Around 0700 hours West Manchester Township Fire Department received a call for a asphalt fire next to a structure.  Engine 89-2 responded and immediatly gave reports of thick black smoke in the area.

Truck 1 was the first arriving truck and reported fire has spread to the structure and requested a 2nd alarm.  A total of 10 departments responded to bring the blaze under control.  Units finally cleared the scene around 0930 hours.  Cause of the fire is still under investigation.

West Manchester Township Parks and Recreation held its annual truck touch on October 4, 2008.  This annual event allows the community to come out and see what types of services the township has to offer and allows familys to tour the trucks that the township utilizes.

Trucks from the Township Fire Department, West York Ambulance, Penn Waste, Township Road Crew, Kinard Trucking, Township Police Department, and Excel Trucking were on hand for the public to view.  Stat Medivac was also on hand for familys to tour their helicopter.

Along with the truck touch there were various other activites for families to get involved with.   Lincolnway Fire Company held a poster contest for Lincolnway Elementary students to kick off fire prevention week,  Travlers Protection Association held a bicycle rodeo to promote national child safety, while UTA Karate gave demonstrations.

Please review all the pictures from this great event under the image gallery.

For the past 2 years, the Lincolnway Fire Company and Shiloh Fire Company have utilized duty crews to ensure proper staffing and a quicker response for emergency calls throughout the night. 



Both stations have bunk rooms where crews can stay at the station over night and not have to worry about getting out of bed and driving to the station in the middle of the night for emergency calls.  This also allows for a faster response.



Crews consist of 3 - 4 teams with 4-5 members on each team.  The teams then rotate throughout the week.  Of course any member may respond to any incident whether its there duty crew night or not.



Both companies are pleased with how the crews have been working and plan on continuing the program and hope to grow the program as each station receives new members.



If you are interested in becoming a member of either station and participate in the duty crew program please contact David Nichols Fire Chief of West Manchester Township Fire and Emergency Services at 717-792-3505 or download and fill out the appropriate application from our website.

At around 23:26hrs a call was received reporting a working structure at 3001 W. Market St with fire through the roof.  Units arrived on scene confirming a working structure fire.  It took several hours to bring to the fire under control with approximatley 38 units responding to the scene to provide aid in extinquishing the fire. A total of 4 alarms were called to extinquish the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

From April 7-12 Asst. Chief Bob Sells, Capt. Roy Gentzler, Capt. Clif Laughman, and Lt. Matt Miller attended the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in Indianapolis Indiana. The conference is designed for officers and firefighters to go and learn new techniques and skills from the nations best instructors of the fire service. The conference consisted of 2 days of hands on training followed by 3 days of classroom training. Some of the classes taken were, Heavy Truck Extrication, New Vehicle Technology, Fire Fighter Safety and Survival, Bus Rescues, and Ladder techniques. With the training that was received, it is then brought back to the department where it is then demonstrated to the members to ensure everyone receives the best training possible.

The members of West Manchester Township Fire Department would like to thank the residents of West Manchester Township as well as the Board of Supervisor's for making 2 capital projects become reality. In October 2007 Shiloh Fire Company dedicated its newly renovated fire station that was in planning for over 10 years. Renovations consisted of adding 3 new bays, training towner, fitness center, and more spacious work areas. In March 2008 Lincolnway Fire Company placed in service its new 2008 KME Heavy Rescue that took almost 2 years of planning before being placed in service. Without the support of our residents and Township Supervisors these projects could not have been made possible.