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COLLEGEVILLE, PA - At 10:31 A.M. on Monday, March 4th, Perkiomen Township’s Engine 66, Tanker 66 and an all-vol unteer crew responded as mutual aid to the Pep Boys at 222 Main St. in Collegeville (in the Collegeville Shopping Center) for an initial report of smoke and then fire from the rooftop. Engine 66 laid a supply line from the hydrant on Main St. while Tanker 66 stood by at the hydrant. Multiple area fire companies were dispatched and assisted as mu tual aid to assist Collegeville Fire Company. The fire and smoke were contained to the roof area. Perkiomen volun teers were in service for about 90 minutes. NEIL FUERMAN

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THEN & NOW If your Department has photos you would like to see in our “Then & Now” feature, please upload them on our website, www.lstResponderNews.com or email them to Lindsey@lstResponderNews.com

The Darlington Fire Co. in Westmoreland County now operates a 2008 Sutphen Shield Engine that was Whitney-Hostetters until they closed. It has a 1500 pump, 750 water and 25 Foam, and previously ran as Engine 73, now operating as Engine 42-1.

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ON THE LITER SIDE TED HODGINS If you have photos you would like to see in our “On The Liter Side” feature, please upload them on our website, www.lstResponderNews.com or email them to Lindsey@lstResponderNews.com.

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LOWER FREDERICK TWP., PA-At 11:44 P.M. on Monday, February 12th, Perkiomen Township Fire Company volunteers (along with multiple other fire companies), responded to a report of a building fire on Village Drive (near the intersection of Aspen Way) in Lower Frederick Twp. Lower Frederick Fire Company’s Ladder 52 arrived first, followed by Engine 52 shortly after. Multiple hand lines were placed in service for fire in the rear and attic area of the townhome. Crews operated for several hours and held the fire to the initial townhome. The Perkiomen Air 66 crew filled air cylinders for various fire companies while the Engine 66 team initially worked inside the townhome. Perkiomen Township volunteers responded as mutual aid to assist Lower Frederick Fire Company.

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In memory of those who gave all 1st Responder Newspaper honors and remembers emergency responders lost in the line of duty New Jersey: Justin Bower, 30 Rank: Lieutenant Incident Date: November 18, 2023 Death Date: November 18,2023 Fire Department: Kinnelon Volunteer Fire Company Initial Summary: On Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, Lieu tenant Justin Bower responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at a residence. After returning home, approxi mately 2 hours later, his wife found him unconscious and immediately called 9-1-1. Emergency personnel at tempted to revive him but were unsuccessful. He passed away at his home from an apparent heart attack. Texas: Matthew Dawson, 34 Rank: Firefighter Incident Date: January 11, 2020 Death Date: November 26,2023 Fire Department: Lubbock Fire Rescue Initial Summary: On Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, Fire fighter Matthew Dawson and the members of the Lub bock Fire Rescue were dispatched to the scene of a motor vehicle accident on an interstate highway. While they were on the scene of the crash in the northbound lanes, a southbound vehicle lost control, crossed the me dian, and struck Firefighter Dawson. He was immedi ately transported to the hospital where it was determined that he suffered a traumatic brain injury. After 3 years of long-term health challenges, he passed away on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Lieutenant David Eric Hill from Lub bock Fire Rescue and a police officer also passed away on Jan. 11, 2020, from injuries they sustained in the ac cident. Texas: Daniel Potts, 74 Rank: Safety Officer Incident Date: November 24, 2023 Death Date: November 24,2023 Fire Department: Whitney Fire Department Initial Summary: On Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, Safety Of ficer Daniel Potts was at the fire station. He was getting in his support vehicle to respond to a residential fire when he was found unconscious. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. The cause of his death has yet to be determined.

Ohio: Ralph Michael Stegbauer, 71 Rank: Chief Incident Date: November 25,2023 Death Date: November 25, 2023 Fire Department: Concord Green Township Fire Department Initial Summary: On Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, Chief Ralph Michael Stegbauer and Captain Jeffery Skaggs were utilizing a mechanical lift to make repairs to the radio tower when the lift tipped over. Both were ejected from the tower basket from several feet in the air. Chief Stegbauer and Captain Skaggs were pro nounced deceased at the scene from the injuries they sustained in the fall. Ohio: Jeffery Skaggs, 62 Rank: Captain Incident Date: November 25,2023 Death Date: November 25, 2023 Fire Department: Concord Green Township Fire Department Initial Summary: On Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, Chief Ralph Michael Stegbauer and Captain Jeffery Skaggs were utilizing a mechanical lift to make repairs to the radio tower when the lift tipped over. Both were ejected from the tower basket from several feet in the air. Chief Stegbauer and Captain Skaggs were pronounced de ceased at the scene from the injuries they sustained in the fall. Tennessee: Richard "Rick” D. Miller, 69 Rank: Firefighter/Driver Incident Date: December 1, 2023 Death Date: December 1,2023 Fire Department: Henderson County Fire Department Initial Summary: On Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, Fire fighter/Driver Richard "Rick” D. Miller responded to an alarm activation at a county school. Shortly after arriv ing home, he suffered a medical emergency. He was found unresponsive by his family. CPR was immediately performed, and he was transported to the hospital but could not be revived. He was pronounced deceased a short time later from an apparent heart attack.

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DEE DEE DIMINO It’s an RTLAFOWIYF An nouncement - “Read the label and find out what’s in your food! ” Just because it is sold in the grocery stores does not mean it is healthy for us. WHAT??? Some of it is even poisonous. I am not saying it will kill you immedi ately upon ingesting—but after eating it over and over again, it can create disease in the body. Your health is not a high priority in the food industry. If it were, they would not be selling more than half the food and drinks available for mass consumption. This is why we must personally take control of keeping our bodies healthy and vibrant. Don’t wait until you get sick

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MVA w ith Rescue in Upper Macungie Twp. UPPER MACUNGIE TWP., PA - At 1:44 P.M. on May 1st, all three Upper Macungie stations were dispatched for a MVA with rescue on Hamilton Boulevard, to the rear of the Wendys in Upper Macungie Township. Once on the scene, Rescue 25 had a sedan in the intersection that a mini van had hit on the passenger side and glanced off, trapping the passenger in the sedan.

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This 1998 Seagrave Marauder 100-foot ladder truck was used by the Hazle Twp. Fire and Rescue Co. 141 for several years. The unit was originally purchased from the Paxtonia Fire Co., where it ran as Truck 34. On March 2nd, a major accident occurred between L.4 and a neighboring rescue vehicle on Rt 309 while responding to a dwelling fire. According to the fire company's website, L.4 was towed away from their station for the last time as the condition of L.4 is considered "totaled" and its fate remains unknown.

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Tractor-Trailer Vs. SUV in Emmaus EMMAUS, PA - On April 15th at 11:05 A.M., Emmaus EMS and the Emmaus Fire Department were dispatched for an acci dent with injuries at the intersection of S. Twelfth St. and Chestnut St. in the Borough of Emmaus. Once on the scene, they had a tractor-trailer and a Ford SUV that collided in the intersection. One patient from the SUV was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital - cedar crest.

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Engine 80 of the Lower Macungie Fire Department in service at a dwelling fire in Lower Macungie Township on April 5th.

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Ladder 31 of the Western Salisbury Fire Company and Engine 7 of the Emmaus Fire Department in service at a dwelling fire in the borough of Emmaus.

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EASTON, PA - That's the title of a display that shows the heroism, honor, and the history of firefighting in Northampton County. These firefighting exhibits are located in the Chrin Gallery at the Sigal Museum 342 Northampton St. One can see the Humane Fire Company's hand engine, the city's first dating back to 1797. A film of an oldtime firemen's parade can also be watched. Other fire fighting exhibits can be explored. The Museum is open Thursday thru Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday noon to 4 p.m., and will close down on July 7th.

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The Upper Allen FD took delivery of their 2023 Pierce Enforcer with a 100'Ascendant aerial. This piece will be designated as Cumberland County Truck 23.

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East Pennsboro Fire Department operates a 2021 KME 1500/300/102' Tower Ladder. The Lansdowne Fire Company took delivery of their 2023 Seagrave Marauder with a 100' aerial. This piece will be designated as Truck 19.

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On April 22nd, Perkiomen Twp. volunteers went to the Montgomery County Fire Academy in Conshohocken to continue to work and refine hose deployment and advancement to the second-floor; continuing to build on skills. There were also exercises on search and rescue techniques in realistic conditions. (Thanks to the Montgomery County Fire Academy for the use of their training facility. Thanks to C firefighter Chris DiFerdinando and Captain Larry Keown for planning and leading this training.) Constant and consistent training, discussion plus going through some practical scenarios keep all of us ready to respond.

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Pictured is a Harley Davidson Classic done in a FD motif, including the cut out Maltese Cross rear view mirrors. The cycle is owned by a member of the Fire Knight Motorcycle Club, which has inter national firefighter membership.

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Yeagertown Fire Company operates a 2001 E-One Cyclone 1250/1000. It was refurbed in 2015.

The Crystal Fire Dept, in Elk County, Saint Mary's now operates a 2022 Pierce En forcer as Engine 14, 1500/750/20 Foam.

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Let's see how many people can relate. I remember when people in stores would help you. They would take the time and walk you to the aisle, if you could not find some thing in the store, or someone would be willing to help, even if it was not in their job description. Has anyone helped to put packages in a car for someone? I see customer service as lack ing so many times. Many times when I encounter people in stores, they are doing something on the smartphone or they are plugged into something with ear buds. You cannot tell that the person is not hallucinating because it looks like

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Vehicle Fire at Swamp Pike Auto Rescue in Limerick Twp. LIMERICK TWP., PA - At 9:25 A.M. on Wednesday, April 17th, Perkiomen Township’s Tanker 66 and an all-volunteer crew were dispatched to the 300-block of Swamp Pike in Limerick Twp. for the report of a vehicle fire on the lot at Auto Rescue Salvage. The Tanker 66 crew prepared and oversaw the landing zone across the street for Jefferson Hospital’s JeffSTAT Critical Care Transport medical helicopter. Our volunteers were in service for about one hour and responded (along with other fire companies) as mutual aid to assist Limerick Fire De partment.

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9. NAME AND DESCRIBE: This phrase means to write the an swer and why it’s the right an swer

In the Fire Service there are many reasons to take written tests including national certifi cation exams, entrance exams for career positions, and of course promotions. Although the following information was first developed for high school students it has been modified here for adult learning and the fire service specifically. Be cause the fire service is adult education as an instructor make sure you emphasize that to the firefighters in your class i.e. that you are not treating them as adolescents with these tips but merely reminding them of what they already know as adults.

10. EXPLAIN OR DESCRIBE: This direction means to answer the question by telling a story or providing an example. Make sure you answer these types of questions with enough detail as suming the reader or person grading the paper knows noth ing about what you are talking about.

If you are preparing for a na tional certification exam don’t shy away from electronic apps but one note is to make sure you use a screen big enough to accommodate because scroll ing back and forth to see all the answers can make exam prep much more tedious. Also, these apps tend to have subjective questions but remember that questions on national certifica tion exams will likely be more general - they have to be in order to be as fair as possible to as many firefighters as possi ble. Is it really fair to ask a New York firefighter a question about an SOP in Wisconsin? Of course not. 1. VOCABULARY, VOCABU LARY, VOCABULARY: You can not possibly answer a question unless you know the meaning of all the words in a sentence. Refer to question #2 on NFPA standards. 2. FIND KEYWORDS: When looking back in your notes or workbook find and use the key words in the question (write them on a separate piece of paper) and then look specifi cally for those words in any de scriptions. 3. ALWAYS USE INFORMATION GIVEN TO YOU ON THE TEST (Including other questions): Often test questions provide in formation in one question that helps you answer another ques tion. Fire service exams are no torious for asking the same

information in multiple ques tions. These questions are gen erally factual and so can be used to interpret other ques tions on the test. 4. USE THE PROCESS OF ELIM INATION IN MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS: Eliminate the choices that you know for sure aren’t or can’t possibly be true. Usually all you are left with is one or two choices which even if you guess is better than four choices. 5. USE COMMON SENSE AND KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION IS ASKING: Think about your answers. Refer to question #1 below. Obviously, this question is asking about a form of com munication - a way that fire fighters talk to one another. So, PASS devices as an example would obviously not be the an swer. PASS devices are auto matic alarms on your SCBA and do not involve human commu nication - it doesn’t make any sense at all to put that as an an swer. 6. BREAK DOWN WORDS TO FIND THEIR MEANINGS: Refer to question #3. It contains the word thermal. The word ther mal (or variations of) refers to temperature - as in thermome ter. Any answer that does not refer to temperature can be eliminated. Also look for pre fixes such as photo - which means light (as in photograph) so any answer not referring to light can be eliminated. So even if you didn’t know the answer you would be able to figure it out. 7. THERE IS NO PATTERN TO THE MULTIPLE CHOICE OR TRUE/FALSE 8. READ AND FOLLOW THE DI RECTIONS CAREFULLY: If the directions for the true and false questions say to write out the entire word true and/or the en tire word false. That means don’t just put the letter down because it is going to get marked wrong!! The question may also ask you to provide an example so make sure you an swer all parts of each question.

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11. WHICH PART FIRST: Start out with the section of ques tions that is worth the most points (usually that will be the short answer). This way if you run out of time you may still have enough points to pass. 12. ALWAYS TAKE A STAB AT THE BONUS QUESTIONS: Stan dardized tests will not have bonus questions but in house exams might. Many times, the questions here are examples from class or from a chapter in any class book or manual. 13. GRAPHS ARE YOUR FRIEND: The answer is in the graph itself. You don’t need to add any knowledge. 14. DON’T ADD INFORMATION: If the question states that all ap paratus are red then for the pur poses of that question all apparatus are red and it doesn’t matter if in real life they are any other color. 15. BEST, MOST and OTHER EX TREMES: These questions tend to be subjective and can be very frustrating because it is almost as if you have to jump into the test makers head and know what they are thinking but there are some of these where be cause the question refers to an extreme the middle answers can be eliminated. Refer to ques tions #4 and #5. 16. SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS SUCK: These questions legiti mately have more than one an swer. Just remember to read all of your choices and don’t con fuse the state curriculum for your local SOPs. See question #6 17. LOOK AROUND THE ROOM FOR ANY ANSWERS: Often times there are posters or infor mation on the walls that can jog

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your memory. Maybe you’ll get lucky and have a question on a fire alarm and have a pull station next to your desk with the an swer written on it. Sample Questions 1) Knowing the limitations of radio communication is part of general knowledge of: a) PASS Devices b) Public Alert Systems c) External Communications d) Internal Communications 2) The minimum requirements for receiving, processing and dispatching emergency respon ders are found in: a) NFPA 1500 b) NFPA 297 c) NFPA 1221 d) NFPA 2002 3) Which of the Following BEST describes the location of gasses that are in thermal layers? a) Cool gasses tend to be re placed by warm gasses b) Hot and cool gasses tend to mix in both layers equally c) Cooler gasses tend to be in the upper layer, hot gasses tend to be in the lower layer d) Hot gasses tend to be in the upper layer, cooler gasses tend to be in the lower layer 4) Which of the following BEST

describes the impact of higher oxygen concentration on com bustion? a) Materials burn less forcefully b) Non-Flaming combustion will stop c) Fires may be more difficult to extinguish d) Materials that do not burn at normally still do not burn 5) Which of the following is MOST accurate about forcing gates? a) Gate should be pried or cut to avoid damage b) Most gates require a key pad code for entry c) An apparatus bumper can be used to force a gate open d) Most gates cannot be forced and another means of entry must be used 6) Which of the following is the BEST indicator for a backdraft? a) Optimally dense smoke b) Little or no visible flame c) Turbulent smoke discharge d) Fire confined to a void space ‘ Please note I inserted the term BEST to make this question subjective. The original ques tion had the term SMOKE in stead of BEST. - JOSEPH CEA

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The Trevorton Fire Company continues to operate this 1990 EOne/Pemfab (1750/1000) as Engine 312.

UPPER PROVIDENCE TWP., PA - On April 19th, Upper Providence Department of Fire and Emergency Services (Montgomery County) Engine 68 (A Platoon) and firefighters joined with the Friendship Ambulance of Royersford crew and officers with Upper Providence Township Police Department at Morningside House of Collegeville for a breakfast with First Respon ders. The crews enjoyed meeting the residents, sharing conversation and a meal. Also, the group celebrated Officer Parkins’ birthday with a cupcake! Thanks to Morningside House for the invite and the hospitality!

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The Upper Burrell Twp. Fire Dept, now operates a 2003 HME/4 Guys, 2000/500 as En The New Buffalo Fire Co. has placed this 2006 KME into service as Rescue 9. This gine 115. It previously served Richland Township, Allegheny County. piece formally served in Lumberton, NJ.

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The Beaver Meadows Fire Company operates this 2003 KME Excel 2250/750. This unit was formally in service with Hazle Township Fire Rescue.

Dauphin County's Wiconisco Fire Dept, operates Air 23, a 1997 Freightliner FL/Swab/1987 Morgan/2022, which was donated by Linglestown. It previously served Pikesville, MD then Paxtonia before Linglestown.

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Klecknersville Rangers now operate a 2009 Pierce Velocity 2000/1000/30 that for New Minersville Fire Company now runs a 1990 Pierce Lance 1500/750 that once mally served Schuylkill Haven FD. saw service in Middle Island, NY.

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M ultiple Departments Respond to House Fire on Grant St. in Gallitzin GALLITZIN, PA - On the night of Saturday, March 23rd, at approximately 10:30 PM., Station 71 along with a first-alarm was dispatched to a house fire on the 300 block of Grant Street in Gallitzin Borough. The first-alarm as signment brought units from Gallitzin Fire Company N o.l, Keystone Regional Fire & Rescue Department, Ashville Volunteer Fire Company, and Loretto Com munity Volunteer Fire Company. 71 Assistant Chief Patterson arrived first on scene to find light smoke conditions on the secondfloor with a fire visible in a sec ond-floor window on the second-floor. E71 laid a five-inch supply hose from the fire hydrant into the scene and personnel quickly deployed a one-and-threequarter-inch attack line to the sec ond-floor and made a quick

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