| The weekend of December 4th-6th ended up being a busy one for the members of the Honey Brook Fire Company. The weekend started off Friday evening with the Company holding its monthly business meeting. During the meeting the Company was dispatched to Egan Circle for an electrical fire inside. Within minutes 18 volunteers responded and arrived to find the homeowners outside and the cause being a bad electrical outlet. Crews secured the outlet and returned to the Fire House to continue with the monthly meeting which also included the membership voting for the 2010 Elected Officers.
On Saturday morning Deputy Chief Messner, Captain Brooks and Lieutenant Harlan attended a two day Officer Development Course held in Claymont, Delaware hosted by Traditions Training. Saturday afternoon/evening brought 3 back to back accident calls throughout the Honey Brook area due to the recent snow fall. Honey Brook members assisted EMS crews with patient care and secured the vehicles hazards while waiting for the tow truck. EMS crews ran numerous calls all weekend in the Honey Brook and surrounding areas, many being 2nd calls in the area.
On Sunday Fire Chief Tom Witman, FF/EMT Klinger, and FF Nierntz loaded up in Engine 33-1 and traveled to Lionville Fire Company to take part in the Chester County Fire Task Force Drill. Crews were joined by many other organizations to include, Lionville Fire Company, Uwchlan Ambulance Corps., West Bradford Fire Company, Thorndale Fire Company, West Chester Fire Department, and several organizations from Montgomery County. Crews traveled to the training site of 3 warehouses that were slated for demolition and were given the opportunities to work together on search and rescue, hose line advancement, forcible entry, wall breaching, ventilation, and vehicle rescue. As crews were getting ready to leave, Deputy 47 (Chapman) was alerted by the Chester County Fire Board of a house fire being dispatched. Deputy 47 placed his Department responding as well as requested Honey Brook's Engine 33-1 be added for additional manpower. Crews found a small fire in the garage with slight extension into the attic. Honey Brook members were released after a short while and returned to Honey Brook.
While members cleaned Engine 33-1 from the drill Asst. Engineer Dove and Firefighter Carter met at the firehouse to escort Santa to the Honey Brook Borough hall for the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Engine 33-2.
The Fire Company would like to thank the many members who took the time out of their busy schedules this weekend to respond to the many calls, attend training to provide a better service to the community and spent many hours away from their families. |
