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2009 Polaris RZR Raffle Is Here!!

UPDATE:  Members now have tickets.  Stop back for pictures of the new RZR.  Soon there will be a pay-pal feature that will allow you to purchase tickets directly from our web page!  Ranger RZR will be displayed at the Brooke County Fair and Wellsburg Applefest.

Each Ticket is $10.00 and gives you FOUR chances to win.  Not only do you win the Ranger RZR, but the winner also receives a 5' X 12' trailer.  The number is based on the WV Daily 4 lottery. 

Thanks for your support last year and hope you take a chance this year!  Only 2,500 tickets are sold - someone will win!
2007 Lucky Winner!
Congrats!!

Members gain Emergency Medical Technician Status:

Chief Larry Palmer, Andrew Ross and Mike Bolen recently passed their national registry tests to become certified EMT's.  This adds three more to the many EMT's Franklin already has certified.  These members went through four months of training to gain this status.



Two patients flown due to two separate ATV crashes
7/10/08

Crews were dispatched this afternoon to an ATV crash.  The patient was calling from the woods and was unable to provide his direct location.  After searching several areas, the pt. was found.  Utility 7 was utilized to remove the patient from the wooded area to the ambulance.  The patient was then shortly thereafter transported to the landing zone to be flown to a Pittsburgh, PA, trauma center.

Later in the night, crews were once again called out for another ATV crash.  This patient had been brought to a residence by his friends.  After initial care, the patient was transported to the landing zone to be flown to a Pittsburgh, PA, trauma center.
Structure Fire During 4th of July Parade
7/4/08

Although it was a wet one, many visitors and residents in Wellsburg turned out for the annual 4th of July Parade.  During the parade, Wellsburg and Franklin VFD's were dispatched to a working structure fire on Pleasant Avenue in Wellsburg.  Both Companies arrived on scene and went straight to work on conducting primary searches and knocking down the fire.  A lot of members from both companies came straight from family get-togethers and watching the parade with family to working the house fire.  Companies were able to control the fire and get back in time to watch the fireworks with loved ones. 

Franklin Crew on the Roof    
 
Wellsburg first-in crew

A future fireman riding on Engine 76 got a little more than the thrill of the parade - Although he was "ready to go to work!"
Captain Diserio (C-2)  Runs Interior Ops
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Franklin Fire Department
 in the 4th of July Parade
Franklin Flies Trauma Patient
7/1/08

Volunteers were dispatched to a personal injury accident within their first due.  Squad 7 arrived on scene to find a patient who required to be sent to a level 1 trauma center in Pittsburgh, PA.  Engine 76 and Squad 78 was sent to our usual landing zone of the Nazarene Church.

 
Engine 76 and Squad 78 crew waiting       Loading Patient for transport
on Ambo to arrive with Stat Crew

Volunteers show display at local community days event
6/07/08
   
Members took Engine 76 - Squad 7 and Utility 7 to a community days event held by the Nazarene Church located on Washington Pike.  Our department appreciates the church invite to display our equipment and educate children and adults on fire safety.

Training on the Gator

 
Crew getting ready to go into woods

Last Tuesday, the members took their new gator into the woods for some training in patient recovery and driving skills.  Everything went fine for two hours, but towards the end of the training the gator blew a tire.  Finding that our tires were not strong enough for the elements, we upgraded to a stronger ply tire that will hopefully get us in and out of the woods safely.

Special thanks to Wellsburg Tire and Collision on Washington Pike for getting our new tires installed quickly and allowing the gator to be back in service!!

Wellsburg Tire and Collision
1111 Washington Pike
Wellsburg, WV 26070
304-737-3700
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