On 9/24 at 8:50am RIT/Rescue 20 was dispatched to the scene of house fire on the 800-blk of Church Lane in Yeadon Borough. Engine 16 (Yeadon) arrived to smoke showing from a 2 story dwelling and put a line in service for a bedroom fire. The fire was quickly brought under control and RIT 20
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On 9/23 the tones dropped at 6:30 am for a house fire, on the 500-blk of Maine Ave. in the Penn Pines section of Upper Darby Township reported to be a deck. Engine 74-2 (Primos-Secane) arrived first to heavy fire showing from the rear of a 2 1/2 story single home. Ladder 20 arrived and
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On September 15th around 2pm company 20 along with companies 74 36 & RIT 37 were dispatched to the 200-blk of Blanchard Rd for a building fire. 20-1 (Asst. Chef Tully) arrived on location to find heavy smoke showing from a 2 story row home with a working kitchen fire. 20-1 quickly put a 1-3/4″
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On Septemper 9th, several members of Company 20 attended a memorial ceremony at the Drexel Hill Middle School. Our brother, Mike Morgan, was added to the school’s “Wall of Heroes” in their courtyard during a beautiful ceremony honoring the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks. Mike’s family was also in attendance and his
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On August 29th around 10pm Company 20 was dispatched to the 2000-blk of Hillcrest Rd. in the Drexel Park section on Upper Darby for a building fire reported to be a garage. 20-1 (Asst. Chief Stevenson) with a crew of six arrived on location to find a garage fully involved. 20-1′s crew quickly put two
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On 7/28 around 8:00am Rescue 20 under command of Assistant Chief Bill Tully were dispatched to Baltimore & Union Aves. in Lansdowne Borough for an Accident with Entrapment. Crews found one person trapped and went in service with the Jaws of Life. The Rescue was on location for about 45 min. Photo Courtesy of Joseph
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Shortly after 11:00pm on 7/28 RIT/Rescue 20 under command of Assistant Chief Dave Stevenson Jr. were dispatched to the 100-blk of Beverly Ave for another working fire in East Lansdowne Borough. First-in crews had fire showing from the 1st floor of a 2 story home. Rescue 20 stood by as RIT for about 30 minutes.

After responding to 2 more calls after returning from the Lansdowne fire, RIT/Rescue 20 under command of Firefighter D.Falkenstein were dispatched around 9:30pm to a working building fire at Upper Darby Beverage Company on the 7000-blk of Marshall Rd. in Company 36′s (Cardington-Stonehurst) local. First-in crews arrived to fire showing from a beer distributor and
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On July 23rd around 7:00pm Company 20 was dispatched to the 200-blk of W. Greenwood Ave. in Lansdowne Borough. Engine 19 arrived 1st to find heavy smoke and fire showing from the 2nd floor of a 2 1/2 story home. Ladder 20 arrived under command of FF M.Cavalier right behind Engine 19 and threw ground
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