2020 a year to remember! This has been an extremely challenging year for our firefighters and EMS personnel. We put our lives on the line each and every day to serve our great community; however, this has been the most challenging situation with which we have ever had to deal. Our dedicated volunteer fire, EMS and EMS staff continue to serve our community with all safety precautions in place. We take the health and safety of our First Responders extremely seriously so they can operate safely and stay healthy so we are able to respond to help others who are in need.
Our annual fund drive was mailed out in the beginning of June. Thank you to all who have donated to us this far. Your help is needed now more than ever to support our volunteers and staff.
We are working on getting a new ambulance and will keep everyone posted on when it comes.
Yesterday around 12:30 pm the HTVFC was dispatched for a possible Mass Casualty Incident at the Lehigh Valley Academy High School. When EMS crews arrived they found 11 symptomatic patients and began triaging. Fire crews started monitoring air levels while searching the building to ensure all parties made it out. Lehigh County Haz-Mat responded to assist with air monitoring. After extensive investigation and monitoring no readings were detected in the building. The incident was escalated to a Level 3 MCI. The total number of patients transported to local hospitals was 47. The facility was turned over to school officials and property management for further testing. We would like to thank all our mutual aid partners for the assistance.
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Solid work yesterday on this incident.
The earlier incident on RT 22 has been cleared all lanes are reopened.
