On Tuesday May 8, 2018 Firefighter Paramedic Ashley Neubauer, Firefighter Tim Trate, Firefighter Kevin Patton and President Jeff Bealer transported two female Elementary students to Boyertown Elementary and then picked them up after school to take them home. These girls were the winners of a PTA Basket Raffle that BAF&R contributes to each year to […]
5/2/2018 KICHEN FIRE, 27 S FRANKLIN ST, BOYERTOWN
Station 95 was dispatched to 27 S Franklin Street around 12:20 pm on 5/2/2018 for a reported kitchen fire. Crews found a small fire on top of the stove and quickly removed the burning items and made sure there was no active fire in the structure and then ventilated the Apartment to get all the smoke […]
5/1/2018 SHED FIRE, 42 S. READING AVENUE, BOYERTOWN
Station 95 was dispatched to a structure fire, reported shed on fire behind the business at the Styling Salon. Crews found a plastic shed on fire and sections had to be cut out of the shed to extinguish the fire and make sure the fire was completely extinguished. The owner was given oxygen due to […]
4/28/2018 AFA, BUILDING COLLAPSE, UNI CAST, 241 N WASHINGTON, BOYERTOWN
At 1808 hours the Company was dispatched to a manufacturing facility on North Washington Street in the Borough for an automatic fire alarm reported to be a central sprinkler riser activation. Ladder 95 arrived under the command of Assistant 95-1 at 1814 hours and the crew was sent to investigate followed shortly after by Engine […]
4/21/2018 GARAGE FIRE, 56 EDGEHILL ROAD, DOUGLASS
At 1515 hours Station 95 was dispatched for a structure fire at 56 Edgehill Road, reported to be a detached garage with vehicles inside. Assistant Chief 49 Amity Fire Company could see the smoke header from Douglass Drive and Fancy Hill Road and recommended that a second alarm should dispatched due to the apparent size […]
4/20/2018 DUMPSTER FIRE, 813 S READING AVENUE, COLEBROOKDALE
Station 95 was dispatched to a structure fire, reported dumpster near a structure at the Morysville Industrial Center. Crews arrived to find a dumpster fully involved with items around the dumpster starting to burn. The fire was quickly extinguished and then everything was soaked down to make sure it was completely out. Cause unknown at […]
4/9/2018 JOINT COLLAPSE TRAINING WITH SPRING FIRE COMPANY
On Monday April 9, 2018 BAF&R traveled to Spring Township Fire Company to have a joint training with members of Spring Fire and Wyomissing Fire Companies as part of our efforts to better a collapse response in Berks County. Spring Fire Company formally was a partner in the Counties Collapse service along with the City of […]
3/15/2018 WFMZ INTERVIEWS BAF&R DUE TO BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN FLORIDA
After the tragic collapse of the pedestrian bridge in Florida; WFMZ looked into what services were available in our area, Berks County. They found that BAF&R is the Department tasked with these type rescues in Berks County and this region of PA through the East Central Terrorism Task Force, and they wanted to visit BAF&R to […]
3/2/2018 NOR-EASTER STORM MAKES FOR NEVER ENDING DAY OF CALLS
This day started at 0157 hours for Station 95 with a crash, then another crash at 0720 hours and then the storm moved in with force and calls began flooding in starting at 1128 Hours and with the last Fire Police going home the following Morning after 0300 hours. The calls were primarily trees down […]
3/2/2018 2161 FARMINGTON AVE. VEHICLE INTO TREE WITH INJURIES, DOUGLASS
Station 95 was dispatched to the 2100 block of Farmington Avenue for one vehicle over an embankment into a tree with injuries. Boyertown Ambulance treated the occupant of the vehicle and Crews from Station 95 stabilized the vehicle. Douglass Police are investigating the crash. Crews assisted Douglassville Auto Body with removing the vehicle.