The RFC Spec Committee worked for months on the specs for the new Quint. Bids went out to several apparatus manufacturers with two returned who said they were able to build what we needed.

Several months ago, RFC awarded the contract for the Quint replacement to Pierce Fire Apparatus.

Three members of the Quint Specifications Committee flew to Appleton, Wisconsin on February 1st to have a pre-con ... (Full Story & Photos)

Arkema, Inc., headquartered in Radnor, sponsored two RFC firefighters to join in their "Industrial
Response Training for Municipal Firefighters" training, held at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

Firefighters Alex Valeri and Jack Whitehead were chosen to take part in this training and flew to Texas at the end of January for the three-day class.

Training included foam types, foam ... (Full Story & Photos)

Shortly after 9:30 PM, RFC and and engine from Berwyn Fire Company were dispatched to Red Fox Lane in Tredyffrin for a house fire. The caller indicated that the living room was on fire.
Chief 15 arrived, observed a heavy smoke condition inside the house and established Red Fox Command.
Quint 15 arrived on location and the crew was instructed to take an 1 3/4" line to the rear of the house. Crews encountered ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 4:30 this afternoon, RFC Fire and EMS, along with Broomall Fire Company and Marple EMS, were dispatched to mile marker 12.5 southbound (south of Lancaster Avenue) for a crash with entrapment.
RFC crews arrived in the area with no incident found.
Chief 15 held the apparatus at the turn around while he headed back to check north of Lancaster Avenue. Chief 15 found the crash at 13.5 southbound on ... (Full Story & Photos)

During the storm on Sunday, a little after 3:30 in the afternoon, RFC was dispatched to Conestoga and Bloomingdale for a vehicle fire.
Squad 15 and Tac 15 made the response from station and arrived within a couple of minutes of dispatch.
Arriving crews found a pick up truck well involved.
An 1 3/4" line was pulled and the fire was extinguished.
Chief 15 requested Radnor Township Public Works respond ... (Full Story & Photos)

Once winter storm "Fern" was projected to be a major incident, RFC Chief Michael Maguire began the process of prepping RFC to be ready for any emergency. Extra career staff and volunteers were requested to stand by on station Saturday night through Monday morning to get the apparatus on the road quickly. There were enough firefighters and EMS personnel to man several pieces of emergency apparatus.
On ... (Full Story & Photos)

Shortly after 10 PM, RFC was dispatched to South Radnor Chester Road for a crash with entrapment.
Prior to RFC arrival, the lone occupant of the vehicle was able to self extricate.
Apparatus remained on location until the tow truck removed the vehicle.
Crews were on the scene for less than an hour. ... (Full Story & Photos)

Shortly before 3 AM, RFC was alerted to an overturned vehicle at mile marker 13.6 south bound on the Blue Route.
Arriving RFC crews found a vehicle overturned in a ditch with the driver still inside.
Crews moved quickly and removed the windshield to allow access to the patient.
Once extricated, the driver was taken to the hospital for treatment.... (Full Story & Photos)