About Us

The Fairview Township Fire Department provides primary Fire and Rescue services to Fairview Township and Lewisberry Borough consisting of a roughly 36 square mile area.  Fairview Township’s population is around 17,541 per the 2020 census.  Lewisberry Borough has a population of roughly 300.  The response area consists of residential developments, hotels, agricultural, commercial and industrial business.  Fairview Fire operates out of 3 Fire Stations.  Station 1 is in the Northeast area of Fairview and houses Engine 1, Rescue, Brush and Utility.  Station 2 is in the Southeast area of the Township and houses Engine 2, Tanker and Utility.  Station 3 is in Lewisberry Borough and houses Engine 3 and Utility.

Fairview Township covers parts of both I-83 and the PA Turnpike highway systems.  Fairview Fire provides regular mutual aid assistance to surrounding municipalities such as Lower Allen Township and New Cumberland Boro in Cumberland County and Newberry Township and Warrington Township in York County.  Fairview Fire responds to around 700 calls for service each year.  Many of them are auto accidents and an average of 20-30 working structure fires.

Operations Officers

Eric Hawkins
Fire Chief
Chris Weidenhammer
Deputy Chief
Rob Kuzniar
Assistant Chief
Sean Clark
Captain
Marcus Brandt
Lieutenant
Brandon Freistat
Lieutenant
Casey Leinberger
Lieutenant
Bill Carlisle
Safety

Administrative Officers

Shannon Stone
President
Bill Carlisle
Vice President
Rod Snell
Treasurer
Shawna Handley
Secretary
Casey Leinberger
Members Delegate
Marcus Brandt
Members Delegate