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4/3/2023 JOINT TRAINING BRUSH FIRES, PINE ROAD, EARL TOWNSHIP

The Boyertown Area Regional Joint Training Committee set up a Brush Fire Training in Earl Township with DCNR, including Earl Township Fire Company, Boyertown Area Fire & Rescue, Eastern Berks Fire & Rescue, Oley Fire and Lyons Fire companies. Crews worked on many aspects of Brush Fire fighting including cutting...
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3/27/2023 JOINT TRAINING 95, 97 & 19 HOSE LINE ADVANCEMENT BALLY BOROUGH

The Boyertown Area Joint Training Committee set up a Hose Line Advancement training hosted by Eastern Berks Fire & Rescue at a training house in Bally Borough. Company 95, Company 19 and Company 97 set up several evolutions on different scenarios where crews had 7 minutes to complete the detail...
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3/24/2023, MUTUAL AID, EXPLOSION PALMER CANDY, 77 S 2ND AVENUE, WEST READING BOROUGH, BERKS CO.

Collapse 95 was requested at 1712 hours by West Reading Fire Command to assist with Structure evaluations and search and rescue operations at the Palmer Candy Factory after an explosion leveled a large portion of the factory and a neighboring apartment building. Crews arrived and worked with Command to inspect...
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3/21/2023 VEHICLE CRASH WITH INJURIES & CONFINEMENT, FANCY HILL ROAD & BOYERTOWN PIKE, EARL

Company 95 was dispatched to the intersection of Boyertown Pike and Fancy Hill Road to assist Earl Fire Company with a reported crash with injuries and entrapment at 0925 hours. Crews arrived on scene and found the operator of the blue car was injured and the doors on that side...
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3/16/2023 STRUCTURE FIRE, 325 WEST 6TH STREET, BOYERTOWN

Company 95 was dispatched to the area of the YMCA on Spring Street for a building on fire in the area unknown exact address at 0529 hours. Chief 95 and FC 95 were responding direct and located the smoke from the West 6th Street area and found the fire to...
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3/10/2023 BRUSH FIRE, 24 VALLEY BROOK ROAD, DOUGLASS

Company 95 was dispatched to 24 Valley Brook Road at 1344 hours for a reported brush fire behind the residence. On arrival crews found that the homeowner had knocked down the fire with garden hoses but there was extensive overhaul to be done to assure the fire would not start...
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3/7/2023 AMERICAN RED CROSS, BATTLE OF THE BADGES, FRIENDSHIP HOOK & LADDER, BOYERTOWN

In late January on a Crash Scene Sergeant Matthew Ellis asked Fire Commissioner Jeffrey Bealer if the Fire Company would be interested in a Battle of the Badges Blood Drive to be held on March 7th. FC Bealer immediately said we are in and plans moved on from there. SGT...
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