Over the last week, a Hazmat Operations Level full course was held at Crary Hose. Three of our members (FF Brubaker, FF Streeter, and Chief 5-10 Skelton) and numerous other members from around Tioga County, were taught the necessary skills to operate at this level. The class was instructed by John Erich and Jim Sheppard, …
To celebrate the 2023 Maple Weekend (March 18th and 19th, 2023,) Crary Hose will be serving a All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Buffet at the Westfield Community Building. Breakfast will be served 7am to 11am, both days. Breakfast will include bottomless pancakes, eggs, and sausage from Sylvester Quality Meats, with Coffee, Tea, Orange Juice, Milk or Water. An …
03/06/23 01:48 Dept 5 was dispatched auto aid to 508 E Main St Knoxville Borough to assist Dept 6 Knoxville and Dept 25 Valley Ambulance with a structure fire, reported barn with multiple exposures. Engine 5-3 with crew of 4 and Ladder 5-9 with crew of 4 responded. Chief’s 5, 5-10, 5-20 and 5-30 responded. …
T030623-3 Auto Aid to Barn Fire with Involved Exposures in Knoxville Boro Read More »
At our December 2022 Meetings, the Crary Hose Company and Westfield Firemen’s Relief Association chose our 2023 Officers. We will be represented by the same group of leaders this year as last year. Thank you all for serving in 2022 and for stepping up to continue to lead our progress through the coming year. 2023 …
12/14/2022 @ 16:17, Crary Hose, Sabinsville Ambulance, Clymer Hose, Harrison Township, Knoxville-Deerfield, and Elkland-RIT were dispatched to 6204 Route 349, Westfield Township, to the scene of a reported structure fire. Engine 5-3 responded with a crew of 4 (FF Streeter – Operator, Chief 5-10 Skelton, FF Brubaker, FF Reed) at 16:22 to find a house …
08/16/2022 @ 11:36, Crary Hose, Clymer Hose, Knoxville-Deerfield and Sabinsville Ambulance were dispatched to 2152 California Rd, Brookfield Township, to the scene of a reported vehicle fire. Engine 5-3/Chief 5-20 Heyler responded with a crew of 4 at 11:43, followed closely by Tanker 5-5 with crew of 2. Knoxville’s Tanker 6-5 and Engine 6-2 responded, …
Incident T081622-45: Tractor/Trailer Fire in Brookfield Twp Read More »
In Fire and EMS world, there are three main categories of incidents: medical calls, motor vehicle accidents/rescue calls and fires/hazmat calls. If you listen to dispatch radio traffic, you will recognize these calls by the number of beeps that follow the plectron dispatch tones: one beep for medical, two beeps for MVA, three beeps for …
Drill Nights – Honing Skills and Prepping for the Big Game Read More »
On June 4th and 5th, 2022, firefighters from Crary Hose, Eynon Sturges (Scranton), Millerton, Morris, and Wellsboro took part in an Aerial Apparatus Practices course offered by Bucks County Community College, sponsored by Tioga County Department of Emergency Services, and hosted by Crary Hose Company. Aerial units from Wellsboro, Elkland, and Crary Hose, along with …
Continuing a very intensive training schedule for Spring 2022, 15 firefighters from Crary Hose, Knoxville/Deerfield, Clymer Hose, Osceola and Middlebury Township participated in a Vehicle Rescue Awareness and Operations Level course hosted by Crary Hose throughout the month of May 2022, conducted by Bucks County Community College instructors Dave Braun and Richard Scheesley. The course …
Vehicle Rescue Training – Awareness and Operations Level Read More »
Spring 2022 has been all about catching up on the lost time. Since training over the last two years has been, let’s just say complicated, our training committee and chief officers have been hard at work setting up training opportunities. In addition to the multiple training courses we are offering at Dept 5 this spring, …
