LANSDALEÂ â Borough officials are warning the public: you may see what looks like a disaster near Lansdale s SEPTA parking garage next month.
Borough Manager John Ernst announced Wednesday night that the transit agency will take part, with numerous local fire companies, in an emergency drill near the garage and adjacent rail tracks on May 16. Members of the Fairmount Fire Company, along with our regional emergency service organizations, will participate in a full-scale SEPTA disaster drill, Ernst said.
- Advertisement - The Fairmount, Colmar, Towamencin, and Montgomery Township fire companies, along with the Lansdale Police Department and Volunteer Medical Service Corps, will be dispatched to a train accident at the railroad crossing, near the Lansdale train station and parking garage, he said.
13 fire departments battled blaze that destroyed a house in rural N.J.
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Firefighters extinguished a fire that destroyed an Old Mountain Road house on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Rich Maxwell | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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Firefighters extinguished a fire that fully consumed a house in Clinton Township on Tuesday afternoon.
First responders were dispatched to a fire at a residence on Old Mountain Road at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon, according to Chris Sloss, chief of the Annandale Hose Company.
A total of 13 fire departments responded to the Clinton Township fire. Rich Maxwell | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
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An Upper Darby man has been indicted on 29 child pornography offenses after allegedly luring young boys into sex acts using online games. Geoffrey Hines, 34, made his initial appearance in federal court Friday in front of United States Magistrate Court Judge Richard Lloret, who ordered him detained pending trial. First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams said the indictment charges Hines with multiple counts each of enticing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct, manufacturing and attempting to manufacture child pornography, and possession of child pornography. According to court documents, for at least five years, the defendant preyed on young boys over their online games like Fortnite and Minecraft using X-box and PlayStation systems, communicating with them for da
PLYMOUTH â Judges, nurses, accountants ⦠theyâve all heeded the call of volunteerism to keep Montgomery County residents safe.
Among the 39 graduates of Class 2002 from Montgomery County Fire Academy who celebrated the completion of the Pennsylvania Entry Level Firefighter Training program with a virtual graduation ceremony on Dec. 8 was Magisterial District Judge Gregory Scott of the Fairmount Fire Company.
âGregory is just one of a handful of new members that weâve recently gotten into the fire department, said Norristown Fire Chief Tom O Donnell. Itâs not an uncommon thing to see professionals like judges become volunteer firefighters. Greg Scott is the second judge to come out of Fairmount Engine Co. Thereâs also Upper Merion District Judge Jim Gallagher, who is the volunteer fire chief at King of Prussia Volunteer Fire Co. Judge Maureen Coggins is a volunteer on the other side of the county (in Red Hill.) We have volunteers in the departmen
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