March in Review
 
By Junior Firefighter Olivia Klara
March 31, 2023
 

03/03/2023 - Just after 2:00 PM the WCFD along with surrounding departments were alerted to assist the Goshen Fire Company with a reported building fire in the 1200 block of Wilson Drive, West Goshen Township. All WCFD Chief officers arrived and took command of the incident. Crews located the source of the incident to be a hot plate inside and determined there was no problem. Engine 52-2 arrived as the first due engine. Engine 52-1, Air 52 and Assistant 52 also made the response.

03/06/2023 - Just after 7:30 PM the West Chester Borough Fire Department along with Good Fellowship Ambulance & EMS Training Institute were dispatched to West Chester University, South Campus for a reported electrical fire. Volunteers arrived to find a small fire in a water heater located in the mechanical room of the building. The power to the unit was secured and crews found no additional hazards. Engine 52-1 W/4, Engine 52-2 W/4, Air 52 W/3 made the response. 52 units operated as the First and Second due engines.

03/11/2023 - Just before 10:00 PM this evening, West Chester Borough Fire Department along with Good Fellowship Ambulance & EMS Training Institute were dispatched for an auto accident with entrapment in the area of RT. 926 and South Westtown Road, Thornbury Township. Crews freed one person from the vehicle and a total of four patients were transported to local hospitals.

03/25/2023 - The West Chester Borough Fire Department along with Good Fellowship Ambulance & EMS Training Institute responded to a reported auto accident with entrapment located at East Market Street and North Matlack Street, West Chester Borough just after 1:30 PM this afternoon. Chief 51 (Pelna) arrived and confirmed there was no entrapment, holding the response to an Engine from Station 52. All involved were treated by EMS.

03/30/2023 - Just after 9:30 AM this morning, the West Chester Borough Fire Department and Good Fellowship Ambulance & EMS Training Institute were dispatched to Route 202 Southbound in the area of Westtown Road, West Goshen Township, for an auto accident involving fire. WCFD volunteers arrived and extinguished the small fire without incident while EMS evaluated those involved.