COLLISION JULY 1, 2008 Friday, July 4, 2008 - Collision on Paper Mill Road

KENNETT PIKE AND THE PA LINE MVC WITH ROLLOVER AND ENTRAPMENT Saturday, June 28, 2008 - On June 1, 2008 at 16:50 the Hockessin Fire Company, New Castle County Paramedics, and Delaware State Police Helicopter Trooper 4 were dispatched to a MVC with Rollover and entrapment on Kennett Pike at the PA Line. Enroute to the scene Fire Board advised Rescue 19 the accident was located over the PA Line and that Chester County Station 25 Longwood was being alerted. At 17:00 Rescue 19 arrived with Talleyville Rescue 25 to find a vehicle on the side of the road on its roof with the owner still inside. Hockessin, Talleyville and Longwood crew's worked to free the victim from the vehicle. New Castle County Paramedics cancelled the Delaware State Police Helicopter and the owner of the car was taken to Christiana hospital by Hockessin's Ambulance.

COLLISION 6/20/08 Friday, June 20, 2008 - Colllision 6/20/08 Limestone Road and Valley Road and a second Yorklyn Road and Lancaster Pike

HOCKESSIN'S FIRE FIGHTERS PRACTICE WITH NEW ENGINE 19-5 Monday, May 19, 2008 - Hockessin's Fire Fighters practice with the new Engine, 19-5, and it's Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS). This system uses a mix of Foam, Air and a little water to extinguish fires with little water damage.

UPDATE ON ENGINE 19-5 Monday, March 24, 2008 - Engine 19-5 Update. Last week Chief Sapp, Assistant Perrone and President Carrier went out to South Dakota to inspect the new engine. After test driving it down the roads and testing out its CAFS system, they came back with great pictures to share.

CAR WITH 2 PEOPLE INSIDE SAVED BY A TREE Sunday, March 23, 2008 - On the morning of March 23, 2008 at 07:56, The Hockessin Fire Company was dispatched to a Motor Vehicle Crash on Mill Creek Road, half mile off Brackenville Road with the report of a car with two occupants over an embankment held up only by a log. Rescue 19 arrived and confirmed a vehicle had gone over an embankment and was supported only by a tree. The crew of volunteer firefighters swiftly put the rescue's winch in-service securing the vehicle to prevent it from falling down the steep embankment. The crew then removed the 2 occupants from the vehicle. One was taken to Christiana Hospital for evaluation. Rescue 19 and Station Fire Police cleared the scene turning it over to New Castle County Police.

PICKUP VS TELEPHONE POLE Thursday, March 20, 2008 - On Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 22:21, The Hockessin Volunteer Fire Company was alerted to a Motor Vehicle Crash. Rescue 19 arrived to find a new pickup off the road on a front lawn and a telephone pole damaged. The 2 occupants of the vehicle were checked out by Chester County Ambulance 23 from Avondale and they refused transportation to the Hospital. DelMarva Power and Light was called for the damage done to the pole. Rescue 19 and Station Fire Police cleared the scene turning it over to New Castle County Police.

HOCKESSIN FIREFIGHTERS OFFER FIRE PREVENTION Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - Hockessin firefighters went to Kinder Care on Newport Gap Pike for a fire prevention event. The firefighters explained the role of firefighters to the children, and showed them some of the equipment on the engine. The children also got a chance to go over the ambulance and get exposure to the roles of an EMT.

MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION W/ ENTRAPMENT Sunday, March 2, 2008 - On March 2, 2008 Station 19 along with New Castle County Medic 7, ALS 14, ALS 21, and Lifenet helicopter were alerted to a Motor Vehicle Collision w/ Entrapment at Center Mill Road and Old Kennett Pike. Rescue 19 arrived and reported negative entrapment. Medic 7 and ALS21 arrived on scene and recalled Lifenet and all other ALS units. A-19 transported one person to Wilmington hospital and Rescue 19 place the scene under control turning it over to the New Castle County Police. All fire units were clear by 1145. Units on scene: Rescue 19, A-19, Tanker 19, Station Fire Police, Medic 7, ALS 21, and ALS14.

SPRING TRAINING Saturday, February 23, 2008 - Lots of training is scheduled for the next several months. We asked for it, now it is here. Let's take advantage of the opportunity. You can check the Training Board in the Kitchen for complete information. We also have the courses which are being presented at HFC posted on this site in the Events Section. Take a look. If we missed anything let us know.

MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISION WITH CAR FIRE Thursday, February 21, 2008 - February 21, 2008 at 17:20hrs the Hockessin Fire Company was dispatched to a report of a vehicle fire at Limestone Road (RT. 7) and Valley Road. Engine 19-3 arrived to find a Motor Vehicle Collision with a car fully involved on Rt. 7 in front of Tim's Liquors. 19-3's crew put one 1 3/4 line in service to extinguish the blaze. Rescue 19 arrived and assessed the occupants of the vehicle's and provided traffic safety. All occupants refused medical services. Del-Dot was called to salt the road due to freezing conditions and the scene was turned over to Delaware State Police. Engine 19-3 and Rescue 19 Returned to quarters at 17:59.

ASSIST CHESTER COUNTY STATION 23 ON A WORKING HOUSE FIRE Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - On February 20th, 2008 Station 19 was alerted to assist Chester County Avondale Station 23 on a working Residential Fire. Tower 19, Tanker 19 and Engine 19-3 responded within 3 minutes of dispatch. While enroute 19-8A requested New Castle County Fireboard dispatch Station 14 for an engine cover up at Station 19. Station 19 units arrived onscene with Avondale to find fire on the first and second floors of the dwelling. Tower 19 was place in service to vent the roof. Units also placed ground ladders and took a 1 3/4 inch line up to the second floor window. 23 Command requested two additional engines respond to the scene. Engine 145 relocated to the fire scene and New Castle County Fireboard re-covered station 19 with an Engine out of Station 17. All 19 units returned to quarters at 00:16hrs.

MVC-ROLLOVER INVOLVING CAR HITS TREE Thursday, February 7, 2008 - The Hockessin Fire Company was alerted for an MVC with rollover at 11:40 am with subjects reported trapped. Upon arrival on the scene Rescue 19 determined one of the two victims had self-exctricated. The crews used the Hurst Tools to begin the exctrication of the second victim who eventually crawled out a window. Exctrication was marked complete at 12:02 pm. One vitcim was trasported by Trooper 4 and the other by A-14. The scene was placed under control at 12:15. Units that responded were Rescue 19,19-3,A-14, Trooper 4, NCC Medic 7.

WELCOME TO OUR WEB PAGE - IT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Thursday, January 17, 2008 - Hi, as you can tell we are creating a new web page. We welcome you and hope you stop by often. If you have suggestions, comments or input please feel free to contact us. We are looking for stories and pictures, history and documents. Whatever you have will be considered. We will be updating the page as often as possible during development and then do our best to keep it as up-to-date as we can.

TAKE THE ICS700 COURSE - SEE LINKS Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - Federal Regulations now require all of us to take the ICS 700 course, at least. Using this link you can complete the course in a couple of hours. It took me about 1:45 with a couple of breaks. You can do it at home at your leisure.