Now available thru the State of PA are Lima Fire Company license plates for your vehicle. Sorry, no motorcycle tags available. The plates are limited to members, in good standing, of the company. If you have interest in one, please stop by the station to fill out the request sheet. We need a minimum order of 20 before they will start processing the plates. A sample picture is in the station & I will try & post one on here shortly. Thank you. 

About lunch time, the company was dispatched to the McDonalds Restaurant for a dumpster fire. Engine 69 arrived to find a dumpster well involved. Brush 54 (Lenni Heights) was in the area at the time & lended assistance to the engine's crew. The fire was quickly brought under control & is being investigated by Middletown Car 1A. Also assisting on the scene was Engine54 & Riddle EMS.

Just after the crews returned from a minor crash on Rt. 1, Fire Police Captain Bill Zak radioed the station to notify that the PA State Police were chasing a subject up Rt.1 toward the fire station. The actor pulled into the side chute of the station, narrowly missing (3) members that had just walked out of the engine bay, and dumped his vehicle in the rear parking lot of the firehouse. Within seconds, about a dozen police cruisers arrived in the area. He was apprehended in the woods behind the firehouse & brought back to the rest of the waiting Troopers.

The days started off in the early morning hours with calls for a tree & wires blocking Rt. 452 near Wolff's Apple House at 0044 hrs. A couple minutes after dispatch, fireboard got notified by the state police that it was an accident & the vehicle involved was about a block up the road with their Troopers. They asked for EMS to respond to evaulate the operator. Chief 69 had the medics dispacthed & Engine 69 stopped by to lend assistance securing the vehicle. After that the engine responded down to the scene of the wires down & also found a Verizon Telephone pole down on the highway. The hazards were controlled & Co69 returned to quarters. About 0330 hrs, the state police called in a transformer explosion on Baltimore Pke near the Wawa Dairy Plant. Engine 69's crew investigated & found a malfunctioning transformer which was called into PECO Electric for repair. Just before 1030, the companies were alerted to a fire alarm in 69's local. While responding, fireboard called Engine69 to advise them contractors were working & set off the alarm. Engine69 was held to confirm & all other units were returned. About a half hour later, Truck69 responded on a fire alarm in Edgmont Twp (Co64's local). The truck arrived on scene just as Chief 64-9 (Montgomery) radioed in that contractors working had tripped the alarm.  After a few quiet hours, the Truck again was dispatched into Edgmont Twp for the fire alarm. Chief 64-9 (Montgomery) arrived & found that burnt food had tripped the alarm & the assignment was returned. The evening finished with the Lima-Middletown softball team playing against Upper Darby Police in the emergency services league. The game was a loss for the Lima-Middletown Volunteers but a good time was had by all.

ATTENTION MEMBERS: The new sign-up sheets for the Duty Crew Program went out last night. If you did NOT get the email, please let me know as soon as possible so I can mail it to you. Please send your email address to gpettit@lima911.com // Thank you //

In the early, rainy hours Sunday morning, the company made the trip up Rt. 202 to the Chester County Fire Training Center. Lima (69), along with members from Aston Beechwood (72) & Middletown (50) participated in live burn evolutions through the afternoon. The theme for this drill was "working together at the basics". The companies were all "dispatched" to different types of structure fire simulations. Each company rotated responsibilities & had to perform some of the basic tasks of structural firefighting including: practicing scene safety, getting water, deploying hoselines, finding/extinguishing the fire, search & rescue, ventilation & Rapid Intervention.  It was a great learning experience & everyone had an excellent time. Thank you to F/F Brian McGraw (69) for putting the drill together, to AJ Pizzi (69) & the rest of the Chesco staff for running the burn tower, to Tinicum Twp Fire Co for providing Air Unit 48 for the day & Wayside Market for lunch.

The Lima Fire Company family sends their well wishes to Joe Veloric & his family for a speedy recovery. Joe was recently admitted into the hospital for a medical emergency & will be out of service for a while. In addition to being an active member of the Lima Fire Company, Joe is also a life long member of the Broomall Fire Company of Marple Twp, Delaware County (Station 53). Take care Joe! You'll be up & about in no time.

The Officers and Members of the Lima Fire Company wish to send our heartfelt condolences to Lenni Heights Fire Co President Jyl Lawler and Fire Fighter Keith Lawler for the loss of their father, Francis Xavier Lawler, who was also a member of the fire company. Jyl and her brother Keith are long time members of Lenni Heights. Please keep the Lawler Family & the Lenni Heights Fire Company in your prayers.

Middletown Township Pride Day was again held on the grounds of the  William Trade School. Festivities kicked off around 11am & ran until about 4pm. The weather this year made for an enjoyable afternoon of activities. Many different organizations, businesses, clubs & vendors were on hand. The Middletown Township fire companies (Lima, Middletown & Lenni Heights), were there as well as Broomall Fire Company, Riddle Memorial Hospital EMS & a PennSTAR air transport. Lima handled the landing zone for the PennSTAR helicopter & performed a vehicle extrication demonstration with the assistance of Squad 50 (Middletown Fire Co). Lenni Heights had their engine, rescue & marine unit on display. The three township companies participated in a wing bowl against the students at Williamson. The firemen put up a good fight but were short handed when a couple of their teammates had to leave to assist PennSTAR depart from the grounds for an emergency transport. Thank you to Broomall Fire Company for bringing their Fire Prevention trailer out for all to see.

Thank you Dave Decker for the photos.

Attention members: Messenger 911 is active again. Let us know if you want calls, station alerts/info sent to your cellphone, email or both. Just stop by the station & fill out a form or email webmaster@lima911.com & someone will contact you with the information required