At 535AM Companies 20 26 Highland Park Quint 37 Upper Darby and Delco Hospital Medics were dispatched to the area of the 2400 block of School Lane for a building fire. Upper Darby Police arrived and advised the fire was actually inside the Arlington Cemetery property. Police … [Read more...]

On Sunday Companies 37 and 26 were dispatched to the 500 block of Samson Street for a house fire. Quint 37 arrived and reported heavy fire showing from the second floor and requested the second alarm bringing Companies 36 Cardington and 74 Primos Secane. As crews began an … [Read more...]

Just after midnight on Tuesday Companies 20 26 Highland Park Quint 37 Upper Darby and Delco Medics were dispatched to the Arlington Cemetery for a building fire. Upper Darby Police again were first on location and reported smoke showing from the main building which houses the … [Read more...]

On Saturday May 29 at about 320 PM Companies 74 20 36 03 Clifton Heights and Medic 103-7B were dispatched to the 800 block of Christopher Place for an apartment fire. Medic 101 arrived and reported smoke showing from the second floor apartment. Crews from Engine 74-1 found a … [Read more...]

At 1145 PM on Sunday May 30 Company 20 was dispatched to 215 Wilde Avenue for a vehicle fire. UDPD arrived and reported an engine compartment well involved with an exposure to a house. 20-9A Assistant Chief Hoban arrived and confirmed the police report and had the assignment … [Read more...]

In what has become an annual event members once again visited the grave of the only member killed in the line of duty Chief James Verner. Members pay tribute to Chief Verner by having a brief ceremony at his grave site in Arlington Cemetery and laying a wreath by his headstone. … [Read more...]

While enjoying a nice spring night at the firehouse several members spotted a couple of deer in the lot across from the firehouse. Although not unusual the sighting of two deer this close to the firehouse is quite rare. The deer a doe and a buck with a bit of a rack spent a … [Read more...]

On Saturday just around 1130 PM Engine 20-2 was dispatched to the 4100 block of Rosemont Avenue for an investigation. The engine arrived and the crew was advised by the home owner of an odor of something burning in the house. Crews began to investigate and discovered an extremely … [Read more...]

On Sunday several members took Engine 20-2 to a memorial service commemorating the D-Day invasion of Normandy Beach. The memorial was a tribute to all those who served in the war and included a brief parade from the Drexel Hill VFW post to the post office and speeches from … [Read more...]

At about 2 PM on Thursday Company 20 was dispatched to the area of 29 Madison Avenue in Lansdowne for a building fire. Lansdowne Police were on location reporting a working fire around the corner at 22 S. Highland Avenue. Ladder 20 arrived at the same time as Engine 19 and the … [Read more...]

On Tuesday March 23 3 of the 4 members of the New Engine Committee flew to Clintonville Wisconsin for a preconstruction meeting at Seagrave. The committee was scheduled to leave at 0630 but mechanical problems with the plane delayed take-off for almost 3 hours. After arriving in … [Read more...]

On Tuesday June 29 at about 1145 AM 20-2 radioed Delco Fire Board that they were at Bishop Avenue and Penn Ln. in Springfield and on fire. The engine was on the way to the repair shop to have an electrical problem checked out. The crew at the Station heard 20-2s call and quickly … [Read more...]