As we approach the 9th anniversary of that horrific day we ask that you take some time and remember those who perished during the attacks on our country, and offer your support to those who continue to fight to protect us and our freedoms that we value so much.  9-11 - NEVER FORGET

We wish to remind everyone of 2 big events coming up this month at your local volunteer fire station.

Our 3rd annual Golf Tournament will be held on Thursday Sept. 16th. Details for the tournament can be found by clicking the golf tournament banner at the top of this page

Our annual Fall Chicken BBQ will be held on Saturday Sept. 25th starting at 11:00am. Come out and support your fire company and enjoy some yummy BBQ chicken too!!!

Tonight's participants included 63, 41 (Bird in Hand), 510 (Strasburg), and 410 (Witmer). Crews continued to do 4th floor run-ins and got to do some roof ventilation as well. 410 crew was working with their leader lines and high rise packs.

While the evening evolutions were going on, a group of junior firefighters that meet bi-weekly also got to put their skills to use on this former hotel. The juniors practiced breaching of walls, overhauling, and some hoseline advancement. This group consists of junior firefighters from Lafayette, Neffsville, East Petersburg, Witmer, Susquehanna in Columbia, Southern Manheim Twp, and New Danville.

The training continues at our acquired hotel......tonight crews from 63, 311 (Upper Leacock), and 31 (Bareville) were on site doing "run-ins" which included 4th floor fire evolutions, and RIT evolutions with firefighters trapped in the 4th floor under ceiling grid.Thanks to Woody Woodward for this evening's pics

This evening crews from 63, 410 (Witmer), 24 (Eden), and 48 (Ronks) participated in a full scale drill at the former Holiday Inn property on Greenfield Rd.  The hotel, which is slated for demolition soon, has been provided to the fire company for training use over the next week or so. Tonight crews fought a simulated fire on the 3rd floor with heavy smoke throughout floors #3 and 4. Crews also had to rescue 3 trapped "guests", one of which was trapped in an elevator. Training at the hotel will continue throughout the week....

The members of the Lafayette wish to express our heartfelt sympathy to the Gribble Family and the Ronks Fire Company on their recent loss......you are all in our thoughts and prayers

Almost 24 hours after working on some basic rope operations for training the skills were put to use. Co. 63 and EMS were sent to the Rt. 30 Bypass between Rt. 462 and Rt. 340 for a crash with one rolled over. Deputy 63 (Hershey) arrived to find a single vehicle several hundred feet off of the roadway in a drainage basin with 2 patients inside. While EMS made their way through the tall weeds the crew from RE631 set up a simple haul system with the stokes basket in order to move the patients over the hill to the EMS units. Both patients were extricated from the basin within 20 minutes. Units remained on the scene for over one hour providing lighting for the vehicle recovery crews.

This evening crews from 63 and 410 (Witmer) headed up to the Stevens College Dorm Building to do a little rappelling. Crews went over the basics of rappelling and got a chance to go down the side of the building once or twice before a thunderstorm ended the evolutions early. Thanks to Stevens College for letting us use their building again!!

Late this afternoon, after returning from the aircraft crash call, Lafayette received a special visitor. Armand Young from Bamboothewalk stopped by on his walk across America.  Armand is walking across America from California to New York where he will visit Ground Zero to promote acts of kindness and promote awareness of the fallen firefighters around the world. Mr. Young is reported to have walked over 4000 miles over 19 months and is hoping to arrive in the Big Apple soon. Members present at the station got a chance to see the thousands and thousands of signatures Mr. Young has collected on his way including Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, and President Obama as well as his extensive patch and memorabilia collection he has established along the way. Check out the link below for additional info on the "walk"