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Womelsdorf Volunteer Fire Company Social Quarters
20 South Front Street
Womelsdorf, PA 19567
610-589-2323
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2012 Calls to Date |
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2011 Call Total |
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Welcome to Womelsdorf Fire Company's Website!
| The Womelsdorf Volunteer Fire Company is a
100% VOLUNTEER civic
organization that is |
| responsible for fire suppression, rescue, and hazardous
material incidents, as well as numerous other types of
emergencies and has been responding to these calls for the
past 110 years, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our station
is designated as Company 47 with the Berks County
Communications Center. We are one of the 70 all-volunteer or
combination paid/volunteer fire companies in Berks County. |
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We are located in Berks County, about 15 miles
west of the City of Reading. Our primary coverage area includes
Womelsdorf Borough and we share coverage of Heidelberg Township
with the Pioneer Hose Company of Robesonia. The borough has
about 0.81 square miles with a population of 2600 residents. The
township has 13.9 square miles and a population of over 1630
residents.
Weekly Training Night:
Every Tuesday starting at 7:00pm
Location: Womelsdorf Fire Company
Engine House (501 West High Street, Womelsdorf)
Monthly Meeting Night:
Every Last Tuesday of each month starting at 7:00pm
Location: Womelsdorf Fire Company
Engine House (501 West High Street, Womelsdorf)
Social Quarters Meeting:
First Monday of each month starting at 7:00pm.
Location: Womelsdorf Fire Company
Social Quarters (20 North Front Street, Womelsdorf) |
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Tulpehocken Twp. Structure Fire |
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2012-05-01 - On Tuesday, April 10 at 12:21pm, the WVFC was dispatched to assist the Keystone Fire Co. of Rehrersburg at 155 Deck Rd. for a structure fire. Fire companies from Mt.Aetna, Marion, Bethel, and Keystone of Myerstown were also dispatched. The Rehrersburg, Bethel, and Mt.Aetna fire companies were already extinguishing a brush fire less than a mile away and left to respond to the structure fire. A large column of smoke could be seen prior to fire companies arriving indicating a working fire and Chief 27 requested the 2nd alarm which brought Marion and the WVFC and a special call for engines from Myerstown.
Upon arrival the garage was already fully involved and numerous brush fires began to ignite due to blowing embers from the garage fire due to the windy and dry conditions. The garage was located approximately 1/2 mile back a tight winding dirt lane. Fire apparatus had to access the lane which made laying a supply line impractical and several tankers had to drive back the lane to supply water for the fire.
Tanker and Engine 47 drove back the lane where Tanker 47 supplied Tanker 27 with tank water. The crew from Engine 47 pulled a trash line to begin extinguishing the brush fires and later assisted with overhaul of the garage. Ladder 47 was unable to access the lane and staged on the hard road but was later released without any services provided.
Companies went available from the call around 3:30pm.
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Fire Station
located at 501 West High Street Womelsdorf, Pa 19567
Telephone/Fax: 610-589-4645
Electronic Mail:
info@womelsdorffire.com |
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