We toured an EMS station in Lancaster County, PA! This station plays a crucial part in keeping their community safe! ua-cam.com/video/S4MJ5UK-dlE/v-deo.html
A big THANK YOU to our home town heros!!! Unfortunately they have been called to my house more than once.... Stay Safe everyone. THANK YOU for what you do!!!!
I used to be the Arson Investigator with my local Sheriff's Department, and I was also the Fire Chief for my local VFD for many years. In that time I saw three rural Fire Departments totally destroyed by fire because none of us had sprinkler systems.
I was really hoping you were going to ask him why they picked yellow. It's so interesting to see the different color schemes of the different agencies and regions. Thanks for your great work brother
watching this from Oregon. Not sure how I found this video but I am glad I did. Everything about this department is very impressive and I LOVE all the history info that goes with it. Thanks for posting :)
Not bashing or anything but it’s crazy that there are departments that are able to spend 6 figures on a restoration on a vehicle that isn’t even a reserve apparatus when there’s other departments out there that can’t even afford to replace/repair their front line apparatus. Awesome department you guys have keep up the awesome work. Also love the orange !!!
May not be a fair comparison, but.. Elk Grove has a 20-25 year replacement policy for apparatus. To show how skewed some things are (excluding the obvious reasons/needs for the policy), Beverly Hills has a 10 year replacement policy (4 engines, 3 rescues, 2 BCs, a USAR and a tiller - the replaced apparatus is used as reserves for another 10 years), Los Angeles has a 10-15 year replacement policy (dependent on geography). LAFD reserves are as old as 30 years.
Yeah, it’s definitely important to have a replacement plan. Depending on how many calls they run I’ve seen some stations with 35 year old apparatus that still run perfectly and look new, but they are also not running many calls a year
One minor editorial note, toward the end you mentioned that members from one station could drive apparatus from the other, specifically the tanker and tower. WG does not have a tower, just a regular ladder. Otherwise a great video. My son works there as an EMT so it was nice to take a look to see where he works.
Just subscribed and am looking forward to your other videos. Interesting thing I picked up towards the end regarding their antique. Elsie, the former owner's wife, called my hometown department, Purchase, NY, regarding the fate of our old antique as well. Her husband had purchased a whole bunch of old apparatus with the intention of starting a museum. Unfortunately he passed away before that could happen so Elsie reached out to the former owners and asked them to come and retrieve their old rigs or they would be scrapped. So my brother and a few of the other members headed out there with a flatbed tractor trailer and retrieved her. She is a 1957 Seagrave Quad that is still in excellent condition. Just thought I would share that with you. 👍🏻
You would love the odd bright yellow of the Ocoquon, Woodbridge, Lurton Volunteer Fire Department In Woodbridge VA. OWL VFD was the second largest vfd in the USA.
@@HeroesNextDoor Unfortunately I don't and they don't have an email to contact them either. They are active on Facebook (facebook.com/hummelstownfire/), however, and their phone number is 717-566-8574
@@HeroesNextDoor wish I did but I don’t unfortunately I don’t know too much about their history but I do know for a fact that Paterson and Clifton served and aid in NY during 9/11 so they have history which would make great for an episode in the future
I wondered why they ordered a Seagrave to replace their 1998 Pierce. All of the other Apparatus they have are Pierce so makes sense as a maintenance point of view to keep having one Apparatus make. Probably Seagrave was a cheaper option.
As an English person I’m fascinated by these tours! None of our fire houses have names or number. How do they come up with the names and numbers? Is there any meaning to them?
How do they afford to buy all those trucks? Especially being a mostly volunteer department? I understand fundraisers and what not...but there's not way they're doing fundraisers and raising a million dollars for a new ladder truck lol
The one thing that has really helped is the cell tower, that brings a lot in. They have a very strong community behind them. There is also a bunch of grants that help with the cost.
you should do a video of pleasent hill vol fire co station 52 in PA west manhine township (i missed typed alot of works so you may have to just look up pleasent hill fire company in PA
It is funny that you commented this. As we traveled across the US we are finding the terminology to be so different. I personally never heard of a tender until Indiana. We don’t have many if any flying tankers :). It’s nice to learn how different people use the same equipment and name them differently also. The biggest one beside tanker vs tender is tower/ladder/aerial/or truck....
@@HeroesNextDoor There has to more to it to have that many new rigs of that quality. A cell tower and the rural population size doesn't explain what I'm seeing.
Yeah I see that, they have a huge area that they cover and their first station is in a fairly populated area. Honestly they do a really great job fundraising, it’s the reason why they have 3 stations and have been around for so long.
Also the apparatus are owned by the township, the building and equipment is owned by them. They have to go to the township and present to them why they need new apparatus. The township takes into account how fiscally responsible they have been and whether or not the deserve more trucks.
@@HeroesNextDoor I was a firefighter in a region of America where the volunteer firehouses and equipment made firefighters from other regions jealous and yet I haven't figured out how this department with what amounts to a large rural fire district has pulled this off. At first I thought I would find out that they had massive estates hiding in their fire district or maybe Penn State was located there or a major company had a large investment to protect but nope couldn't find anything that made me say "Ah ha".
We toured an EMS station in Lancaster County, PA! This station plays a crucial part in keeping their community safe!
ua-cam.com/video/S4MJ5UK-dlE/v-deo.html
Are the guys at the ambulance station that you guys did a video at really going to be getting rid of the beautiful GMC Ambo
Those trucks are BEAUTIFUL! Makes me feel like a kid inside yelling, "OHHH!!! FIRETRUCK!!!!!" haha. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks for watching! We love the yellow firetrucks too!
FIOW TWUK
I’m not gonna believe if she doesn’t scream that whenever you saw firetruck, you don’t have a childhood
I got the spelling problems
Bill did an excellent job representing his fire company! He certainly knows his history!
West Grove / Ambulance 22 brings patients to our ER. Neat to see their setup!
Bill Wohl is a great historian!
Yeah he's so knowledgeable about the stations!
He is also a great guy
very articulate ,knowledgeable representative of the department. You can tell they have a lot of pride and commitment
The New London Station (second station) is my local department. I live only a few miles up the road. It's great to be able to learn more about it.
West Grove is Proud to Say ALL Three Stations are sprinklered . Great Job Bill Wohl
That is one of the most well spoken and knowledgeable hosts I’ve seen on your channel.
A big THANK YOU to our home town heros!!! Unfortunately they have been called to my house more than once.... Stay Safe everyone. THANK YOU for what you do!!!!
I really like the color of the trucks that your community has.
Yeah they're awesome!
Its nice, a change from typical red/white. Ours are ORANGE.
Also the orange helps get the eye of traffic so I wish I could in my rp game I could do that
Yeah, Pennsylvania is well know for different color trucks
I used to be the Arson Investigator with my local Sheriff's Department, and I was also the Fire Chief for my local VFD for many years. In that time I saw three rural Fire Departments totally destroyed by fire because none of us had sprinkler systems.
40 years...geez he is a clear and concise communicator.
Yeah he’s a great historian for the company
Some very nice small stations!
Thanks for watching!
My hometown of Chester County
Mac And Cheese trucks 😂 Good video guys. Loved this
I am a fire police member there! I run out of station 32 which was the last one. The couch and chairs are by far the comfiest of all the stations!
Hahaha that's good to know! Now we know where to hangout!
I was really hoping you were going to ask him why they picked yellow. It's so interesting to see the different color schemes of the different agencies and regions. Thanks for your great work brother
It’s good to see the career members working with volunteers members. In Illinois it’s rare to see that, that’s why there’s a shortage of volunteers.
Yeah, we are all working for the same purpose, I think people forget that sometimes
What a great tour guide!!!! Awesome stations!
Thanks for watching
@@HeroesNextDoor Sure thing. If you need some contacts for departments in the Hanover, PA York County area, I got you covered.
@@emtffzartman666 email us contacts to watchheroesnextdoor @ gmail.com. We will get them on the schedule
Bright orange rigs? That's certainly unique
Station cribs. Gotta love it.
Really loving you show your take folks into an area that folks never really think about or know , thank you
Thanks for watching
Loved listening to that guy. His love and passion really show
Love this. All the way from london 🇬🇧 🚒🔥
watching this from Oregon. Not sure how I found this video but I am glad I did. Everything about this department is very impressive and I LOVE all the history info that goes with it. Thanks for posting :)
Thanks for watching and helping us grow!
He seems like a great, genuine Fire Chief. Wish he was a Fire Chief in my local township.
Not bashing or anything but it’s crazy that there are departments that are able to spend 6 figures on a restoration on a vehicle that isn’t even a reserve apparatus when there’s other departments out there that can’t even afford to replace/repair their front line apparatus. Awesome department you guys have keep up the awesome work. Also love the orange !!!
May not be a fair comparison, but.. Elk Grove has a 20-25 year replacement policy for apparatus. To show how skewed some things are (excluding the obvious reasons/needs for the policy), Beverly Hills has a 10 year replacement policy (4 engines, 3 rescues, 2 BCs, a USAR and a tiller - the replaced apparatus is used as reserves for another 10 years), Los Angeles has a 10-15 year replacement policy (dependent on geography). LAFD reserves are as old as 30 years.
Yeah, it’s definitely important to have a replacement plan. Depending on how many calls they run I’ve seen some stations with 35 year old apparatus that still run perfectly and look new, but they are also not running many calls a year
This should be a series you should have atleast 500k subs. WHen i looked how many u had i was very suprised
Hopefully one day we will be at that! We started a little under a year ago. Thanks for watching and helping us grow!
One minor editorial note, toward the end you mentioned that members from one station could drive apparatus from the other, specifically the tanker and tower. WG does not have a tower, just a regular ladder.
Otherwise a great video. My son works there as an EMT so it was nice to take a look to see where he works.
Thanks for watching
Wish New Zealand had that many able volunteers in some regions.
Great story! Learned lots of new info about our great local company💋 thanks for all you do❤️
So much history! Thanks for your service.
This was an excellent video. It was exceptionally informative as well . You did great with your sound and editing. Keep you the good work.
Thanks that means a lot! Thanks for watching!
Check out Jeff stang fire P4 inferno Marcal paper factory 10 alarm a must see unbelievable wow.
Just subscribed and am looking forward to your other videos. Interesting thing I picked up towards the end regarding their antique. Elsie, the former owner's wife, called my hometown department, Purchase, NY, regarding the fate of our old antique as well. Her husband had purchased a whole bunch of old apparatus with the intention of starting a museum. Unfortunately he passed away before that could happen so Elsie reached out to the former owners and asked them to come and retrieve their old rigs or they would be scrapped. So my brother and a few of the other members headed out there with a flatbed tractor trailer and retrieved her. She is a 1957 Seagrave Quad that is still in excellent condition. Just thought I would share that with you. 👍🏻
That's awesome! That's crazy that she also had one of your apparatus!
Thanks for subscribing too!
Bill Wohl, you haven't aged a bit. Back when I was 16 (1984), I was a member of 22. Chief Chambers in charge back then.
That's awesome!
Holy fires truck 😍
Thank you, wish i were closer to volunteer.
Thanks for watching and helping us grow! We wish you were closer too!
And West Grove fire station 2 also has a Federal Signal Stl 10 Siren!!!!
Come to Troutman, North Carolina! They just had a new crew building built and it looks awesome! Plus they have some nice apparatuses!
Love the truck color
Yeah we do too!
thanks for showing this,it's very interesting,yellow trucks make it all the more interesting
Yeah the yellow trucks are pretty cool
Another great `Station Cribs` video! Thanks for taking the time to produce and upload these informative pieces.
Thanks for watching! We will be releasing more soon!
Excellent video. Beautiful fire trucks and stations. Excellent history and info. Bill forgot to explain why orange was chosen for the trucks.
If you gat a chance. Could you do an expose on the Union Fire Co of Carlisle PA? They’ve been in service since 1789
We would love to! Do you have a contact we can reach out to and make that happen?
@@HeroesNextDoor no
LOVE THE COLORS OF THE TRUCKS!
You would love the odd bright yellow of the Ocoquon, Woodbridge, Lurton Volunteer Fire Department In Woodbridge VA. OWL VFD was the second largest vfd in the USA.
This guys always either "WELCOMETOFJIFHDJFDHTHISISTATIONCRIBS" or "Welcome to the.... west grove fire company.... this is station cribs"
If ever in Maryland come to company 13 fallston maryland house 1
Sounds cool! Do you have a contact for someone there?
Never seen orange fire trucks now I’ve seen it all. Unless there is a rainbow fire truck 😳
Haha rainbow trucks would be a sight to see
I would LOVE to ride in an ambulance for fun. Love the stretchers and siderails. I think the Er is fun lol. SIDERAILS UP
These Vehicles are so beautiful in this orange color. Very nicely done
I like them. Different but it works
Love the videos.
Thanks for watching!
You should do Hummelstown they were founded in the 1700s, they’re a small department but full of history
That sounds awesome! Do you have a contact for someone there?
@@HeroesNextDoor Unfortunately I don't and they don't have an email to contact them either. They are active on Facebook (facebook.com/hummelstownfire/), however, and their phone number is 717-566-8574
The color on all of these Fire Trucks and Ambulances are absolutely Beautiful the color reminds me of Honey Mustard lol!!!!
Crazy to see a volley department in pa still running like this
Check out this episode of Station Cribs where we tour Alert Fire Company No. 1 in Downingtown, PA!
ua-cam.com/video/RNjU5edpCew/v-deo.html
So cool❤
Nice fleet
This was awesome. Subbed
Thanks for watching and helping us grow!
Y’all should do Paterson fire or Newark fire in NJ or even Clifton,
That sounds awesome! Do you have a contact for us to reach out to?
@@HeroesNextDoor wish I did but I don’t unfortunately I don’t know too much about their history but I do know for a fact that Paterson and Clifton served and aid in NY during 9/11 so they have history which would make great for an episode in the future
I used to deliver onions from Norfolk Ontario to West Grove PA
Onions not mushrooms? Wow
@HeroesNextDoor we do have large mushroom farms in the area as well, so it's possible, but I didn't haul them.
In the future, you should really ask about their fire sirens. A lot of the time, those have some really good history behind their story.
Hempstead NY gets nearly 2,000 calls a year
Very nice o just subscribed I hope this channel gets some more clout!!!!!
Thanks so much for subscribing and helping us grow!
I wondered why they ordered a Seagrave to replace their 1998 Pierce. All of the other Apparatus they have are Pierce so makes sense as a maintenance point of view to keep having one Apparatus make. Probably Seagrave was a cheaper option.
Very well done
Thank you!
Great Job, please share to the AvonGrove Community
We would love to, what would be the best way to get it out to the Avon Grove community? Do they have a Facebook page?
Love the orange color of the rigs!
As an English person I’m fascinated by these tours! None of our fire houses have names or number. How do they come up with the names and numbers? Is there any meaning to them?
Usually they are based on location or the founding members came up with it.
I now this fire house 👍👍
We wud a like something like that in Belize
How do they afford to buy all those trucks? Especially being a mostly volunteer department? I understand fundraisers and what not...but there's not way they're doing fundraisers and raising a million dollars for a new ladder truck lol
The one thing that has really helped is the cell tower, that brings a lot in. They have a very strong community behind them. There is also a bunch of grants that help with the cost.
It's possible they're tax supported as well. A few of the volly departments in our county are tax supported as well as fundraisers.
Will you go back to west grove, when they put elsie. Back in the old station ?
They would have to invite us again
you should do a video of pleasent hill vol fire co station 52 in PA west manhine township (i missed typed alot of works so you may have to just look up pleasent hill fire company in PA
That sounds cool! Do you have a contact for them?
Are the stations staffed by paid firefighters or are they just by volunteers? Great Videos!!
West grove has volunteer firefighters and paid ems staff. Thanks for watching!
Are all their ambulances designated Amb22? That seems like it would be incredibly confusing.
It’s 221 222 and 223
Could you do Union fire company No. 1 Oxford PA
We would love to, do you have someone we can contact?
@@HeroesNextDoor sure. The Chiefs name is Shane Kinsey.
Email: skinsey@oxfordfire.com
Did anyone else see the hot air balloon at 12:12
Do avondale fire co.
It is a tender not a tanker,Tanker has wings. Amazing how they have adapted such a tiny foot print.
It is funny that you commented this. As we traveled across the US we are finding the terminology to be so different. I personally never heard of a tender until Indiana. We don’t have many if any flying tankers :). It’s nice to learn how different people use the same equipment and name them differently also. The biggest one beside tanker vs tender is tower/ladder/aerial/or truck....
Wanna see real heroes next Check out Jeff stangfire.. p4 inferno Marcal paper fire 10 alarm a must see unbelievable wow.
Those are the people we are trying to highlight. We would love to hear their stories too.
New here have you did videos on Canadian things to compare the 2 of them ? I am From Alberta Canada
It would be awesome if you could come to my hometown and view our department’s stations and trucks!
Shoot us an email at watchheroesnextdoor@gmail.com so we can try to make that happen!
@@HeroesNextDoor I just sent the email!
NEED TO GO TO STATION 4/44
I’ve never seen orange vehicles for emergency
Those are actually yellow. This picture was taken as dusk which made them look orange. But our next episode does have orange vehicles 😉
Den Kameraden Wohl kann man wirklich sehr gut verstehen.
“You can understand your comrades really well “ - google translated
Love apparatus' with a orange/green/yellow paint scheme. They all looks beautiful and is nice to get a break from the red.
Yeah for sure, the orange is sick looking!
They got big money
What music did you used?
Do you have any videos of any of the fire stations in Tennessee
Not yet. We just need contacts sent to watchheroesnextdoor@gmail.com
Do Portage Fire Company
Shoot us an email at watchheroesnextdoor@gmail.com with any contact information you have
Love the color of the trucks. You should come down to Miami and see the Miami Dade Fire Rescue trucks
Yeah we should haha, do you have a person we can contact?
Orange 🤔
I struggle to read can you still volunteer
Yes, absolutely! That's why they added more stations!
Just found this, pretty nice department and history www.wgfc.org/ nice department.
doe this have a fireman's pole?
Don’t think so
@@HeroesNextDoor thanks, and some fire departments have a firemans pole and others dont?
must be nice
song at 8:39
Love the orange apparatus. Not something you see everyday!
Ok where's the money coming from because the area looks rural as AF.
Their money comes from a very supportive community and they have a cell phone tower on their property that provides them a decent amount of money
@@HeroesNextDoor There has to more to it to have that many new rigs of that quality. A cell tower and the rural population size doesn't explain what I'm seeing.
Yeah I see that, they have a huge area that they cover and their first station is in a fairly populated area. Honestly they do a really great job fundraising, it’s the reason why they have 3 stations and have been around for so long.
Also the apparatus are owned by the township, the building and equipment is owned by them. They have to go to the township and present to them why they need new apparatus. The township takes into account how fiscally responsible they have been and whether or not the deserve more trucks.
@@HeroesNextDoor I was a firefighter in a region of America where the volunteer firehouses and equipment made firefighters from other regions jealous and yet I haven't figured out how this department with what amounts to a large rural fire district has pulled this off. At first I thought I would find out that they had massive estates hiding in their fire district or maybe Penn State was located there or a major company had a large investment to protect but nope couldn't find anything that made me say "Ah ha".
All I can say is, I like the orange
Yeah the orange looks awesome