Fire police were requested before lunch time to shut Route 412 down due to a truck stuck partially in the road, and were on scene for about an hour.

Just after going available from the traffic control, Upper Black Eddy along with Engine 94, and 2 engines from Hunterdon County NJ were called for a dwelling fire on Bridgeton Hill Rd.  Chief 47 went on scene with a single story rancher with a working bedroom fire in the rear.  Engine 47 and Engine 94 arrived and went in service with hand lines to the interior to extinguish the fire.  Ladder 49 and Tanker 49 were also added to the scene and were put to work with ventilation and supplying water to the scene.  Crews were available at the 1 hour mark.

Just as Friday night duty crews were arriving at the station, Quakertown FD was dispatched for a dwelling fire in the Biro.  PD arrived confirming a working fire which sent Rescue 49 to Station 18 for the cover.  Crews covered for 3 hours before returning to service. 

The officers and members would like to thank everyone who was involved in making 2011 a very successful, record breaking year!  The department broke it's all time record, ending up with 417 calls for service.  Crews successfully manned the station a minimum of 5 nights a week from 7-10 with a crew of at least 5 firefighters each night.  Numerous certifications were obtained with aggressive training with in-house training and schooling through the Bucks County Public Safety Training Center.

We would also like to thank everyone who contributed to our fund drive donations, online donations and coin tosses.  Being a 100% volunteer fire company, we rely on donations to help us with the rising costs of personal protective equipment, fuel, vehicles etc.

We are looking forward to a SAFE and sucessful 2012!

 

Thursday night duty crews were alerted while driver training to assist Upper Black Eddy FD with an MVA with injuries.  Rescue 49's crew arrived and assisted with lighting the scene, assisting Upper Bucks Regional EMS with loading of the PT, and securing the vehicle.  Crews were onscene for about an hour before returning into the local.

Crews were requested Saturday afternoon to assist the farmer with a large piece of steel that fell into an oxygen limiting silo.  Crews repelled into the silo using numerous ropes and riggings systems and supplied air to search for the steel.  Crews were onscene for around 3 hours before returning to service.  M-142 stood by while crews were inside the silo and fire police directed traffic.

Rescue 49 was called with M-142 to a vehicle into a pole with injuries.  Chief and Rescue 49 arrived and confirmed the report but no driver was found.  Crews assisted PSP with lighting and awaited the arrival of the tow company to ensure the pole and wires would not come down. Rescue 49 Field 49 and Engine 94 were available within an hour.

Rescue 49 was again called to cover Station 18 while they were operating on a working fire.  Crews covered for an hour before returning to service. 

Rescue 49 was relocated to cover parts of Quakertown while 17/18 and other mutual aid departments were operating at a working dwelling fire.  Quakertown units arrived to find heavy fire showing from a bedroom on the 2nd floor.  Rescue 49 was released almost 3 hours later, and didnt run any calls.

Chief 49 arrived to find a jeep with a well involved engine compartment.  Engine 94 arrived and went in service with a CAFS line to extinguish the fire.  Field 49 assisted the Engine company and were available within an hour.

Crews responded to over 30 calls from Saturday morning into Tuesday night for storm related calls.  Calls ranged from Dwelling fires, numerous ambulance assists, wires, trees down, accidents, and assisting motorists.  Thank you to everyone that manned the station during this major snow storm for over 48 hours to provide care to the community.

The officers and members of the OVFC would like to thank everyone who attended our Fire Prevention and Open House. 
 

Also thank you to Chubby's Dairy Barn for providing ice cream to everyone that came, Upper Black Eddy FD, Springtown FD, Milford NJ FD, Point Pleasant FD, Haycock FD, Erwinna FD, Medivac Helicopter and Perkasie FD for the use of their smoke house.

Thank you to Newtown Fire Association and Edgley FD for protecting the district while members were involved in activities.

See you next year!

Ottsville Fire Department will once again be hosting our Annual Fire Prevention Night at Station 49, located at 249 Durham Road in Ottsville from 7-9:30 on Friday night October 7th. Numerous surrounding companies will be in attendance, along with demonstrations and activities for kids.  Chubby's Dairy Barn will be in attendance to serve samples of ice cream for everyone.
 

Hope to see you there!

A total of 20 Firefighters manned the station for over 24 hours during the hurricane, which brought a total of 25 calls for the department ranging from fire police to barricade flooded roads, wires calls, trees into houses, and water rescues.  

At 07:30, Tanker 49 was dispatched along with Tanker's 42. 56, 40, and 75 to assist Plainfield Twp, Northampton County with a large building fire.  The Tankers were staged at SE-WY-CO FD, but were quickly brought into the scene as the fire progressed. 

At 12:45, Engine 94 along with Engines 17, 58, 60, 23 and 40 were called to the Northampton County 911 center to Stage as a large Engine Task force.  The Bucks County Task Force were called into the scene within 2 hours of arriving at the 911 Center and were immediatly put to work.  Engine 94 relieved 1 engine on the "B" side and remained at that spot for 16 hours.  Tanker 49 shuttled 18 loads before returning.  Engine 94 was availble at 03:00, almost 24 hours after the tanker was dispatched.  

Thank you to Engine 19 and Tanker 48 for covering the 49/94 fire district.

Just shy of 9am, Station 49 was dispatched for an Auto Extrication in Bedminster Twp.  Crews arrived to find 2 vehicles, 1 overturned and on the side, with no injuries.  Rescue crews arrived and stablized the vehicle and used a Little Giant ladder to assist the driver with exiting the vehicle.  Crews were available within 1 hour.

Crews were dispatched to an auto extrication in Tinicum Twp, reports were 1 vehicle into a pole with wires down and an unconcious victim.  Crews arrived and confirmed the report, meanwhile the transformer had dropped and the power was secured.  Crews worked to free the Pt where he later succumbed to his injuries.  49, 94 and 48 apparatus were onscene for 1.5 hours.