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2001
In January, the company took delivery of a
2001 Pierce Ford F-550 mini pumper with a 300 gallon water tank
and a 500 gallon per minute pump. The unit had a cost of
$210,000 and replaced our 1976 Dodge
2003
On January 20th, members mourned the loss
of Keith Hess, a career firefighter with our neighboring company
Fannett-Metal. Keith was killed in the line of duty while
working at a house fire in Blairs Mills, a call Company 14 was
also on. He was killed when a building collapse occurred
bringing the second floor of the home down on top him and two
other firefighters on the first floor, trapping them. The other
two firefighters received minor injuries, but Keith was
pronounced dead at the Chambersburg Hospital. Members from
Company 14 joined hundreds of other firefighters in paying our
respects to Keith. To those that had the pleasure of knowing
him, he will never be forgotten, in fact, all company helmets
carry a memorial sticker on them in his honor
In April the company took a leap into the
future with the purchase of an MSA Evolution 5000 Thermal
Imaging Camera. The camera uses heat from objects to make an
image to allow firefighters to literally see through smoke to
help locate trapped people in a smoke filled room and to help
firefighters find the fire. Shade Gap was one of the first
companies in the area to have one and since placing it in
service the camera has proved to be well worth every penny spent
on it
2004
The company received a grant from FEMA for
new firefighting gear and new SCBA's
2005
In January the company took delivery of
20 complete sets of new firefighter gear, including, coats,
pants gloves, boots, and helmets as part of the FEMA Grant
In March we received 12 new MSA Firehawk
MMR SCBA's. The new packs feature a heads-up display that shows
how much air is left in our cylinders, plus an integrated PASS
alarm that has a computer built in that will also calculate how
many minutes are left in the cylinder based on the way a
firefighter is breathing after the first three minutes, and then
updates every 30 seconds after that. They also have an
integrated escape belt into the waist belt that contains a 50
foot escape line, a carabineer and a lowering device that a
firefighter can use to evacuate a building in case of an
emergency
In April we purchased some 5 inch supply
hose from the Pleasant Hall Fire Company in Franklin County
2006
The fire company was able to purchase
through a grant, a second Amkus Rescue System including a new
power unit, a short ram, and a new "Speedway Cutter" the new
unit was placed in service along with our other Amkus system,
giving us two hydraulic rescue systems in the company
We also took delivery of a second thermal
imaging camera, a MSA Evolution 5200 HD. The new camera is
almost identical to our other camera except this one has a
clearer picture and has a 2 power zoom feature to magnify an
area
The fire company also purchased through
grant money, tool boxes for the apparatus, two new chain saws,
two back-pack leaf blowers, and a port-a-power unit that is used
in vehicle extrication.
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