Approximately 25 TSFR members completed their mandatory Haz Mat Operations Refresher Training for 2025 this month. The program was taught under the auspices of Bucks County Community College and consisted of two sessions. One was Monday nights January 6 and 13, while the other was a one-day program on Saturday January 18.

The curriculum included properties of hazardous materials and use of the ... (Full Story & Photos)

If you haven't already heard, it's gonna snow,....and from all reports, its gonna snow a lot.

Whenever we have large snowfalls, it's very common to have access to the hydrants blocked as a result. The snow can simply fall from above, be blown by wind, get piled by shoveling, or get stacked by plowing. When this happens, your firefighters are unable to secure a water supply quickly and must waste ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Thursday, January 9, TSFR personnel, along with members of Western Berks FD, Kenhorst Fire Co and West Reading Fire Co. attended the 2025 Wilson Middle School Career Day held at Alvernia College. Students from both Wilson Middle Schools attended and had the opportunity to visit booths operated by 25 vendors, agencies and businesses. Agencies included PA State Police, Berks Co. Sheriff's Dept, ... (Full Story & Photos)

A structure fire occurred on Friday morning January 10th in the 700 block of Mohns Hil Road in southern Spring Township. The initial report from a passerby was of smoke coming from the windows and eaves. Accordingly, Township of Spring Fire Rescue Services (85), along with our mutual aid partners from Cumru Twp FD (42), Adamstown LancCo (11), Wyomissing (79), Western Berks FD (18), Shillington FD ... (Full Story & Photos)

Just after noon on Wednesday January 8 TSFR Engine 85, along with our mutual aid partners Shillington Engine 36, Western Berks FD Engine E18-1 and Ladder 18, Kenhorst Engine 69-1, Wyomissing Ladder 79, Mohnton Station 57 RIT, Western Berks EMS Medics 6531 and 6504 responded to a reported structure fire in the 2700 bock of Penn Avenue, Spring Township. Additional information provided was that there ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Friday January 3 just before 6 PM, TSFR Engine and Tanker 85 along with our mutual aid partners from Wyomissing (79), Adamstown (LN1-1), Reinholds LN(18-1), Western Berks FD (18), Cumru Twp (42), Reamstown (LN17-1), Denver (LN-13 RIT), and Western Berks EMS Medic M6511, were dispatched to the 900 block of Fritztown Road in southern Spring Twp for a possible structure fire. The fire was reported ... (Full Story & Photos)

Around 7:30 PM on New Year's Eve 2024, TSFR Engine 85 and Deputy 85 responded on a mutual aid assignment, assisting the Cumru Twp Fire Dept. for a structure fire with possible multiple entrapments in an occupied nursing home. The initial report from a first arriving EMS unit confirmed a working fire in a resident's room with smoke showing.

On arrival, E85s crew was directed by Command to the fire ... (Full Story & Photos)

The final Monday night drill for 2024 was held on Monday night December 30. Members practiced procedures and techniques to rescue victims of impalement accidents. This was the final installment in a series of man-machine rescue drills held during December.

In many cases, the source of the impalement must be removed from its host device and then finally removed by surgical procedures in a hospital ... (Full Story & Photos)