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.
SAVE THE DATE - SANTA is coming to Hanover Township Saturday, December 11th.
Yesterday evening around 5:00PM HTVFC was dispatched to 512 and Broadhead Rd for an MVA with entrapment. Fire Chief, Scott VanWhy arrived about a minute after dispatch. He assumed command and confirmed entrapment x2 in one vehicle on its side and a small engine compartment fire in the other vehicle. At that time 5341, Lower Nazareth’s rescue truck was requested to assist. Command extinguished the fire prior to the engines arrival. Engine 1511 and Rescue 1541 arrived shortly after and immediately started stabilizing the vehicle on its side. Command called for a full roof removal to complete the extraction. While crews were working on the roof 5341 had set up on the bottom side of the car to prepare to remove the drivers door if needed. Once the roof was removed, both parties were extricated. All of this was done in 26 minutes from the time the rescue arrived on scene. Crews remained on scene assisting CRPD with traffic control while they investigated until about 9:00 PM. Thanks to Hanover Township Public Works, Hecktown Fire, Bethlehem Township EMS, and Penn-Dot.
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Thank you to our volunteer services and public works crew members for the quick response and hard work.
Thank you to all the volunteers, and way to take control Scotty! 👏👏Hope everyone is OK. 🙏
Amazing you were able to get those people out! Thank you! I hope they all make it.
Good job Scotty VanWhy and everyone involved proud of you
Well done! Our community is blessed to have careful and swift responders!
Fire/EMS at their best!!!! Great job!!
Your dedication and compassion doesn’t go unnoticed
Great job everyone. Especially Scotty VanWhy! 😒
Lori N Kevin
Good work!!
Absolutely wonderful that the rescue was swift. Magnificent work! Thank you.
We would like to Congratulate Mike Van Why for being recognized today at the Northampton County Festival for his 38 years of service as a Volunteer FireFighter. Mike has served in various positions throughout the years including Fire Lieutenant, Fire Captain, 2nd Assistant Chief, Deputy Chief. He currently holds the positions of Captain and is one of our trustees. We thank you for your continued dedication to the company and our community!
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So well deserved. Too many accomplishments to list in any one introduction. Our Township is blessed with an abundance of dedicated volunteers!
Congratulations Mike. Well deserved.
Congrats Mike! Thank you for your service to our community!
Well deserved Mike
Congratulations Mike !!!
Congrats Mike. Geeat accomplishment
Congratulations Brother!
Congrats AGAIN!
Mike, I am very very proud of you. As a former member and former neighbor on Woodside Road and friend of over forty years. Myself and my wife Marie ( yes we are still married and had our wedding reception in the old social hall back in 1993) want to say congratulations on your many many years of service at Hanover Twp. Vol. Fire Company #1 . I also remember your Dad’s dedication to the fire company too and sorry for your loss of him a few long years ago. My Dad who we lost in 1996 was one of the first ambulance corps members as well serving with your Dad and your early years as one of the Fire Police. Marie and I have been back in the area in Bethlehem since 2011 after living in Maine for seventeen years. I was a member or York County Emergency Management Agency in Maine as well as a emergency dispatcher in York County and Sanford Maine. Marie and I would love to get together with you and your family sometime to celebrate with you folks. Please contact me at first either on Facebook or at shelcomradio@gmail.com . Maybe I can have you on my podcast as well. God Bless, Your friend, Will Sheldrake
Congratulations!
