New Utility Ordered October, 2008
The company has ordered the new utility due for delivery in the spring. The company has put months of hard work in to secure money through three major grants to obtain this new unit. The unit will be a 2009 Ford F-350 Crew Cab with seating for 5 firefighters. This will have an automatic transmission, V-10 gasoline motor and 4X4. It will carry a skid unit with 150 gallons of water and a pump. The unit will carry all the brush equipment, chain saws, pencil line, hand line, foam and lighting. It will be outfitted with LED lighting and a winch. The primary use will be for brush fires, but will afford the use for medical assists, lines & trees down, traffic control, to bring manpower to scenes, etc. This unit will replace Brush 1, a 1969 Ford F-250 mini-pumper. Stay tuned for more info.
Company Party August 16, 2008
The company had a party to recognize the members that were being deployed over seas with the armed services this fall. Members gathered for good food and some good talks. Every member in attendance gathered for a membership photo that will be displayed at the hall and a copy given to the Brockway Historical Society.
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New Company By-laws in effect July
At the meeting in June, the company had the final reading and passing of the company by-law changes. With the new changes a third chief office was created. At the meeting in July the recommendations from the line officers were ratified by the company. This put Greg Castiglione in as Deputy Chief, Mike Hoskavich as Assistant Chief, and Jesse Martinson as 2nd Lieutenant.
Brockway's Old Fashioned July 4th Celebration July 4, 2008
This year, as always, the Brockway Volunteer Hose Co. will be involved with many things. While we do not sponsor or organize this day, we hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
Get our infamous donuts in the morning! We will be starting early (about 5am) making the donuts. Be sure to get them before they are sold out!
The fire police will be conducting traffic control for the foot race and the bike race. Also, they will be helping with the parade.
The members have the apparatus all shined up and ready for the parade.
Stop by our food booth at the park between parade time and the fireworks. We will have our food trailer in full swing to satisfy your late evening hunger.
Annual Fireman's Carnival June 23- 28, 2008
Come out with the kids and enjoy our annual fireman's carnival held at the fairgrounds, on 7th avenue, in town. Ride-a-rama offered nightly. This year we will have the famous donuts, as well as the best pizza, burgers, hot dogs & fries on the grounds. Check out our new food trailer!
DuBois Community Days June 14, 2008
Members traveled to DuBois for the community days and the annual Fireman's parade. 8 members with the truck brought home a 1st place trophy for best aerial apparatus overall. Thanks for the hospitality DuBois!
Snorkel 1 gets sold April 2008
Snorkel 1 was advertised on e-bay and sold to an agency that was taking it to Vietnam. The buyers drove the truck from Brockway to Texas South of Huston. It was to be loaded onto a boat with 30 other apparatus to be delivered to Vietnam for firefighters. The buyers called and said they made it to Texas and it ran great! They told us it would be used at a training facility to train Vietnamese firefighters. It was a great truck in its 34 years at Brockway, and traveled to many other neighboring towns for fires. If anyone has any pictures of it in action, please email the station.
Brockway Old Fashioned 4th Celebration
The department was busy on the 4th. In the morning members made donuts starting at about 5am. The fire police assisted with traffic control for the 10k race and then the bicycle race. The afternoon brought eats for the visiting fire departments at the station. Followed by the parade and fireworks. Thanks to Warsaw Twp. Fire and Pine Creek Twp. Fire for providing stand-by for the fire works.
Annual Carnival
The annual carnival is gone for another year. This year the carnival was June 25th-30th. The midway was provided by Bartleabaugh amusements. Thanks to all who came out to support us!
DuBois City Firemen's Parade and Community Days
6-16-2007
Truck 1 and Snorkel 1 attended with a crew. The aerials brought home both 1st and 2nd place trophies in the best overall aerial class.
Brockway Elementary School fair
5-18-2007
Today members attended the school fair with the Truck and Rescue. Members gave rides to the children of the school in the equipment as a fair function.
New Hurst Jaws of Life Tools & Hurst Rescue Tool Factory Training
5-12-2007
The representative from Hurst Rescue Tools was at Station 1 today to familiarize the department with the new rescue tools. The department spent the morning at J&M Auto Service practicing on junk cars. Some new techniques these tools are capable of were shown to the members.
The department now has the latest and greatest in Jaws of Life rescue tools. The new tools were purchased with state grant money and local donations. The new tools include a new cutter, ram, combi-tool, power plant, and hoses. The original set of tools was purchased approximately 30 years ago by the Brockway High School FFA for approximately $10,000. Some of the old tools were in need or replacement. The old spreaders were ok along with a ram and the power unit. However, the old power unit was only capable of utilizing one tool at a time. The new power plant will operate three tools simultaneously. The new cutters have over 130,000 lbs. cutting force and will cut almost anything on the car including sheet steel, bolts, and frame pieces. The new ram is a telescoping ram, which gives us the capability of having two rams the same length. The new combi-tool (combination cutter spreader) is in service on the engine. This now equips the department with essentially two Jaws of Life tools. The department now has the capability of running on two crashes at the same time. Also, the engine is now equipped to run alone, if manpower does not allow the rescue to get out. The new group of tools when used together with both units allows for use of four tools simultaneously, drastically reducing the time of extrication. After months of consideration the department decided to purchase these tools to best suit the department. The total bill for this new equipment was approximately $27,000, again showing how the cost of essential equipment continues to rise.
Brockway Area High School Prom
5-4-2007
The 2006 Fire Queen, Paula Umbaugh and her date, along with Member Greg Castiglione and his date, and Brittany Castiglione and her date arrived at the prom in style via Truck 1. The kids asked their fathers to take them to the prom on the fire truck. It was the best ride there.
1-13-2007 Annual Fireman's Banquet
The annual fireman's banquet was held for the members and the department sponsors. The night was to recognize the various businesses that sponsor the department every year, honor the members, to give out certificates of training members completed throughout the year, and a little fun and dancing. The night started with an excellent dinner catered by Fremer's Market. The new officers for 2007 were publicly installed and an appreciation helmet and shield was given to the outgoing chief of nine years, Dave Umbaugh.
Training certificates included: Emergency Vehicle Operations (16 hrs.), Engine company operations (16 hrs.), Pump operations I (16 hrs.), Pump operations II (16 hrs.), Strategies and Tactics (16 hrs.), NIMS (National Incident Management System) (16 hrs & 4 hrs.), & Terrorism Drill (4 hrs.).
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