| FFD Converting to Voice Dispatch |
| Sun. Feb 5th 2012 |
FFD is in the process of converting from the alpha paging system to voice dispatch. The department was one of the first to go to Luzerne County Dispatch as early as 1996. At that time the county was going in the direction of the alpha system and FFD made a sizable investment in this equipment. Howev...
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| A PICTURE OF E-53 AT A 6 COUNTY PARADE A FEW YEARS AGO |
| Sun. Jan 29th 2012 |
This was 6 County in Plymouth in 1981. Engineer Joe L. Stepansky was driving and 53 took home its first of many Best Appearing 1000 GPM Awards. A great time was had by all. Our chief at the time was Jeff Teliho he wore his famous red uniform jacket that day....
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| Engine (wagon) Highlighted In Fire House Magazine |
| Sun. Jan 8th 2012 |
Ton Shand included a section on our new engine in his "Apparatus Architect" article in the 1/12 edition of Fire House Magazine. Tom has been a friend of this department for many years and his input has always been appreciated. He is one of the foremost authorities on apparatus design in th...
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| Chief Joseph J. Stepansky Announces 2012 Officer Appointments |
| Sun. Jan 8th 2012 |
At the monthly meeting Chief of the Department Joseph J. Stepansky announced the following appointed officers per the by laws: Safety officer - Daniel P. Bobby, William Youmans, assisted by Rev. Gary Mensinger; Chief Enigineer Cal Herring; Assistant Chief Engineer Larry Stepansky...
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| FFD Receives PA Fire Grant |
| Sun. Jan 8th 2012 |
FFD was notified by the PA Office of Fire Commissioner it was awarded a $10,339.50 PA Fire Grant. These funds are earmarked for debt reduction and will be directly returned to the Commonwealth as a principal only payment of our loan on the new engine. These funds will assist the department as it con...
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| 2011 FFD VIDEO NOW ON WEB SITE |
| Sun. Jan 1st 2012 |
The 2011 Freeland Fire Department Year End Video is now posted on our website. The video is an account of the majority of the fire calls and events that our fire department accomplished during the year. It can be accessed by clicking on the link below or the Year End Video tab at the left of our web...
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| ORIGINAL CHARTER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT PUT IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT |
| Fri. Dec 30th 2011 |
The original charter of the Citizens Hose Company was recently taken from our archives and put in electronic format to preserve it for future generations. Freeland Fire Department was originally called the Citizens Hose Company before its merger with the Fourth Ward Fire Company in 1989 to beco...
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| Cleaning Up |
| Tue. Dec 27th 2011 |
A few notes about the Christmas working fires. First of all some information about the amount of personnel, apparatus, and equipment. Engine 54 was the attack engine for the first time in a long time. Due to engine 55 being committed to the Valley incident 54 got the job. The first two lines off the...
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| ANOTHER JUNIOR FIREFIGHTER BECOMES A SENIOR FIREFIGHTER |
| Sun. Dec 25th 2011 |
All the members of the Freeland Fire Fire Department would like to congradulate Sara Lindsey another one of our Junior Firefighters that recently had a birthday and is now one of our senior firefighters she now can wear tan gear....
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| Sticks on Hydrants |
| Tue. Dec 20th 2011 |
FFD firefighters recently completed the annual ritual of installing the sticks on the hydrants. These assist firefighters to locate hydrants during those inevitable snow events on the Northside. Along with this Chief Joseph Stepansky again request local residents to adopt a hydrant and assist in kee...
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