The friends and family of the Westampton Township Emergency Services would like to congratulate Firefighter Rick Bickmore Jr and Firefighter Marcus Fields on thier recent accomplishments landing careers as firefighters.
Firefighter/EMT Rick "Cheese" Bickmore has been serving Westampton as a Per-Diem member and Fire Inspector and has already begun his new career with the Collingswood (Camden County 16) Fire Department.
Firefighter/EMT Marcus Fields is currently a serving as the Squad Company Sergeant and is eagerly awaiting to begin his new career with the Crosswicks Fire District (261).
Both members take with them some excellent years of training and experiance in being some of WTES's finest firefighters.  We wish both of you the best of luck for a safe and fulfilling career!

Around 0420hrs, Squad 27 with 6 arrived first due to the Acme store for a reported fire in the freezer isle.  Workers and Police used an extinguisher to control the fire until the companies arrived.  Crews overhauled the freezer and surrounding area and helped saved the remainder of the store's products.  PPV was used to clear out the smoke and dry chemical odor. Crews built a wall with cardboard to keep the freezer going for the remainder of the isle.  Company returned home in about 1 hour.

At around 1230hrs, units from Burlington City Fire Department, along with Rescues from Burlington Township (301) and Willingboro (161) were dispatched to Broad and Stacy Streets in Burlington for a Train Accident.  First arriving units found a male subject who was struck and run over by the Light Rail Commuter Train, entrapping him underneath it.  Crews worked for over 20 minutes to free the man from the train's undercarriage.  The subject was the transfered to an awaiting medevac helicopter and transported to Cooper Trauma Center for his injuries.  At 1300hrs, command requested a Fire Police Strike Team bringing Traffic 27 to the accident scene.  Members of the traffic unit secured the incident scene for over 2 hours while the proper authorities completed their investigations.
Battallion Chief 9020 (Viereck) had the command.

B shift assists with double rescue at Burlington Mount Holly Road and Bromely BLVD. The Squad was requested to assist BTFD, and handled a rescue on a vehicle with a victim trapped in passenger seat. The crew cribbed the vehicle and performed a "B" post tear to free the victim for EMS. The patient was extricated in less than ten minutes.

Companies dispatched for a dwelling fire in the Tarnsfield section.  Squad 2723 arrived to find a mulch fire that extended into the dwelling, and led off with an 1 3/4" handline.  Crews made a quick stop and held it with 2 and 1. Engine 2721 and Ladder 5015 (Mount Holly) overhauled and protected the family's furniture and musical instruments.  Fire is under investigation by county FM. 

After several LONG weeks of being out for repair... Engine 2721 is finally back with some new ponies under the hood.  After having the engine rebuilt by the local Cummins dealer it is now back in action and ready to serve our residents and visitors for many more years to come.

Again, we would like to extend a huge THANK YOU to our neighboring Mount Holly Fire District #1 for loaning us Engine 5013 to use while our Engine was out getting its work completed.

After running several Fire and EMS runs during the day, shortly after 1600hrs the company was alerted to Springside and Valley Farm Road for a Motor Vehicle Accident.  As the Squad was enroute with 5 members and the Ambulance, County Communications reported that there was a victim trapped in one of the vehicles.  As the units were arriving they found 2 Large SUV's with one of them down a short embankment with the driver trapped.  The members of the Squad crew went to work removing the driver door and extricating the patient.  The patient was transported to Cooper Trauma Center for his injuries by Ambulance 5094 (America) and Medic 31 while Ambulance 2781 transported the 2 other subjects.  Ambulance 1692 (Willingboro) was also on scene assisting with patient care.

"Confidence is the cornerstone to success."
Our stations success has come from each and every one of us as a combined effort.  Whether it has come from the classroom, training academy, or station drills our confidence is what defines our ability to be on target with each and every scenario that we encounter.  Come out to drill each Tuesday at 7:00pm where we continue to build confidence in many areas of training.

After a long afternoon of running various calls throughout the area, the company made a guest appearance at the 1st Annual Westampton Woods Block Party.  The crew was able to meet many new members of our community in this newly established neighborhood and were able to answer many questions about the services we provide and give out very important fire safety tips to everyone.  Unfortunately, our stay was interrupted by yet another call for service.

Thanks for inviting us to join your event and we hope we can return next year!

While the company was already out on 2 other calls, the assignment was dispatched for one overturned on Oxmead Road between Kings Road and Manor Drive.  Squad 2723 (Whitley) was clearing the East Park area and was enroute with 4 members.  Units arrived and found a late model car on its roof in the creek along the roadside.  The patient was self extricated and had only minor bumps and bruises.  The squad's crew worked to mitigate the fluid run off down the stream by rigging hazmat booms across the bridge abutments.

America EMS 5092 handled the patient transport and Traffic 2729 secured the roadways.

Units finally cleared 2 hours later and 2702 (Capt. Desjardins) had the command.

After a steady weekend full of traumas, flyouts, and the normal routine responses, the members of C Shift (Chief Johnson covering FF Witkowski & Safety Officer Whitley) and the company's volunteer members were hoping for an easy Monday so that everyone could get caught up on a little sleep, the house chores, and the usual mundane tasks... That wasn't gonna happen!

After starting the morning off with the normal EMS runs, the company was just settling in for lunch when at 1445hrs the assignment was dispatched sending Squad 27 to the New Jersey Turnpike (42 Milepost) for an overturned tank trailer on fire.  Squad 27 and Engine 3012 arrived simultaneously to find a tank trailer carrying dry cement mix overturned in a ditch with fire at the rear axles.  The 2 crews went to work extinguishing the fire.  Luckily the driver self extricated himself from the vehicle and was uninjured.  The Squad returned to quarters in just over 1 hour.  Battalion Chief 3604 (Sharkey) had the command.

At around 2230hrs, Squad 27 was sent as the southbound company to the Turnpike at the 39.6 milepost for a 2 vehicle accident with 1 subject trapped.  Squad 27 arrived 2nd due just behind Engine 3611 (Mount Laurel)  and assisted their crews with a door and B post removal on one vehicle and the remainder of Squad 27's crew secured the utilites on the second vehicle.  The Squad was back in Westampton in 45 minutes Battalion Chief 3603 (Kirvan) had the command.

For the "Easy" Monday, 8 calls were logged in 12 hours including these 2 incidents. 

As the week comes to a close, we enter another busy one into the history of our company.  The dedicated men and women of Westampton Township Emergency Services answered 58 calls for service since last sunday, including 2 MVA Rescue Assignments, 2 Trauma-Fly Outs, several other serious nature medical incidents, and a handful of close call fire incidents.  We even found the time to support Alex's Lemonade Stand by making the Q102 crew look good and letting them defeat us in a charity baseball game.

At all times, we have maintained at least 1 Ambulance and 1 Engine crew in house and ready to serve.

Just another example of how we are continually "Raising the Standard in Community Service"

Shortly after 1930hrs the companies were dispatched to RT541 & Irick Road in front of Cooks Motors for an Auto Accident.  Squad 27 and Ambulance 2781 arrived and began to assess all vehicles. Ambulance 2781 packaged the patient for transport to the LZ.   The subject was then transported to Cooper Trauma center by Jeffstat Medevac.

Units and Fire Police from numerous surrounding jurisdictions remained on scene for almost 3 hours while the police performed their investigation of this 4 car accident.

Thanks to the surrounding fire police for the much needed assistance as well as Engine 301 (Burlington), Ambulance 9092 (Endeavor) and Ambulance 5094 (Mt. Holly)  for their assistance.

Westampton Township Emergency Services was dispatched for the rescue at Woodlane Road and School Drive.  Mount Holly EMS arrived first due reporting a head on crash with two entrapped in separate cars.  Squad 2723 (Bickmore) arrived and was ordered by 5094 (Augustino) to start extricating the more serious of the two patients.  The Squad Company performed a B-Post Tear to free the patient.   Rescue-Engine 3411 arrived and began working on the other car with Squad 2723s tools.   All patients were freed in about 10 minutes.  

Fire Police 2729 (Hunt) protected the scene from on coming traffic.

The WTES in conjunction with the Mount Holly Police Department participated in a National Night Out event in the municipal lot of Mount Holly Township.  Three WTES members attended the event bringing "UTILITY" 2729 and the KIDS Fire Safety Trailer.  Dozens of area children and their parents had the oppertunity to tour the Safety Trailer and learn valuable information on how to prevent fires in the home and also how to react in emergency situations.  A good time was had by all and we are looking forward to doing it again next year.