| On Saturday, March 30, Engine 51-2 traveled to the Chester County Public Safety Training Campus in Coatesville to participate in a water supply drill with the Chester County Fire Task Force. The crew from 51-2 spent the morning being updated on the current status of the Task Force, as well as hearing a short lecture on water supply followed by a large scale water supply exercise.
Chester County staffs two different fire task forces, Task Force 1 and 2. Each Task Force is comprised of 4 Engines, 1 Rescue Engine, 1 Tanker-Pumper, 1 straight stick Ladder, and 1 Tower-Ladder. Station 51 is on Task Force 1, While Station 52 and Ladder 53 are on Task Force 2. The Task Forces are lead by Assistant 53, Mike McDonald, who is assisted by 4 Deputies one of who is Assistant Chief Steve Pelna. The other 3 Deputies are Neil Vaughn, Malvern, as well as Ken Battin and Dan Kerrigan, East Whiteland.
The Task Force is designed to quickly mobilize a large number of fire resources and provide mutual aid within the Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional Task Force and as needed by Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional Task Force is comprised of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties.
Photos courtesy Nozzle Nut Photography. |
