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  • Emergency Supplies List

    Emergency Supplies List Having the proper tools and supplies goes a long way in answering the challenges that face individuals and families. The weather activities of 2010 should have been a series of wake up events. How a family or a person is pr...
  • Auxiliary's 59th Semi Annual Flea Market

    Sunday April 25th9am to 4pm Rain date: May 2ndAt the Newtown Square Shopping Center Vendor forms and information is located on the download section of the website....
  • Acme Receipt Drive is ending soon

    Acme Receipt Drive is ending April 15th.  Please have any receipts in the box out front the Fire House by this date.We appreciates the efforts of neighbors to drop off their receipts. Many thanks to all those who donated Acme receipts over the years....
  • False phone funding appeal

    Members of the Newtown Square Fire Company have been contacted by area residents asking why the local Fire Company is using an unknown firm to do their fundraising this year. The bold truth is this telephone solicitation firm in no way represents the Newt...
  • EMPLOYMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

    Part-Time Firefighter/EMT’sGeneral Notice:  The Newtown Square Fire Company is accepting resumes for Part-time Firefighter / EMT’s to fill weekly 12 hour shifts. Shifts will be based on a Monday-Friday, 6am-6pm schedule. The Newtown Square Fire Compa...
  • Helping assure a safe holiday

    Fire prevention is a very important undertaking for the members of the Newtown Square Fire Company.   One of the important challenges facing this group of trained and experienced, unpaid professionals is finding ways of motivating the community they prot...
  • Safety as the deadline nears

     With the rush toward Christmas accelerates, the Newtown Square Fire Company has asked home decorators to add a few moments for safety.  In discussing the potential problems, Newtown Square Fire Chief Doug Everlof stressed, “ The on-and-off periods of...
  • Saw Mill Road Accident

    The quiet of a weekend morning was abruptly interrupted on Sunday, December 6 when a passenger vehicle left Saw Mill Road and came to an abrupt stop in the small Thomas Run tributary of the Darby Creek.  An approximate 9:15 a.m. dispatch sent fire and po...
  • Avoiding underground dangers

    This is the season when multiple activities prompt various forms of last minute or seasonal activities.  These tasks often mean digging a hole or “planting” some form of seasonal support. If any of these activities become a project, there is one safe...
  • Act promptly and wisely

    From time to time, there will be news-making stories telling of an explosion or fire that demolished a home or business.  The seriousness of this news takes on a new impact when there is the added impact from a death.  While events of this nature do not...
  • Brookside Fire

    An early Wednesday morning fire became an unusual collection of events and activities.   During this October 28 activity, the type of discovery of a potential problem and the resulting dispatch to Newtown Square firefighter became an anxious mystery.Fir...
  • Do it now

    When shopping for either normal home items or to possibly replenish some of the already consumed Halloween candy, there is one very important addition to the seasonal shopping list. The Newtown Square Fire Company reminds residents and businesses that the...
  • An alternative costume concept with safety

    For some parents, the calendar has produced a shocking surprise. For others, an alternate Halloween concept may be a welcomed answer to economic stresses.  The answer for time and finance conditions is not a rush to costume store. The Newtown Square Fire...
  • Halloween is a dangerous time for pets

    Firefighters have had a long and happy personal and organizational bonding with dogs and other pets.  This is a time of the year that the total volunteer crew compliment of the Newtown Square Fire Company has special concerns about pet safety.  This fea...
  • Halloween Safety continues

    As Halloween approaches each year, there appears to be an increasing competition in costuming.  In addressing the safety of this seasonal event, Newtown Square Fire Company’s EMS Advisor Lisa Migliori stressed, “Far too often, the most important part...
  • Massive recall because of fire danger

    Rarely does the Newtown Square Fire Company become a participant in recall programs, but the large number of years included in the recall period and the impressive 4.5 million vehicles initially captured the attention of the local firefighters. Add to thi...
  • Child Steps

    The highly lauded Newtown Square Fire Company Fire Prevention program provided to organizations and schools continues to increase.  What was once only a weeklong set of programs that were staged during the National Fire Prevention Week has grown to m...
  • Auxillary activities

    Many people only view the Newtown Square Company as a group of  shiny red fire trucks and firefighters in protective firefighting gear.   More and more residents are learning that there is a strong, supporting group of members of this volun...
  • Busy day

    Wednesday is often called “hump” day because of its mid week placement.  For the Newtown Square Fire Company, Wednesday, October 7 was a “peak” day of the week.  A morning drive time alarm sent fire apparatus to the High ...
  • Early Halloween safety suggestions

    One of the safety elements of the upcoming Halloween activities is being seen in a special costume. The Newtown Square Fire Company stresses the true benefit from a properly selected costume is “being seen.”   As the local volunteer ...