Fairview Township Fire Department

Tuesday afternoon units responded to a first alarm assignment for a basement fire in the Township on Timber Road. Engine 68-2 arrived after EMS, the crew from Engine 68-2 and Engine 69-1 encountered a heavy smoke condition in the basement and stretched a handline. Once at the bottom of the steps the crew found a fish tank on fire. A fire extinguisher was used to put out the small fire. Crews checked for extension into the wall and ceiling and ventilated the residence. The ending result was minor fire and smoke damage to the basement.

The strong winds caused a lot of problems Monday morning in the Township.  From 6:20am to around noon time the FTFD ran 11 calls.  The Fire Police assisted with closing I-83 at the Fishing Creek Rd Exit for several hours due to high-tension lines threatening to pull a pole down on to the highway.  Other calls included several incidents of wires down arcing on roadways, transformer fires, automatic fire alarms, an incident involving large propane tanks blown over and a grill fire.  Later in the evening the Tanker responded to the Boro of New Cumberland as a special request for a strcuture fire bringing the call total for the day to 12 incidents.

The Election for the 2010 Officers for the Fire Department are complete.  Check out the Officer Page to see the 2010 list.

The FTFD website is currently under complete renovation.  We’ve moved to a faster server in house.  Expect a better site to see what’s recently happened as well as what we’re planning for the near future.

Thanks for  your patience!