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| The Quarryville Fire Co. is located in Quarryville, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. The department is all volunteer. Quarryville
Borough is a small rural town about 2 square miles with a population
of about 2,500 residents. Our call numbers are 5-7, dispatch
frequency is 33.90 MHz, and working frequency is 33.72 MHz.
Membership consists of approximately 60 active members, 8 Probationary
members,11 junior members and 30 lifetime members.
Besides the Borough the Fire Department proudly provides fire protection and
service to Eden, Colerain, East Drumore, Providence, Little Britain, and Strasburg
Townships, Some entirely others partially. Including the Borough total coverage
area is approximately 98 square Miles, which is the largest coverage area in
Lancaster County by a single company. The area consists mostly of rural farmland,
as well as residential and light industrial territory. The fire department provides
fire protection to 3 schools, 2 retirement facilities, as well as several note
worthy businesses and homes that are constantly growing and expanding. Funding
comes entirely from fund drives, Borough and Township donations and fund-raisers.
The Quarryville Fire Company has a long, rich history and tradition dating back
to 1903 when the department was chartered, and takes the up most pride in the
departments members, their training and qualifications, as well as the apparatus
we house. The department currently has 2-Engines, 1-Truck, 1-Tanker, 1-Heavy
Rescue, 1-Brush Truck, 1-Squad, and 1-Chiefs Vehicle. These units are all in
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Saturday, May 3, 2008 - The Quarryville Fire Company #1 is offering for sale the following vehicle, which is our old rescue that has been replaced by our 2008 Dash Rescue Pumper.
1984 Mack MC 686 Chassis
1984 Swab 16 foot Heavy Duty Rescue Body
EM6-285 Mack Diesel Engine
TRL-1076 Five Speed Manual Transmission
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - Just after 1:00 pm, the Company was alerted to assist the Union Fire Company #1 of Oxford on a working woods fire at the Nottingham Park off of Park Road in West Nottingham Township. At the time of the call, Engine 5-7-5 was out of service getting a new radio installed, so Tanker 5-7 and Engine ... Full Story  | | As seen from Rt 472 at Kirkwood |
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Saturday, May 3, 2008 - At 9:54 am, QFD Volunteers were dispatched to Church Street and Camargo Road in Eden Township for a utility pole fire. While members were responding to the station, the call was upgraded to a vehicle accident, class 1, with a car that sheared a utility pole. Deputy 5-7 arrived with a car into a... Full Story |
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Thursday, May 1, 2008 - At 7:30 am on Mayday, QFD Volunteers were alerted to a chimney fire at 64 Stuart Run Rd. in Colerain Township. On arrival, a well involved fire in the chimney with a significant creosote build up was found. Crews extinguished the fire and cleaned the chimney before returning in about 1 hour. |
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - At 1:30 am, QFD Volunteers were awoken to the report of a mobile home fire at 8 Laura Court in East Drumore Township. Captain Mike Ross responded and was advised that the fire began in a matress, and that the fire may be out. On arrival of the 5-7 units, the matress that was on fire was outside... Full Story |
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - On Wednesday evening, over 25 QFD members participated in the bi-yearly Peach Bottom Atomic Power Plant Emergency Excercise. This excercise is held to ensure that in the event of an incident at the power plant, communities and emergency responders will be ready to handle the event. Quarryville ... Full Story |
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - At 4:07 pm, Susquehanna Valley EMS, QFD and Robert Fulton FC Rescue 5-13 were dispatched to the intersection of Center Road and Hartwicke Drive in East Drumore Township for a residential rescue. The infomartion given was that a young child was possibly stuck in a lawn mower. On arrival of Medic... Full Story |
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Saturday, April 19, 2008 - On Saturday, QFD Firefighter Curtis Appler and his wife Heather re-affirmed their wedding vows. Curt and Heather were married late last year due to Heather’s father having cancer. Sadly, he passed away not long after their marriage. Today, family and friends gathered to celebrate the mar... Full Story |
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Thursday, April 17, 2008 - On Thursday afternoon, QFD Volunteers with Engine 5-7-2 and Rescue 5-7 went to Solanco High School to assist them with their Prom Promise mock accident scenario. This is the second year that we have done this excercise with the High School. Several student "patients" were placed in and around t... Full Story |
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008 - Again this week, Tuesday was a busy day as usual. The day started off with a fire safety presentation to two classes of pre-schoolers from the Noahs Ark Pre-School. 37 children and 16 adults participated in learning about smoke detectors, crawling low in smoke and various other safety items, fo... Full Story  | | Kitchen Fire |
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Quarryville Fire
Company
217 E State Street, PO Box 143, Quarryville, PA 17566
phone: 717-786-2898 fax: 717-786-6093
email: firehouse@qfd57.com
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