December 10, 2011: Brookline Fire Company Fire Kids XMas Party

The Brookline Fire Company Crew held their annual kids christmas party for the members children on Saturday. The kids among other things, got to spend time with Santa, make ginger bread houses and enjoy some goodies. More Photos ...

December 2, 2011: Tree Lighting Ceremony

Haverford Township held their annual tree lighting ceremony at the Brookline Fire Company Friday evening. Marines from Bridge Company Bravo out of Folsom, PA were on hand to pick up toys for tots donations.  Santa and the Marines lit the tree together and then stayed for some hot chocolate. The kids had a chance to sit on Santa's lap and fill him in on what they wanted for Christmas. Thank you to the Marines, the crew, and the board of directors for their assistance on this special night. More Photos ...

October 7, 2011: Brookline Fire Company Fire Prevention Open House

The Brookline Fire Company held their annual open house for Fire Prevention Friday, October 7, 2011. The children were invited to complete a series of lessons that included the use of a fire extinguisher, crawling through the smoke house, trying on fire gear, and registering their finger prints with the police department. As they completed each task they collected a sticker. Once all stickers were collected they were awarded a Brookline Fire Company Fire Safety t-shirt. We ended the evening with a demonstration of a live burn. The officers and crew would like to thank all who came out on this evening.

The Brookline Fire Company would like to extend a special thank you to the Broomall Fire Company for the use and assistance with their smoke house, and the Haverford Paramedics for their first aid and CPR demonstration. More Photos ...

September 13, 2011: House Fire

September 13, 2011: At approximately 3:28 pm a house fire across the street from Llanerch fire house on Darby Rd. between West Chester Pike and Township Line road was reported. Llanerch’s Chief called fire board and reported a working fire. Llanerch and Brookline Fire Companies were dispatched. A short time later the chief requested Oakmont Fire Company  to the scene. A two story twin house had heavy fire showing with very heavy smoke. Crews attacked the interior until evacuation tones went out, they then mounted an exterior attack. Crews worked hard to make their way back inside and knock down remaining fire. Companies on scene: Brookline, Llanerch, Oakmont, Manoa, Bon Air, R.I.T.-20, Highland Park Ladder, Medic 108 and 103, and rehab-313.  ***Photo Credit to Anthony Leone of www.Haverfordpatch.com. More Photos...

September 11, 2011: A Day of Remembrance

September 11, 2011: In honor of the tenth anniversary of the attacks on America in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania members of the Brookline Fire Company attended the County wide Memorial held at Rose Tree Park at 1100 hours. In the afternoon at 1500 hours members of the Brookline Fire Company attended a Memorial service at St. Dennis Catholic Church along with the members of the Oakmont, Llanerch, Bon Air, and Manoa Fire Companies, the Haverford Township Paramedics, and the Haverford Township Police Department. Though ten years have passed members of the Brookline Fire Company will never forget 9-11. More Photos...

September 8, 2011: Dollar or Two

Thursday, September 8, 2011 at 12:30 am Ladder 35 was dispatched to 1305 West Chester Pike:@Dollar or Two in the Manoa Shopping Center to assist Company 56. Companies were dispatched to the scene for a fire alarm. Police arrived with smoke coming from the building. Crews had two lines stretched and the fire under control within 10 mins.

***Photo credit to Dannon Voight

August 27 through 28, 2011: Hurricane Irene

Brookline Fire Company made preparations for the arrival of Irene. The station was manned around the clock from 10pm Saturday until 10pm Sunday. After approximately 20 calls, which included everything from fire alarms to service calls, we were happy to say good bye to Irene. A special Thank you to Jano's pizza for their generosity in keeping our men well fed in between the calls.

July 13, 2011: New Engine 35

July 13, 2011:  Brookline Fire Company placed the new Engine 35, a 2011 Pierce Velocity, in service. It is powered by 400HP Cummins engine and an Allison automatic transmission. It has a Hale Q-Max 2000GPM single stage pump with 500 gallons of water. The supply hose load is 1800 feet of 5" LDH and pre connected load is 300 feet of 3" and 800feet of 2". It has a 10kw Harrison hydraulic generator with pre-connected electrical reels, one off each side and 8- 900 watt fixed lights. Engine 35 carries a wide variety of forcible entry tools, power saws and hydraulic rescue tools. More Pictures...