Station 15, Bryn Mawr Fire Co and Medic 109 were dispatched to an accident in front of Stanford Hall on Ithan Ave. Amb 15-7 and Chief 15 (Kelly) arrived to find a single vehicle accident. The SUV hit a tree at a high rate of speed, collapsing the left side of the vehicle into the drivers compartment. The driver was conscious but his lower extremities were pinned by the fire wall and the drivers seat.Chief 15 placed Penn star on standby.  Rescue 15 arrived and started to remove the drivers door. Squad 23's crew assisted with the door and removed the "B" post. It was then decided to push the seat back instead of displacing the dash. Both crews did that in short order. Patient was freed in 18 minutes and turned over to Medic 109 and Ambulance 15's crew. Squad 15 established an LZ at Radnor High School. Patient was transported to the Trauma Center at the University of Penna. Fire crews remained on the scene assisting the police with the investigation.

On July 7th at 12:58 hours local box 15 was struck for a brush fire in the 300 block of West Lancaster Avenue. 15-14 Chief Engineer Whitehead was on location in 2 minutes and advised fire board that it was a trash fire with extension into the building. Engine 15-3 hit the street with 15-9B (Felske) fire board . Crews arrived to find a heavy volume of fire from the  bravo side of the structure. 15-9 (Kelly) arrived and immediately struck the 2nd alarm. 15-3's crew attacked the fire with 2 -1 3/4 hand lines and knocked down the majority of  fire. Extensive overhaul was required to remove part of the burned roof. Due to the extreme heat, Radnor crews were assisted by Berwyn, Newtown Square, Bryn Mawr, King of Prussia, Gladwyne, Broomall Fire Companies. EMS from Narberth, Lafayette and West End Ambulance companies. The North Penn canteen unit made the response providing food and drinks to all. Although temperatures reached to 103 that day no injuries were reported.

Once again Radnor personnel were preparing for lunch when they were dispatched to assist Berwyn Fire Co on a building. Ladder 15 with Chief Kelly were out the door in less than 2 minutes. Ladder 15 and Engine 2-2 arrived at the same time to light smoke drifting out of the attached garage. Radnor personnel forced the door open to the office building and encountered heavy smoke. The crews from Squad 15 and Eng 2-2 advanced hand lines into the office building. Ladder 15's crew ventilated The burn victim was treated and transported to Paoli Hospital by Radnor Ambulance. The fire was placed undercontrol in about 45 minutes. The crews stayed on the scene for 3 1/2 hours checking for extension.  

Members were on station when the overhead scanners echoed a building fire dispatch for neighboring King of Prussia Fire Company (47).  Units were dispatched to the 400 block of Sharon Drive for a building fire and also dispatched in their local for another alarm.   With resources split between two calls and the house fire close to our local - we knew it was only a matter of time before Radnor was dispatched or relocated.

It did not take long, Deputy 47 arrived on location to confirm a working building fire.  He asked for additional resouces from the other Upper Merion Companies - Swedeland (48) and Swedesburg (49) and an engine and RIT from Radnor.

Engine 15-3 and Rescue 15 rolled shortly after the dispatch.  15-3 arrived on location and went to work on the roof, assisting with ventilation.  Additional members secured handlines and went into service on the Bravo side, assisting Swedeland - battling heavy fire in the garage.  

Assistant Chief Maguire (15-9C) ordered relocates to the firehouse at 19:51, bringing Haverford Bureau of Fire Squad 56 from Manoa Fire Company and Tiller 24 from the Gladwyne Fire Company of Lower Merion to the 15 House.

Additional manpower from Station 15 was dispatched at 20:39, bringing Squad 15 to the scene.  The additional crews worked battling hot spots and clearing smoldering debris from the residence, allowing the initial crews a bit of a break from the hot summer-like temperatures.  Units took up at 22:50.

Radnor Fire and Ambulance went to work on the Blue Route I-476 for the third time in 14-hours.  The dispatch for the accident with entrapment came in at 02:24.  Initial notes reported a dumptruck rolled over against the guardrail.  15-9 (Kelly) 15-7A, Medic 109, Squad 15, and Rescue 15 made the initial response. 

15-9 (Kelly) arrived to find tri-axle dumptruck overtruned and driver was confined inside with his dog.  Crews arrived on scene and removed the windshield and assisted the driver from the vehicle to the care of 15-7A and Medic 109.  The dog was removed and secured by the State Police.  15-7A and Medic 109 tranported to Crozer-Chester Medical Center while crews from Squad 15, Rescue 15, and 15-3 cleared the highway of debris. The scene was turned over to PSP.  All units took-up and returned @ 03:05.

Emergency Medical Services week began May 16 with the nationwide theme of "Anytime, Anywhere, We'll Be There.". This theme could not be more appropriate when we talk about Pennsylvania’s EMS providers. Across this great Commonwealth, our EMS professionals respond to the calls for help every 18 seconds which is in excess of 1.8 million dispatches per year. With numbers like these, there is doubt you are “Always There All The Time”. EMS Week is an opportunity for our communities to come together and recognize you for the many hours you spend delivering the best emergency care to the residents and visitors of our communities. It is such an honor for my staff and I to represent and serve each of you here in Harrisburg and in our eyes, every week is EMS Week and we always recognize the great work you do every day. Thank you to each and every one for making Pennsylvania’s Emergency Medical Services System the greatest in the nation.

Best Regards

Joseph W. Schmider
Director, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
Pennsylvania Department of Health
 

Selected members of the Radnor Fire Company, along with members from the Berwyn and Paoli Fire Companies formed a task force to support the Special Operations Team (SOT) of the Tredyffrin Township Police Department on Level-B Haz-Mat/SWAT callouts.
 
 Recently this task force participated in a multi-county drill at the Dow Chemical Plant in Bensalem, Bucks County. Various teams from Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Bucks Counties, and the City of Philadelphia also participated in the drill.
 
 The task force provided decon, rehab, general medical support, and air cylinder refilling on site to the Tredyffrin Police Team. This was the first exercise with all parties participating together. The support operations were under command of 15-9A (Maguire, J.) with Radnor members providing manpower support to decon (Byrd, Nick) along with members from Paoli Fire Company. Radnor also operated the rehab sector (Whitehead, L., Murray) and provided assistance in gearing the team up for the drill and removing gear after decon. (Gillespie, Maguire, M.)  
 
 The drill was very successful, with our taskforce being asked to decon other teams that lacked such support. The team looks forwarded to working together with our other taskforce members and the Tredyffrin Police.

In the early morning hours of Monday April 26th, the second alarm was transmitted for a house fire in Marple Township. This brought Ladder and Squad-15 to the scene. Under the command of Deputy Chief Maguire, crews were assigned to the manpower pool. Squad-15 took the hydrant located over 1000 feet away to boost pressure. Crews were released a short time later. Thanks to Jim Anderson from the Broomall Fire Company for the pictures.

At 13:40 hours Bryn Mawr and Radnor Fire companies were dispatched to Buckingham Rd for a house fire. Fireboard advised Chief 15 (Kelly) that the PD were on Location with smoke showing from the attic. Squad 23 arrived with Assistant Chief McDermott in command followed by Ladder 15. Chief 15 split the crew from ladder 15 to assist Bryn Mawr with pulling ceilings and opening the roof. Squad 15's crew threw more ladders to the roof in the rear of the structure. Crews from  Bryn Mawr and Radnor had the fire under control in 10 minutes. The police Department was unable to notify the owner of the fire as the building was vacant. Thanks to Berywn for covering our station and to Dannon Voight for the pictures.
 

Radnor’s 1954 B75 Mack was awarded the prestigious National AACA Peterson Award, for an outstanding fire apparatus entered in a National AACA meet. The Mack was nominated for the Peterson Award based on criteria established by the AACA Board of Directors. The Peterson Award was established in 2001 by Edward L. Peterson Past President of SPAAMFAA (Society for the Preservation & Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America).
AJ (Rick) Taddeo, L. Richard (Dick) Brown and John Statts, members of Radnor Fire Company were presented the Peterson award by AACA President Michael Jones, during the National Awards ceremony at the AACA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
The quest for the nomination started in 2006 at the National Mack show in Lititz, Pennsylvania.  Radnor’s B75 attended its first AACA meet in October 2007 at Hershey, Pennsylvania and was awarded the AACA “First Junior” Award. The following year the Mack attended the SPAAMFAA National meet in Syracuse, New York and was awarded a National First Place for Postwar- Mack Fire Apparatus. The 2009 AACA Hershey Eastern Regional Meet in October started with clouds and rain in the morning but the four judges scored the Mack with over 375 out of 400 points and was awarded the “First Senior” award- and AACA “National First Place” award.
Radnor’s Mack was then nominated for the Peterson award from a very select group of fire apparatus judged at AACA National meets throughout the entire United States. The Peterson award represents the highest award by the AACA for fire apparatus.
According to AACA records, Radnor’s Mack is the first fire company owned vehicle and the first Mack to receive the Peterson Award. Radnor’s B75 will also be featured in the 2010 March/April issue of Antique Automobile Magazine, the official publication of the AACA.
Charlie Norcini owner of Norcini’s Autobody and a board member of Radnor Fire Company stated ” It’s an honor that the Mack has received this award and national recognition for the effort of the team and the community’s support to restore and maintain this historic piece of fire apparatus” .
Radnor’s Mack is one of only 54 B75’s custom built at the Mack Plant in Allentown Pennsylvania, and one of only five remaining in fire company service. The Mack was originally purchased by Radnor in July 1954, sold to Rockingham Fire Company in April 1973, and repurchased by Radnor July 20, 2002. The restoration of the Mack B75 was completed by the Mack team at the Radnor Fire Company and would not have been possible without the support of many members of the community. .
Radnor Fire Company from Wayne, Pennsylvania was founded in 1906, and is best known as “The home of the first motorized fire pump in the United States”. The Fire Company currently provides fire and emergency services to Radnor and Tredyffrin townships and responds to over 800 fire and 2500 EMS calls annually with over 50 active volunteers and career staff. The Fire Company maintains 3 pumpers, 1 rescue, 1 aerial ladder, and 2 ambulances.  The B75 Mack is on station and serves as the signature truck for the Radnor Fire Company.

At 10:00 hours the rescue assignment was dispatched calling for Company 15 and Montgomery County Station 23 (Bryn Mawr) for an accident with entrapment. Chief Kelly (15-9) responded and was advised of a single occupant trapped inside the vehicle. 15-9 arrived to find a mini-van up against a tree with the driver pinned by the dashboard. Squad-15 arrived and began to stabilize the vehicle. Rescue-15 and Squad-23 arrived shortly thereafter and assisted with the removal of the victim. After removing the door and pushing the dashboard off the victims legs the patient was turned over to EMS. Pennstar was requested to fly and landed nearby at the Radnor High School. All units were clear by 10:51 hours.

UNIT CITATION
 
The Radnor Fire Company is proud to present this Unit
Citation to the following members:
 




Donald Wood
Douglas Felske
James Kelly
Joseph Maguire
Joseph Cavanaugh
Victor DePenna
Christopher Hannigan
Gerard Cavanaugh
Francis Pettit
Scott Russell
Rodney Byrd
Andrew Rose
Ryan Fogarty
Robert Bruno
Stephen Nick
Samuel Murphy
Caitlyn DePenna
Eric McCown
Michael Morris
Eric Chobert
Stephen D’Amicantonio
John Ardiff
Vinceslao D’Achille
 




 
On Saturday January 30, 2010 at 0928 hours, The Radnor Fire Company was dispatched to assist Berwyn Fire Company at the Strafford Station Apartments, 415 Stafford Avenue, Tredyffrin Township. Responding units were advised by Fire Board that this was a working fire; a fact which was confirmed by Deputy Chief Maguire on his arrival.                         
 
The fire was spreading rapidly from a second floor apartment through the third floor and into the attic. Crews from Squad 15 and Ladder 15 responded directly to the front of the building and performed an interior attack on the fire while the crews from 15-1 assisted with water supply and ventilation duties. 
 
With limited water supplies initially, these crews attacked the fire and were able to prevent extension to a significant portion of the structure. In spite of the 17 degree temperature that day, Radnor crews remained involved in an incident that ultimately required the assistance of over 125 of their fellow firefighters. 
 
Because of their skilled attack and tireless efforts under very difficult conditions, we recognize these individuals for their dedication to the Fire Service and to the Radnor Fire Company.
 

At 09:28 hours local box 02-89 was struck for the Strafford Station Apartments located in Tredyffrin Township Chester County. The initial dispatch brought Station 2 (Berwyn), Station 3 (Paoli) and Radnor for a ladder and engine. Units arrived to find a 3 story garden style apartment complex with fire and smoke showing. The fire quickly spread to the top floor and roof area causing the roof to collapse. Numerous crews from the Tri-County area responded and fought the fire in the frigid temperatures. It was 19 degrees at the time of dispatch. Numerous ground ladders, ladder trucks and handlines were placed in service.

On December 26, 2009 at 18:21 hours the interstate response was transmitted for I-476 Southbound approaching West Chester Pike. 15 units were already on air who had just cleared a CO alarm. SD-15 arrived with 15-7A to find a single vehicle accident into the guard rail. The guard rail and the vehicle were totalled. One victim was found semi-conscious on the highway with 4 other victims injured. Numerous units were utilized to treat and transport the numerous injured victims. Once again due to the weather all victims were transported to area trauma centers via ground. Fireboard was kept busy as additional units were called into the scene and diverted to other assignments by command.

Units on Scene:

SD15/151/157/157A/R53/533/537/537A/

M109/347A/567/M108/M106/M53/R15/TR53

Thanks to 313 for covering our area until 15 units were available. They did take a maternity call on I-476 shortly after units cleared the highway.

On December 26, 2009 at 08:55 hours the local rescue box was struck for an accident with entrapment in the area of Rt. 30 and Radnor Chester Rd. Squad-15 with 15-13 (Russell) arrived to find a single car wrapped around a utility pole. Crews went to work immediately to free the single occupant. All hands remained in-service for over 30 minutes working to free the victim. Due to the vehicle being wrapped around the pole the winch on Resuce-15 was used to pull the vehicle away from the pole. Due to the weather the patient was transported to an area trauma center.

Units on Scene:

SD15/R15/15-7A/15-7/PECO