Last night on Oct. 23, 2024, our station had the honor to provide fire protection services to the Vice-President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris. The Vice-President was in our township for a CNN Town Hall where she took questions from voters across the Commonwealth. Our members were stationed inside and out ensuring that everything went smoothly so the event could go off u... read more
Our History and Commitment to Community
Today, several members including our Deupty Chief and three of our newest members were out in the local community teaching the next generation of young people important fire safety tips amoung other things. We had a blast talking to and answering questions from all the kids, we couldn't tell who was more excited them or us! A big thank you goes to the school for making the time for t... read more
Last night, at our company meeting, we welcomed two new mutual aid members, Evan Manko and Raven Fleming! Congratulations to the two of you; we look forward to you becoming a vital part of our family. We also held a special election to fill the vacant engineer position. We had two great candidates for this position, and in the end, Jon Reinhart was elected to fill the remainder of the term. Congratulations Jon! We know you will do well.
**Attention** We have only 28 volchers left for our Burgers for a Casue fundraiser! Each volucher cost $10 and hold at least a $13+ value and gets you a burger and fries. Best part is you can use the volchers at over 50 locations from Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, to New Jersy. If you want to buy one please use the contact us fundcation and we will reach back out to you to schedule a... read more
On Labor Day we had the pleasure of assisting Upland (57) Fire Company with their Annual Labor Day Firework Display at Bristol Lord Field. Our crew was on standby and ready to help in any way, but everything went off without a hitch. Thank you to everyone in Upland!
It is with heavy hearts that Chester Township Fire Company announces the death of one of our longest serving members, Robert W. Denney Sr, who passed away on Sept. 1, 2024. Bob as he was known gave 56 years of his life to the people of Chester Township Fire Company. During his long service with us he served in many roles including Fire Chief and Fire Marshall. Rest Easy Chief, we have it... read more
On Aug. 24, 2024 local residents from Carter Ave were gracious enough to cook us an appreciation lunch. Our members are beyond grateful for the love and support we receive from our residents everyday. Thank you to our Carter Ave family!
Chester Township Fire Company is thrilled to announce that our family has just grown by ten fingers and ten toes for the second time! On July 23, 2024 Annabelle Rose Wagner was born. She is the daughter of members Justin Wagner and Britney DiPilla. Welcome to the family little girl!
Chester Township Fire Company is thrilled to announce that our family has just grown by ten fingers and ten toes. On June 12, 2024 at 10:30AM CJ Swanson was born. He is the son of members Chris and Courtney Swanson. Welcome to the family little man!
Thank you to everyone who came out and joined us at our Open House and Smoke Detector Giveaway held on June 8, 2024. We want to especially thank the Township of Chester Council, State Rep. Leanne Krueger, and State Sen. John Kane who came out and supported us. Because of Rep. Krueger we were able to make much needed improvement to our station, such as installing a NEW and WORKING AC syst... read more
Chester Township Fire Company is saddened to announce the passing of Carmelo J. Vitanza on March 28, 2024. He was the grandfather of members Christina and Josh Slate. He proudly served our country as a Torpedoman’s Mate 3rd class in the Navy during WWll. Carmelo loved the accordion, having started playing at the young age of 9, but what he loved the most in life was his wife a... read more
Chester Township Fire Company is saddened to announce the passing of BethAnne Reinhart on March 18, 2024. She was the mother of member Jon Reinhart and mother-in-law of Jacqueline Heidin. BethAnne was a beloved member of her community, where she worked as a preschool teacher for many years. She loved her family immensely, especially her grandchildren. She enjoyed every minute she got to ... read more
Chester Township Fire Company is proud to announce we received the Enbridge Community Grant in the amount of $9,000. This grant allowed us to purchase a Genesis 11c battery operated tool. This tool will help us be more efficient with vehicle extrication. Thank you to Enbridge for providing us the tools necessary to better serve our community.
Chester Township Fire Company would like to thank the Wawa Foundation for their generous support. Because of their support, we were able to purchase 15 new hoods and 15 new pairs of fire fighting gloves for our active firefighters. It is support from organizations like this that help assist us in doing our job protecting the people of the Township of Chester.
Chester Township Fire Company is saddened to announce the passing of Louise Kerrigan-Frick on Feb. 18, 2024. Joy as she was known to most was the grandmother of members Spencer Warren and Morgan Dillman. Joy enjoyed life and her family, especially her great-grandchildren who loved her dearly in return. She loved Christmas time because she could see her name everywhere as she would say. S... read more