The 1989 Pierce Lance 2000 GPM pumper that is being purchased from the Midway Fire Co. of Lahaska, PA arrived at the Tri-Town Fire Hall on Sat. Nov. 15th. A good number of Dept 47 members were at the hall to help welcome the engine to its new home. Training on the engine will be held on Sunday and the work will begin on deciding how to layout the compartments to best suit our operations. More information on the engine will be posted here on our site in the near future.

Recently the membership of the Tri-Town Fire and Ambulance Co. adopted a new arm patch design. The base of the design uses the shield of the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY), one of the busiest and most widely respected fire departments in the world. The shield contains a Maltese Cross, the international symbol of the fire service's willingness to make great sacrifices in order to protect others from the ravages of fire. The outer sections of the cross are adorned with the words Duty, Honor, Courage and Valor to signify the manor in which the members of the fire service serve their community. In the center of the Maltese Cross is the Star of Life representing the departments Emergency Medical Services branch.

The new patch provides the department with an identity and will be used on the department’s dress uniforms as well as its letterhead and on its apparatus. Members are also in the process of painting a large version of the design on one of the walls in its apparatus bay to welcome visitors to the station.

The Tri-Town Ambulance Association currently has a 1993 Ford/Horton ambulance for sale. Further photos of the vehicle can be found HERE . For further information please contact Ambulance Asso. President Gary Erway at 814-848-7963.

You know what they say about a full moon. Well when you throw in the remnants of a hurricane to the mix things can REALLY get interesting. And that is just what happened on the night of Sept 14th and morning of Sept 15th. Things started off with a power failure in Ulysses Borough and surrounding area about 2100 hrs. This was the result of a large tree that had come down on Academy St near School St in the Borough that stapped off a pole and took down a set of 7200 volt power lines (as well as CATV and Phone lines). After about 4+ hours of standing by at that scene, checking on the residents of Silver Maples and checking out an alarm activation at another structure we went home for some rest.

Well, it was a short rest. At 0410 hrs Dept 47 was toned for an engine transfer to cover station 48 Coudersport as they had responded on the 2nd alarm for an industrial fire at Elliott Lumber in Roulette. But the crew wouldn't stay at station 48 for long. About 30 minutes after arriving at station 48 we were requested to move up to the scene in Roulette. At the same time a second engine from Station 47 was requested along with both engines from neighboring Dept 20 Harrison Twp. Both departments would end up covering several assignments over the course of the next 14 hours including a response to a wires down with wildfire call on the Fishing Creeek Rd.

Our thanks to the crew from Dept 5 Westfield for covering our district while we were out.

Further information and photos on this incident may be found on PCFireNews.com

Photos by James Jones

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