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Westwood Fire Co. recognized for rescue capabilities
Sunday, April 15, 2007
By ANDREW CANNARSA
Staff Writer
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VALLEY – Westwood Fire Company recently received a Voluntary Rescue Service Recognition from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
The recognition acknowledges the company's advanced rescue capabilities. Westwood is the first fire company in Chester County to receive the advanced recognition, a state official said. About 30 fire companies in the state have received the recognition.
"We've always pushed to reach the highest levels," Westwood Fire Chief John Sly said Friday afternoon at the Westwood building. "Having this shows that we're dedicated to the community we serve."
Dick Wenner, the rescue testing and certification coordinator with the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in the Department of Health, said Westwood had to meet extensive inspection requirements to receive the recognition.
The program was developed by the Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner's Office and the Department of Health. Inspectors review numerous facets of a fire company's vehicles, equipment and personnel.
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| Their rescue level is the highest level a rescue unit can reach in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," Wenner said.
Sly said the fire company decided to apply for the rescue recognition in 2005, as the company was in the process of replacing its rescue truck.
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Staff photo by Kim Dietrich
Westwood Fire Chief John Sly, right, gives a tour of Rescue 44 to Steve Webb, center, of the Chester County Department of Emergency Services, and Dick Wenner, of the Pennsylvania Department of Health's Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
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"If we were going to replace it and get new equipment, we wanted to meet the highest standard," said Sly.
The new, light-blue rescue truck was on the road in February. On Feb. 9, the county sent an emergency service representative to perform the inspection before making a recommendation to the state. Westwood received the recognition on Feb. 27.
"It's in the community's best interest for us to have the best equipment and training," Sly said.
Steve Webb, deputy director for field services with the Chester County Department of Emergency Services, stopped by the Westwood building Friday to congratulate Sly and the fire company.
Webb said Westwood should serve as a model for other fire companies in the county.
Sly showed Wenner and Webb the company's new truck, which is complete with two sets of tools used during emergency rescue situations. The tools are kept in compartments on both sides of the truck.
"What you see here is a mirror on the other side of the truck," Sly said, pointing to all the new rescue tools. "It's almost like we meet the certification twice."
Wenner said the recognition helps the Department of Health maintain a database of capable rescue services throughout the state. The database would be vital, Wenner said, in the case of an emergency or catastrophe in the southeastern part of the state.
"The community is very fortunate to have this unit, very fortunate." Wenner said.
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