building fire in Upper Dublin Township.
The frequency of water related rescues and flash flooding has been steadily increasing over the past several years.
Flourtown Fire Company firefighters honed their swift water resuce skills during a training exercise on the evening of Monday, August 4th that simulated the swift-water rescue of two victims who were overcome by such flooding.
As a reminder, Flourtown Fire Company reminds you to “Turn Around Don’t Drown (TADD)“, and to take a moment to review the following statement from the National Weather Service:
“Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other severe weather related hazard. The Centers for Disease Control report that over half of all flood-related drownings occur when a vehicle is driven into hazardous flood water. The next highest percentage of flood-related deaths is due to walking into or near flood waters.Why? The main reason is people underestimate the force and power of water. Many of the deaths occur in automobiles as they are swept downstream. Of these drownings, many are preventable, but too many people continue to drive around the barriers that warn you the road is flooded”
Photos are courtesy of, R. Wilmot Jr.
It’s hard to believe that the first half of 2014 is over. To help us remember the first 6-months of the year, firefighter Greg Fasold put together a video for us!