This evening at the East Fallowfield Township meeting, the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution recognizing several local first responders for clinical life-saving efforts to resuscitate a victim who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest. Westwood Fire Chief Mike McWilliams, Firefighter/Paramedic Joe Marks, and Firefighter/EMT Justin Carro along with East Fallowfield Police Officers John Hewczuk and ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Westwood Fire Company was alerted for an auto fire in the 800 block of Fox Chase Road, just off of Airport Road, on Thursday. The caller reported a truck on fire to the rear of a business. Engine 44-5 made an immediate response to the call.

Assistant Chief Grossman arrived first due reporting a truck well involved with exposure concern to a building. Engine 44-5 accessed the blaze from a rear ... (Full Story & Photos)

After decades of service, TowerDIRECT “Medic 93” has ceased all operations in Western Chester County as of today, 9/1/2022. This has left much uncertainty for residents of the area questioning the availability of Advanced Life Support (ALS) services for the greater Coatesville and Eastern Lancaster County areas.

Since June, Westwood Fire Company leadership has been working non-stop in partnership ... (Full Story & Photos)

A milestone was hit this year for the Modena Fire Company, marking 100 years of service to the communities of Modena Borough, South Coatesville Borough and East Fallowfield Township. For the last 75 years of our existence, we have been working hand in hand with this great group of dedicated volunteers.

Today our company attended their parade and housing with Rescue 44, Engine 44-5, Deputy 44 Buggy, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Official notification of 2 federal grants was received today for the Westwood Fire Company totaling $118,050. This year's grant will help to purchase Advanced Life Support training aids for our rapidly expanding ALS service and a diesel exhaust extraction system for our Wagontown ALS division.

This brings our federal grant total to 24 awards since the start of the program over 15 years ago.

In ... (Full Story & Photos)

One of the first sparks in organizing the Westwood Fire Company was Chester Taylor, Sr. A fire broke out in the barn on the Janet Greenfield property. Chester Taylor, with a Model T Ford and a cider barrel for a water tank, had the fire under control when the West End Fire Company of Coatesville arrived. This was the beginning of the formation of a fire company later to be known as the Westwood Fire ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Tuesday August 16th, 2022 at 10:43, the Westwood Fire Company was dispatched to the 1000 block of Valley Road in Valley Township for a motorcycle accident. The caller to 911 reported a motorcycle had struck another vehicle and 1 male patient had a head injury. Witnesses later reported that there was not a second vehicle involved with the motorcycle.

Westwood Rescue 44, MICU 44-1 arrived on ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Friday August 12th, 2022, the Westwood Fire Company and Coatesville FD were dispatched to the Route 30 Bypass westbound west of Route 82 for an auto accident with possible entrapment.

Units arrived to find a tractor trailer that had collided with two vehicles that were pulled over on the side of the road. Fortunately, nobody was in the pinned truck at the time of the collision.

There was 1 ... (Full Story & Photos)