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Reminder - Marion Festival starts May 31st and is every Saturday in June. Kitchen open at 4:30pm and Entertainment starts @ 6:45 pm with two shows a night. Parking is free. Come out and enjoy some good food , games and entertainment. 

May 10th- Co. 8 member Cameron Dice was involved in a motorcycle accident and is in Hershey Medical Center. Cameron sustained multiple injuries but none of them life treating. We (Co.8) would like to send our thoughts and prayers to Cameron.

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May 9th- Ambulance 8-8 was dispatched to assisted Co. 3 with MVA in the 3- 13 box. Amb. 8-8 arrived on scene to packaged patient and transported patient with Medic 203 to Washington County Hospital.

April 29th- Co. 8 was dispatched to 5341 Racetrack Road to assist Co. 18 on dwelling fire.

Co.8 responded and help Co. 18 with extinguishing the fire. Then assistedwith salvage and over haul. Co. 8 was then  was placed in service by Command 18 .

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jerry, Shane and the Houpt family with the recent passing of their father.

4/19/08

     To let everyone know Greg Martin is home from the hospital and doing very well.

4/18/08

Ambulance from Co 8 was dispatched for an injured person as a result of a MVA at Molly Pitcher Highway and 914. Ambulance 8-8 arrived on scene and advised county that they needed Co. 8 for fluid spill, debris removal and to assist with patient care. Squad 8 and fire police came to the scene to assist with the fluid spill and to direct traffic onto 914 off Route 11. Ambulance  8-8 had the only patient from this incident loaded into the ambulance. While the  Squad crew was cleaning up the fluid spill, a vehicle came through the fire police and hit one of our firefighters then striking the car that was in the first accident and pushing it into a tractor and trailer that was stopped to assist and a state police cruiser.  The vehicle came to rest against the vehicle that was in the first accident. Our firefighter was thrown away from the original accident.  The firefighter was taken to the hospital and airlifted by Life Lion due to mechanism of injury and the impact of the vehicle.  As of 6pm tonight the patient was in stable condition and should be released Saturday from the hospital. The patient driving the vehicle from the second accident was taken to local hospital by Co. 1 ambulance.

OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF THE FIREFIGHTER.

2nd call of the day was to Mountain Road for Mt. fire. Brush 8 went responding and went to assist on the Mt. fire. When fire was out Brush 8 went available.

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4/14/08

Co. 8 dispatched along with Co. 3 to box area 3-81B I-81 SB mm 8 for reported auto fire.  Chief 8 AOS and advised 1 vehicle fully involved.  Eng 8-1 AOS and extinguished the fire.  Fire was controlled at 16:31.  Eng 3-1 and 8-1 crews cleaned roadway to open 1 lane of traffic.

4/11/08

Co. 8 dispatched at 18:06 to 6195 Molly Pitcher Hwy for an automobile accident.  Cell phone call to communications from a member advised 2 patients, one of which was class 1.   Co. 8 available at 19:04.

4/10/08

Busy day on the box!  Co. 8 dispatched on 8 EMS calls.

4/7/08

Co. 8 dispatched at 17:44 to 494 Warm Spring Rd for a chimney fire.  Upon arrival Eng 8-1’s crew was assigned to check crawl space and basement for extension and Eng 8-2’s crew was assigned to assist with roof operations.  Co. 8 placed available by Command 44 at 19:04.

March 28th- Co. 8 was dispatched and responded to I-81 MM 11 for MVA. HQ advised Capt. 8 that they received multiple calls of a vehicle into a guardrail with no injuries. Sqd. 8, duty 8 aos confirming dispatched. Capt. 8 held Co.8 and placed the rest in service. Amb. crew handled pt. refusal. Capt. 8 released Eng. 8-1 to responded on a possible dwelling fire in the 3-04 box area. Sqd. 8 went available at 15:33.

March 23rd- Co. 8 , Co. 14 and Co. 40 had a live burn at the training center. Special thank you to Co. 40 and Eng. Tanker 14 for helping out with the live burn. It was great learning experience for all who attended. 

           Chief  8  watching pump panel for Co. 14

March 21st- Squad 8 dispatched and responded to 232 South Second Street for a reported apartment building fire on the second alarm assignment to perform RIT. Upon arrival Squad 8 crew staged on side A until released by command 1. No RIT functions were performed. Squad 8 returned available at 08:26.

March 19th- MVFC had a very special visitor drop in at the station, his name was Kevin Shea from the FDNY. (Rescue 1) He is most notable for a very heroic rope rescue from the 12th floor at an office building fire in 1991. Kevin was then injured in 1993 at the first World Trade Center bombing when he fell into a crater after the floor collapsed while he was conducting search and rescue efforts for injured victims. Kevin received major injuries as a result of the fall. Kevin was then promoted to Lt. and then had to medically retire from the FDNY.  While he was here visiting with us he responded along side Co. 8 personnel on the MVA on Hade Road and a shed fire in Co. 7 area. Afterwards the crew and Kevin had a tasty meal at a local establishment. We look forward to seeing Kevin in the near future. Click the link below for the full story in 1991. 

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                                                                                                   Kevin in action

               Rescue 1          K                           FF Shea and LT Paddy Brown

The heroic rope rescue (1991)

March 19th- Co. 8 was dispatched for a vehicle into a house with possible fire and entrapment @ 1781 Hade Road.  Chief 18 arrived  on scene to find one vehicle overturned into a house with wires and telephone pole down in the roadway. Eng. 8-1 and ET-8 aos and assisted Co. 18 and Sta. 4 crews with gaining access to the vehicle. Chief 8 advised Eng. 8-1 and ET. 8 crew to make entry to the house and check for additional victims and to control power to the house. Patient was confirmed class 4 with no other patients. Et- 8 was placed in service while Eng. 8-1 remained on the scene to assist Co. 18 with victim removal. Eng. 8-1 returned to service @ 18:38.

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