Day 2 of the Rural Fireground Water Movement class was held at Crary Hose on 4/30/2022. Bucks County Community College Fire Instructor JR Erdley presided over the class. Firefighters from Dept 5 Crary Hose, Dept 3 Elkland, Dept 6 Knoxville-Deerfield, Dept 11 Middlebury Township, Dept 14 Osceola and Dept 48 Coudersport learned to apply the …
When you are fighting fire in hills of Northcentral Pennsylvania and the call summons you outside of our small towns into the rural townships, one of your highest priorities is planning, establishing, and maintaining an adequate water supply. Without water, our tools and tactics are pretty much useless. So how do you amass a water …
It is with heavy hearts that the members of Crary Hose Company announce the sudden and untimely passing of our brother Firefighter and EMT Travis Birdsall. Travis joined Crary Hose Company on September 10th, 2007 and gave 14 years of service to his community. During that time, Travis served as Fire Police Captain for 5 …
On Monday, 3/28/22 at 18:30, members of Dept 5 Crary Hose and Dept 20 Harrison Township participated in a Wildfire Refresher session at the Crary Hose Firehall. Brian Plume and Scott Miller from the PA DCNR Bureau of Forestry, Tioga Forest District, provided an in-depth refresher of the important aspects of fighting Wildfires. Topics included …
3/18/2022 @ 15:26, Dept 5 Crary Hose , Dept 6 Knoxville, Dept 16 Clymer, Dept 17 Chatham was dispatched to 1118 Broughton Rd, Westfield Township to the scene of a wild fire. Crary Hose Squad 5-18 hauling UTV Rescue 5-28, Patrol 5-4 and Tanker 5-5 responded, as did Clymer Partol 16-4 and their 6-Wheeler. First …
Crary Hose held our February Monthly Company Meeting on Monday, 2/7/2022. Prior to the meeting, the members of the company had the privilege of welcoming to the firehall Brian Edgcomb, Trustee of the Deerfield Charitable Trust. We invited Mr. Edgcomb to present him and the Deerfield Charitable Trust with a token of our appreciation for …
Deerfield Charitable Trust Recognized at Crary Hose Monthly Meeting Read More »
2/5/2022 @ 17:50, Dept 5 was dispatched mutual aid to 4 E Second Street, Coudersport Borough with Engine or Rescue and crew of interior firefighters to assist on the scene of a working structure fire in-progress. Squad 5-18 with crew of 3 responded initially, followed by Engine 5-3 with a crew of 3 shortly thereafter. …
Incident 2022-00003680: Mutual Aid to Structure Fire Read More »
In 2021, Crary Hose responded to 353 calls. Of these calls, 250 were medical calls and 28 were fire-related responses. Our volunteers invested 3,543 total hours in service of the company and the community, with 1510 of those hours being associated with emergency response and the remainder, 2033, being invested in training, meetings, work nights, …
Rural firefighters spend a lot of time at incidents with neighboring fire and EMS departments. So much so, we tend to build a strong and unique bonds. It’s not always amicable, as this is a highly impactful and stressful vocation, but at the end of the day we all know we are in this together …
The Brotherhood: Fighting Fires and Busting Chops Read More »
