At 1913 hours on Wednesday July 17, 2019 Company 95 was dispatched for Collapse 95 for a complete collapse of a basement wall of a residence at 220 Skyline Dr in Alsace Township. Crews responded and evaluated the situation placing temporary supports in place until a strut system with whalers could be put in place […]
6/14/2019 REST IN PEACE LENUS “HESSY” HESS RETIRED FIRE POLICE BAF&R
On June 7, 2019 Hessy passed away at 79 years of age. He served many years at Friendship Hook & Ladder as a Fire Police Officer and joined on with BAF&R after the merger for a couple years and attended the Company Christmas Party in 2017 where he was telling stories of years gone by […]
6/13/2019 VEHICLE ROLLOVER WITH INJURIES, FARMINGTON AVENUE, DOUGLASS
Just after 4:30 pm Company 95 was dispatched to a vehicle rollover with injuries on Farmington Avenue. On arrival the driver was out of the vehicle and had obvious lacerations and bleeding, he refused EMS and went to the hospital with his parents. Crews assisted Berks Mont Towing with righting the vehicle and cleaning up […]
6-12-19 STRUCTURE FIRE, SUGG MOTORCAR, 2ND & WASHINGTON, BOYERTOWN
At approximately 1921 hours BAF&R was dispatched to a Structure Fire with possible entrapment at Sugg Motorcar Company on the corner of 2ND Street and Washington St. Crews arrived within minutes along with Crews from Eastern Berks Fire Co., Earl Fire Co., Gilbertsville Fire Co. and New Hanover Fire Co., and immediately worked on verifying […]
SATURDAY JUNE 8, BENEFIT AUCTION DAY
Please come out to our 1st annual benefit auction and we are still accepting consignment lots if you have items you want to sell but don’t feel like dragging out to a yard sale and then putting it all away again. This is an absolute auction so all items will sell. Contact Jeff Bealer at […]
5/31/19 & 6/1/19 FUN DAYS THANK YOU FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
BAF&R would like to thank all those who contributed to the Fire Company for parking and at the food stand it was a very successful year for BAF&R. Special Thanks to TO: Tony Boyd Berks Mont Towing for hauling the carts, Light Towers and the Cargo trailer. Eastern Berks Fire Police Officer Phil Rohrbach for […]
5/26/2019 SINGLE VEHICLE CRASH, RT 100, COLEBROOKDALE
Company 95 was dispatched just before 7:00 am for a single vehicle crash with vehicle up the embankment and reported with back injuries. On arrival crews shut down the right Southbound lane of Rt 100 just South of Montgomery Avenue and stabilized the vehicle and powered it down to make it safe for EMS from […]
5/19/2019 BOYERTOWN AMBULANCE OPEN HOUSE, RESCUE DEMO MEDI-VAC LANDING
Company 95 participated in the Boyertown Ambulance Open House by demonstrating a rescue cutting apart two staged vehicles showing those in attendance how an actual rescue would be conducted. BAF&R also handled the landing of the Medi-Vac Helicopter at 1300 hours. Ladder 95 was raised with the large USA Flag flying overhead. Great day for […]
5/18/2019 VEHICLE INTO A GARAGE WITH COLLAPSE, OLD RIVER ROAD, MUTUAL AID COMPANY 24
At 1327 hours on Saturday May 18, Company 95 was dispatched for the Collapse and Special Operations to assist Company 24 with a vehicle into a garage with major structural damage. Company 24 and Rescue 25 had already stabilized the vehicle and removed the driver to turn over to EMS and they were transported to […]
5/15/2019 3 VEHICLE CRASH WITH INJURIES & ENTRAPMENT, N. READING AVE AT TOWNSHIP LINE RD. , COLEBROOKDALE
Just before 0700 hours, Boyertown Area Fire & Rescue was dispatched to N. Reading Avenue at Township Line Road for a 3 vehicle crash with injuries and entrapment. On arrival the flipped vehicle was stabilized and a medic from BAF&R went inside the vehicle to check on the driver who was trapped inside. Due to […]