Greenwood Fire in cooperation with our Emergency Medical Partner Lackawanna Ambulance have begun a new arrangement. To continue prompt Emergency Medical Service in Moosic and surrounding area's, a Paramedic Quick Response unit has now been stationed at the Fire Department's Birney Avenue station. The Paramedic unit will help continue to provide timely Emergency Medical Service in Moosic and the Lower Lackawanna Valley

Rescue 98 acting Rescue 27 moved into the Mid Valley for a single family residential structure fire. After the 11 minute ride up the Interstate the Rescue Crew was but to work assisting in opening up the structure to expose hidden fire while the Chief was placed into the Command Structure. Initial crews were faced with heavy fire conditions on arrival. They successfully went through the front door with a lead off 2 1/2" line and made quick work of the knockdown.

****UPDATRED 11-11-11 CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SEE THE WNEP STORY "PART-TIME FIREFIGHTER, FULL- TIME RESPONDERS: As we wrap up the very successful 2011 "Adopt a Hydrant" campaign, we begin yet another project that is vital to the Fire Department. Thus far, we have mailed 2700 letters to each address in our Borough asking for participation and interest in becoming a Fire Department member. In addition to this mailing, we are beginning a poster campaign which will be distributed through-out the community. We're also soon to hit the road with a Power Point presentation in all of our Civic groups.

There is no cost for membership and we encourage anyone interested to simply stop by our Fire Station any Tuesday evening from 6:30 to 9:30 P.M. You can also call the station @ 570-961-9454 or email your interest to station98@greenwoodfiredept.com

   

UPDATED 10-23   FOR THE 7,564th TIME WE NEEDED TO CONTROL A GARBAGE FIRE ON THE GOEX PROPERTY     For the 7, 563rd time Greenwood Fire was sent into the old Goex property off of Springbrook Ave as the property care taker for remnants of the old production plant on fire. This time, bunker walls which originally aided in the upward direction of a Black Powder explosion were on fire. Due to the isolated area and inability to reach the scene with conventional Fire Apparatus, the Departments UTV's were utilized along with off road equipment from Hughestown Fire Department. Thanks to Hughestown and Old Forge Chief Tagliaterra for the help. Shown in the photo from high above the scene in the 98 Blimp are men hard at work. Yea right! 

Station 98 was dispatched for a reported MVC Golf Cart that rolled off a bridge into the creek bed below with a patient in the water. Because of the complexity of the location the next due Rescue was requested. Rescue 95 Taylor was dispatched on the upgrade. Crews packaged patient with Lackawanna EMS and removed patient from creek bed via the Polaris 6  X 6 Ranger. Patient was transported to the CMC as a trauma. Thanks to the R95 crew on the assist.

The September Floods brought lots of water and a tremendous amount of destruction... In addition to these misfortunes, look who washed out of the woodwork....Captain Jim Williams is back in the game...

UPDATED September 11, 2011: 98 Fire made the short trip into Duryea Borough to lend a few hands. The crews opened up early Sunday morning up with a visit to each home on South Main Street checking water levels. Several homes were again pumped out to ease the pain on these home owners. Thank you Duryea Fire for allowing us to lend a hand and to the other departments still in play after nearly 60 hours, take a break guys, you deserve it.

Our guys couldn't do much but wait and wait some more until the Gas Pumps reduced the level of water in each basement. Once the level lowered all we could do was move the equipment to the next location. We did however have a chance to talk to many of these people affected and all we can say is "O" my God!     These folks and their belongings are devastated. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. If there is  anyway that you may be able to help them, even if it's only words of encouragement, please do so. Their world is upside down right now. As our group was packing up after spending only a few short hours trying to lend a hand, a homeowner came running toward us in tears and filled with panic. All she could say in a cracked voice was " Are you coming back"?  Yes, we and others will return to lend a hand or simply just to listen. GOD BLESS these people and the people that are trying to provide a helping hand. STAY SAFE EVERYONE

Station 98, was dispatched for a reported natural gas odor on the 4Th floor of the Hampton Inn, with several patients feeling ill effects, Command requested upgrade to a Strt box for man power and assist in evacuation of remaining hotel guest. Upgrade brought the balance of the 98 box e93,e933 along with SFD e-02,e-04,r-01,t-02,ac21. Companies found a leak in the rtu hvac unit. UGI arrived red tagged the unit verified 0 readings and hotel guest were allowed to return to their rooms. Crews cleared the scene shortly after operating for an hour.  

For nearly 15 hours the members of Greenwood Fire staffed the station dealing with Hurricane Irene Storm damage. It took 26 members to accomplish the task of running 7 responses covering all four pieces of apparatus. All storm damage was minimal. Thanks to our EMS Partners @ Lackawanna Ambulance and the Duryea Ladder for a quick helping hand.

Thanks to our members:

RJ Kwiatkowski, Mark Badoin

Brian Marx, Corey Allen

Denise Hughes, Jerry Puckett

Jack Amaral, Bill Sweeney

Jeff Robinson, Rick Janesko

Toby Pickett, Dave Donovan

Jay Mills, Joe Gandera

Nick Eibes, Nick Lesavage

Jim Norton, Dorvall Elliott

Chris Cichocki, Dan Liszewski

Rob Kuhn, Jason Jarecki

Brian Skutnick, Mike Gillott

Shawn Matticks, Chuck Molinaro

UPDATED November 18, 2011, FINAL REPORT: The ADOPT a HYDRANT Campaign was a huge Fund Raising success. The FD is grateful to all of the participants and individuals that purchased the Hydrants. The BIG K MART located on Birney Ave was the biggest seller. The in order break down of participants is below.

1. K Mart     2. Marvelous Muggs     3. Riverside Elementary East     4.Terry's Diner     5.  Long John Silvers     6. Gronski's      7. Dino & Francesco     8. Cee Kay Auto     9. Amadeo's Rest     10. Bright Future Day Care     11. Grande Pizza     12. Berlews      13. CMC Hospital     14. Montage Subway     15. Moosic Subway     16. Penalty Box     17. Greenwood Restaurant     18.  Moosic Diner     19. Montage Exon     20. Davis St Convenient     21. That Guy With the Dough     22. Legend's     23. Sunshine & Rainbow Day Care     24. Pro Health Spa     25. Birney Beverage     26. Gianotti's Mkt     27. Holiday Hair     28. Moosic Sunoco     29. Belotti Day Care     30. Trattoria Bella Rest     31. Thomas's Rest     32. Jack Williams Tire     33. O' Malley's Pub     34. Bitty Bills     35. Panchero's

AUGUST 12,2011 The ADOPT a HYDRANT race is underway. As the roll out is nearly complete, the current sales front runner by a WHOLE lot is MARVELOUS MUGGS Restaurant on Montage Mtn Road located behind the WNEP TV Studio. An early Thanks to these kind folks for their help.

 UPDATED AUGUST 3, 2011 The Adopt a Hydrant Pin-ups are on the streets and in the stores.... The roll out of the program has begun. A Pin-up can be purchased at participating businesses for only a $1.00. Greenwood Fire would like to thank Graphic Artist Maria Toffey for the design of the Pin-up.

All participating Business are listed below and on a rotating basis on the Banner Line of our Home Page. Please support these community minded establishments. 

Greenwood's Rescue Company and the Chief would participate as part of the 1st alarm assignment at the Wilkes Barre Scranton International Airport Crash Drill. The drill is mandated and held every three years to test the abilities of the ARFF Firefighters and the Mutual Aid responders. The Rescue personnel were tasked with completing the primary search of the Kellogg aircraft and also assisted in clearing the Hot Zone of additional crash victims while the Chief was a component in the management system required by the FAA approved plan. The strapping lads in the photo are: Mike Gillott, Howard Timms, RJ Kwiatkowski & Brian Skutnick. 

   

The Departments new Polaris ATV's got a work out this past holiday weekend. The machines were needed for two separate ATV crashes in wooded area's of the Borough and one machine was used for a Vehicle Fire not accessible with the Departments other apparatus off of Birney Avenue. In a few short weeks we are hopeful that our new enclosed trailer will be in service to help move the ATV's where needed in a more expeditious fashion. Pictured are the ATV's and the Trailer.  

When the dispatch and text page came across for Rescue 98 to respond to extricate a dog from a food bucket we had no idea of what was in store... The Rescue & Chief along with Moosic PD found a brown lab with his head stuck inside a pretzel bucket. We're not sure if there were any pretzels left inside the bucket prior to our arrival? Thanks to Moosic PD and a pair of trauma scissors off of the Rescue, the dog was successfully extricated and not injured. Once we returned to service we thought the incident was unique, however, a quick search on goggle proved differently. In the photo is our lab's cousin......