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On October 9 at approximately 6:02pm, Ladder 18 was dispatched as part of the second alarm assignment to Philadelphia Ave in Shillington Borough for a residential structure fire. Upon arrival, they were assigned to access the roof and perform vertical ventilation operations. Even with the amazing effort displayed by all personnel on scene, one resident perished in the home.
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This was my mom, losing her is devastating. She had a small Grey stripped kitten, I have not heard anything about her. I have nothing of my mother's and she loved her cat. I believe in small miracles. Thank you all for your condolences and prayers.

Thank you for the incredible work you guys do and did here. Prayers for this family on the loss of their loved one.

That was a bad fire. Thank you for helping.

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Hello everyone. My mom was the one who passed away in the fire. We are looking for her cat. If anyone see her please please contact myself or sister Brittany Messersmith or even my dad or step mother as they list very close in west lawn. Gary Messersmith Lisa Pierce Messersmith. Please we have nothing if my mom and hope that her cat is still alive.

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Sad for the loss, thankful for the good guys who keep showing up to help !

My fiance Lillie and I would like to start up a go fund me for the family. They are our neighbors. We didn't know the family at all but we want to help out. If anyone has any information about the family or any interest in helping out please reach out to me. I'm not very good at doing this type of stuff but with my fiances help I'm hoping to start this up and help out any way we can.

Thank you for assisting....so sad 😢

GREAT WORK! Thoughts and prayers!

Prayers to the family

That is soo sad 😢 prayers for the family 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Bad one! Terrible.

So sad my heart aches for the family

Prayers for the family❤️🙏❤️🙏🙏

So said prayers for family!!!

My great grandparents lived in that house when I was a kid. Many memories of holidays there. Prayers for the family.

My heart aches for that family

So very sad

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Western Berks Fire Department

2 weeks ago

Last night for our Monday evening drill, instructors from On Scene Training Associates, LLC joined us for the second week in a row at an acquired structure in South Heidelberg Township.

Crews worked on practicing bailouts from a second floor utilizing their Personal Escape System in their turnout gear. Our firefighters are equipped with this bailout system to give them a last ditch effort to bail out of a building with rapidly deteriorating conditions. If a firefighter is cut off by fire or temperatures become too extreme during operations on the upper floors, this bailout system might be the only opportunity to quickly exit a structure and get to safety utilizing a window. With this tool our firefighters are able to hook onto the window sill area or fixed object in the room and quickly use the window as an egress point to decend to the ground below.

The Sterling Rope bailout kit consists of a hook for the anchor point, 50’ of rope with a decent control device, and carabiner which hooks into a harness within our turnout gear. #trainingneverstops #teamWBFD ... See MoreSee Less

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It’s great working with you guys.

Thank you for your continued training!

Western Berks Fire Department

3 weeks ago

Yesterday for our Monday night drill, crews reviewed firefighter survival and downed firefighter situations. The training was taught by Aaron Heller of On Scene Training Associates, LLC at an acquired structure in South Heidelberg Township.

Removing a downed firefighter from a structure fire is a labor intensive task. Depending on the interior conditions, location of the firefighter in the structure, and size of the firefighter, all come into play with how difficult the rescue can be. While this type of scenario is not too common, it can happen. During a recent fire in South Heidelberg Township a “Mayday” was declared after WBFD firefighter partially fell through the floor. Luckily the firefighter was removed quickly by fellow firefighters in the room with him, but these are the exact situations we train for.

The WBFD always prepares for the worst for the safety of our crews. Last night crews reviewed different ways of efficiently and effectively removing a downed firefighter from a structure. Crews reviewed multiple ways of completing this which included; single person scba drag, multiple person drag, drag with tools, removal up/down stairs, and removal out windows. This was a great review for senior firefighters as well as newer members. Training never stops! #teamWBFD ... See MoreSee Less

Month	Fire/EMS
Jan.	54
Feb.	52
Mar.	80
Apr.	68
May	79
Jun.	93
Jul.	97
Aug.	93
Sep.	114
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total	730

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