Latest News from Boyertown Area Fire & Rescue
8/27/2024 RESCUE FROM VEHICLE DOWN EMBANKMENT, 2289 FARMINGTON AVENUE, DOUGLASS
August 27, 2024
Company 95 was dispatched at 1240 hours for an elderly male in his vehicle down an embankment along the driveway at 2289 Farmington Avenue. He apparently was trying to back up to allow another vehicle to exit and went over the embankment. The vehicle was hanging just above a steep...
Read More8/26/2024, VEHICLE CRASH WITH VEHICLE INTO STRUCTURE, SHANESVILLE ORCHARD, RT 73, EARL
August 27, 2024
08/26/2024 – At 1513 hours Rescue 95 was dispatched on automatic mutual aid with the Earl Township Fire Company (Station 19) to assist with a motor vehicle accident with injuries and entrapment in the 1700 block of West Philadelphia Ave. Callers reported a vehicle struck a retail store and a...
Read More8/18/2024 JOINT TRAINING, FLASHOVER TRAINING, EARL, BOYERTOWN, EASTERN BERKS & GILBERTSVILLE, EASTERN BERKS STATION
August 18, 2024
Joint Training this weekend at Eastern Berks Fire Company new Station with BAF&R, Earl Township Fire, Gilbertsville Fire and Eastern Berks Fire participating. Crews went into the simulator and experienced a flashover with live fire. Great training! “>...
Read More8/7/2024 VEHICLE ROLLOVER, 2300 BLOCK OF FARMINGTON AVENUE, DOUGLASS
August 8, 2024
Company 95 was dispatched to a vehicle rollover on Ben Franklin Highway in Douglass Township and were recalled enroute. Engine 95-1 was turning around at Gift when they observed traffic stopped on Farmington Avenue and saw a vehicle on it’s side. They blocked the roadway and checked for injuries and...
Read More8/3/2024, MUTUAL AID AMITY TOWNSHIP, STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE INVESTIGATION, 410 OLD AIRPORT ROAD, AMITY
August 3, 2024
Company 95 was requested to investigate the stability of a structure that was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. Deputy Wary and FC Bealer arrived on scene and inspected the damage inside and outside of the structure. Three studs as well as the three corner studs were broken...
Read More8/1/2024, MUTUAL AID EARL FIRE COMPANY, STRUCTURE FIRE, 35 SPRING ROAD, EARL
August 3, 2024
Company 95 was dispatched along with Companies 49 Amity, 97 Eastern Berks and Montco. 67 Gilbertsville to assist Earl Fire Company with a structure fire reported small barn close to the house. On location crews found a fire in the small barn which was across the driveway from the residence...
Read More7/30/2024 OIL DRY DONATION, HAWKS TOWING & RECOVERY OF GILBERTSVILLE, READING AVENUE STATION
July 31, 2024
Greg the owner of Hawks Towing & Recovery contacted one of our members and asked if we could use a pallet of Oil Dry, knowing we use significant amounts when responding to crashes with fluids down and most times we do not get reimbursed for this expense. He then set...
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