On Saturday, 18 QFD members traveled to the West Chester Fire Training Center for a day of live fire training (burn day). During the day, members were able to work on hose line management and fire attack on the over 50 burn cycles that we did. This is a great day for newer or … [Read more...]

Just after 2 am Tuesday morning, QFD assisted the Bart Township Fire Company on a barn fire at 583 Mount Pleasant Road in Bart Township. BTFC units arrived with a large, fully involved barn fire. Truck 57 set up and used the master stream for several hours while Tanker 57 … [Read more...]

While you were sleeping....... Multiple Fire Companies operated at a fully involved barn fire at 583 Mount Pleasant Road in Bart Township. Several 911 calls sent the volunteers out at 2:06 am. All units are still operating (and will be for some time) as of this post … [Read more...]

It is time once again to announce our annual Fall Turkey Shoot and Gun Raffle. This year's event is on Saturday, November 3rd starting at 5 pm at the Fire Station. This event has grown every year, and this year promises to be even better. Along with the normal turkey rounds, … [Read more...]

Just before 1 am, QFD and mutual aid units were alerted to a first-due barn fire at 128 Black Bear Road in East Drumore Township. Multiple calls received at the 911 center and a large glow in the sky prompted the 57 Duty Officer (AC 572 Brian Henry) to call for a second … [Read more...]

It was a beautiful night for a parade in Quarryville on Wednesday. Sun, blue sky and great temperatures made this years fair parade one of the largest that many of us remember. Truck 57 and Engine 575 were in the parade, with Engine 5 pulling the newly lettered trailer with … [Read more...]

It's hard to believe, but it is time once again for the 69th Annual Solanco Fair. Stop by our fair stand in the lower main exhibition tent (closest to Rt. 472) to get fire safety materials and pick up information on how you can become a firefighter. We will have pamphlets from … [Read more...]

What better way to spend the evening of 9-11 but by training to get better at what we may have to do. This week, we had another "scenario" drill in which the general membership did not know what we were going to do until we were "dispatched". At 7 pm, the drill was started … [Read more...]

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On Sunday morning, members once again attended the annual Lancaster PA 9-11 Memorial Stair Climb at Clipper Magazine Stadium. The crew walked / climbed the entire 110 flights (5 times through the stadium) with over 260 other firefighters, EMT's, Paramedics, Police officers and … [Read more...]

Our annual Fall Picture Fund Drive is in progress. If you live in our first due area, you should receive a packet that looks like the one pictured. Please take the time to review it, and if led to, make a tax deductible donation to your local Volunteer Fire Company. We wanted … [Read more...]

Thank You to the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community for the donation of over $12,000.00 to purchase 4 new five-gas meters for use on fire and rescue incidents. These new meters replace our current 10 year old meters that have reached the end of their serviceable life. … [Read more...]

Our hearts and thoughts are with the family and fire company family of Fire Chief Mike Reese of the Willow Street Fire Co who suddenly and unexpectedly passed away on Thursday. Mike was a friend of many of us at QFD, and was also a coworker of the ones who work for LCWC. The … [Read more...]

At 10:47 pm Tuesday night, while it was pouring rain and about 30 minutes after a lightning storm went through the area, the Company was turned out to a house fire at 127 S. Lime Street in Quarryville Borough. This brought mutual aid from Bart Township Fire Company, Rawlinsville … [Read more...]

Tanker 57 responded at 1:36 am to this barn fire on West Christine Road (Rt. 272) just off of Rt. 1 in West Nottingham Township assisting the Union Fire Company No. 1 ~ Oxford, PA. Tanker 57 operated as part of the 1st alarm tanker task force and dumped 2 loads of water. While … [Read more...]