FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS APPROACHING...

..and the theme for this year's Fire Prevention Week is Lithium-Ion Battery Safety. Rechargeable battery-operated devices have become a regular fixture in our homes, workplaces and highways, the battery systems generally involve lithium-ion batteries. These items pose serious fire safety concerns and as such have garnered serious attention from the fire safety ... (Full Story & Photos)

Save the date of October 24 and use it to join us for our annual Fire Prevention Open House. There will be equipment displays, demonstrations, giveaways, food and fun from 10AM to 1PM. This year's theme is lithium-ion battery safety. More on that to follow.

Hope to see you there. Have fun and maybe learn something...... (Full Story & Photos)

We've said it before, but most people don't appreciate the amount and nature of the many hazardous chemicals in their homes. This stuff presents dangers not only to you and your family if they get loose, but also to emergency responders in the event of a fire or other emergency. These include chemicals such as herbicides, insecticides, flammable gases, combustible liquids such as old paints, thinners ... (Full Story & Photos)

As part of the remembrance of the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, ceremonies were held at Wilson School District elementary schools on the morning of Friday 9/11. TSFRS members were privileged to join the students and staff at Shiloh Hills and Spring Ridge Elementary Centers where the students gathered at their respective flagpoles to learn about the moment with appropriate and respectful ceremonies. ... (Full Story & Photos)

As the nation pauses to remember the events of 9-11-2001, TSFRS also pauses to reflect on the momentous impact of that day. Thousands of Americans were murdered by heinous acts of terror, perpetrated over New York, Arlington and Shanksville. The horror of the scenes will be indelibly etched in the minds of everyone who witnessed it in person or on television.

But in the midst of the calamity, we ... (Full Story & Photos)

Early Friday morning September 4, TSFRS was alerted for a structure fire, reported as smoke in the apartment in the Berkshire Hills development in Spring Township. As such, TSFRS Engine 85, Shillington Engine 36, Western Berks Ladder 18 and Engine 18-1, Cumru Engine 42, Wyomissing Ladder 79, Mount Penn Company 1 (RIT) and Western Berks EMS Medic 6511 were dispatched. While units were responding, County ... (Full Story & Photos)

Rescue 85 was dispatched to s shopping center on Lancaster Ave to assist Cumru Twp FD Station 42 on the afternoon of September 3, on vehicle crash with structural impact. R85 responded and was assigned to stabilize a dangling section of roof over a pedestrian walkway. On arrival the company used rescue struts and a 4x4 wooden beam to temporarily support and secure the end of the roof over the sidewalk.

Once ... (Full Story & Photos)

A vehicle fire was reported at the intersection of Harrison Ave and McKinley Ave in the West Wyomissing section of Spring Township, on Thursday morning September 3. TSFRS Rescue Engine 85, Western Berks FD Engine 18-2 and Wyomissing Ladder 79 were dispatched. Engine 85 was returning from a mutual aid fire alarm and responded to this call in place of the Rescue Engine. Ladder 18 responded in place ... (Full Story & Photos)