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Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

Our monthly meeting to discuss the general business of our company. New members looking to apply or the public looking for information should visit us during these meetings.

OUR RAFFLE CALENDARS ARE BACK FOR 2021 AND ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE! 2023 Calendars are here! Great Christmas gift that gives all year! Your $35 donation supports the Pond Hill-Lily Lake Fire Department. Match either of the 2 numbers against the PA evening pik 3 lottery and you could win $30 up to $250. If your number matches the first and last day of the month, winning amount is $10,000! How does it work? Each calendar is assigned two 3 digit numbers, these numbers (ranging 000 to 999) are selected via the Pennsylvania Evening Pick-3 each day and if you number gets selected you win the prize listed for that day! (Prizes range from $30 to $250 each day). Official Rules Winning numbers determined by the Pennsylvania Evening Pick-3 Daily Lottery Number at 7:00 PM. All numbers are played straight as drawn. All cash winnings will be paid by determined by the amount of money indicated on that winning day of the calendar. Winners will be paid by check weekly, mailed to the name and address on the information card given to Pond Hill-Lily Lake Fire Company when purchased. It is your responsibility to ensure correctness and to contact us to update information as needed. The $10,000 Winner will be paid in winning PA Lottery Tickets. 20 Pa Evening Pick 3 Daily Lottery tickets are purchased for the last day of the month drawing. The number purchased is the same as was drawn on the first day of the month. If the number is drawn, the winning tickets are used to pay the winner. Lottery Card Number is invalid if the information card is not given to PHLLFC with full payment before day and time of drawing. For More Information Contact Scott Bednar 570-592-4029

OUR RAFFLE CALENDARS ARE BACK FOR 2021 AND ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE! As per community feedback, our calendars have returned as a standard monthly calendar design, but with two chances to win each day!. That is right, for $35 you have the chance to win up to $250 a day TWICE! This also doubles your chance to win the $10,000 grand prize each month. How does it work? Each calendar is assigned two 3 digit numbers, these numbers (ranging 000 to 999) are selected via the Pennsylvania Evening Pick-3 each day and if you number gets selected you win the prize listed for that day! (Prizes range from $30 to $250 each day). Official Rules Winning numbers determined by the Pennsylvania Evening Pick-3 Daily Lottery Number at 7:00 PM. All numbers are played straight as drawn. All cash winnings will be paid by determined by the amount of money indicated on that winning day of the calendar. Winners will be paid by check weekly, mailed to the name and address on the information card given to Pond Hill-Lily Lake Fire Company when purchased. It is your responsibility to ensure correctness and to contact us to update information as needed. The $10,000 Winner will be paid in winning PA Lottery Tickets. 20 Pa Evening Pick 3 Daily Lottery tickets are purchased for the last day of the month drawing. The number purchased is the same as was drawn on the first day of the month. If the number is drawn, the winning tickets are used to pay the winner. Lottery Card Number is invalid if the information card is not given to PHLLFC with full payment before day and time of drawing. For More Information Contact us via email at [email protected] or leave a message at 570-379-2204

Our raffle calendars are back for 2017 and are currently available! As per community feedback our calendars have returned as a standard monthly calendar design, but with two chances to win each day!. That is right, for $35 you have the chance to win up to $250 a day TWICE! This also doubles your chance to win the $10,000 grand prize each month. How does it work? Each calendar is assigned two 3 digit numbers, these numbers (ranging 000 to 999) are selected via the Pennsylvania Evening Pick-3 each day and if you number gets selected you win the prize listed for that day! (Prizes range from $30 to $250 each day). Official Rules Winning numbers determined by the Pennsylvania Evening Pick-3 Daily Lottery Number at 7:00 PM. All numbers are played straight as drawn. All cash winnings will be paid by determined by the amount of money indicated on that winning day of the calendar. Winners will be paid by check weekly, mailed to the name and address on the information card given to Pond Hill-Lily Lake Fire Company when purchased. It is your responsibility to ensure correctness and to contact us to update information as needed. The $10,000 Winner will be paid in winning PA Lottery Tickets. 20 Pa Evening Pick 3 Daily Lottery tickets are purchased for the last day of the month drawing. The number purchased is the same as was drawn on the first day of the month. If the number is drawn, the winning tickets are used to pay the winner. Lottery Card Number is invalid if the information card is not given to PHLLFC with full payment before day and time of drawing. For More Information Contact us via email at [email protected] or leave a message at 570-379-2204

Wildland fires, brush fires, woodland fires, wilderness fires, or whatever you may call them by have been a growing concern and problem for our area. If you checked out our Brush Fire Safety article, you can see that these fires are often manmade and are growing in both size and number yearly. Our department has been placing a large amount of resources and training towards being better prepared and more effective at fighting these fires. As of this training day, wildland fires have already overtaken all other types of calls for our most frequent event this year. Pond Hill-Lily Lake Fire Company was accompanied by Slocum Township Fire Company for a live burn training drill to practice techniques and test equipment for this fire season. The burn was a multiple acre burn that was completed in sections while teams focused on certain skills for each section. Members were instructed to build a dry fire line, which is essentially a line of uncovered dirt that will prevent the fire from crossing due to lack of fuel, and a wet fire line which in a line of watered down fuel that will prevent the fire from crossing due to the fuel being too wet to burn. Both of these fire lines have advantages and limitations that require the use of both on larger fires. A large focus of this training was to promote firefighter safety be reinforcing the concepts of “fighting from the black” while maintaining weather and situational awareness. After the training crews went over Slocum’s new brush utility unit that they are putting into service this year.

Members of Pond Hill-Lily Lake Fire Company completed a ladder based in-house training day to improve basic ladder techniques. The training started with proper ladder movement and placement skills on a fire ground and then turned to how each type of ladder is utilized. Our department carries three main types of ladders, these are single (or roof) ladders, extension ladders, and folding (or attic) ladders. For those that are not familiar with ladders, here is a quick summary. Single ladders are generally 10’ to 16’ and are used to gain access to one and two story buildings, our single ladders have roof hooks on them which allow us to latch the ladder onto a roof peak and use the ladder as a support platform when doing work on a roof. Extension ladders are generally 24’ to 35’, but you can find these much taller, and are used for high level structures and for gaining access to roofs. Folding ladders are fairly small ladders that can be folded length-wise to greatly reduce their size, generally these are used inside a structure (e.g. attic access), but with an 8’ to 16’ length these are still capable as normal ladders. All fire department ladders must meet NFPA certifications, which basically means they can hold a lot more weight and abuse then your standard hardware store purchased ladder, but this also comes at a vastly increased cost. All of our ladders are aluminum construction, but you can find departments using wood and fiberglass as well. Of course there are more types of ladders and more uses for each one we already stated, but this was just a summary for the most basic aspects. As far as the training on the ladders went, members started by practicing leg locks in order to secure themselves to a ladder without the use of a ladder belt or specialized device. Afterwards they practiced techniques to bring both a conscious and unconscious victim down a ladder. Victim removal is a vital skill for any firefighter as it is extremely hard to aid a firefighter on a ladder once removal has begun. Members then focused on gaining access to a roof and placing a roof ladder onto the structure before stepping onto the roof. As stated earlier, roof ladders are used to provide a working platform on a roof as falling though a weakened roof into a burning building is critical situation we try to avoid. After the hands on training, members went over different ladder concepts. Ladders are a vital means of access and more importantly emergency escape routes for firefighters, but are often under utilized on scenes. This is one concept of the fire service where you can truly say that more is always better.

Pond Hill-Lily Lake completed our annual yearly refresher training to kick off the 2016 training year! This training is focused on providing all of our members a core skills refreshment along with preparing them for the new set of training to come. Our officers also use this as an opportunity to pick out weaknesses and focus on those problematic skills more with upcoming training. This training session includes a brief SCBA drill that started with the proper donning of gear and SCBA units. Members are spilt into pairs and required to fully don their TOG (Turn Out Gear) and SCBA (Self Contained Breathing Apparatus) and then give each other a “buddy check” to confirm everything is properly in place. This is how we encourage our members to don gear during an active incident, as even the most seasoned fire fighter can make a simple mistake at 3am after days/weeks of down time. Once this session has been completed, members practice basic RIT and self-rescue techniques that vary each year. This year, members practiced swapping out a downed fire fighter’s SCBA pack without removing his/her mask to complete the change. While Pond Hill-Lily Lake is not a RIT (Rapid Intervention Team) department, we do train for providing injured/downed fire fighters air during situations that can happen to our members and our neighboring departments before a RIT department arrives. Once members have reviewed their SCBA skills, our training turns towards pumping. Members went to Lily Lake and connected our Tanker to the dry hydrant to begin flowing water. In order to challenge members, our Engine was relayed with the Tanker and members were given both a static (suctioning from a dry hydrant) and pressurized (getting water pumped from our tanker) water source to train with. Training consisted of multiple water supply changes and issues that required the pump operator to adapt to the situation. Along with basic multiple attack line pumping tactics and equipment use, such as the deck gun and Blitz Fire. With our department being primarily focused on Engine Operations (getting water on and to the fire), this session of our refresher is the main focus and most time consuming. With our official training days starting January 24th, with our SCBA Awareness Training followed by January 31th with our SCBA Challenge Course, we hope to once again improve our departments ability to serve the surrounding communities. This year also marks a special year for our new training program, as we will be purchasing multiple training based manikins to greatly expand our abilities. Keep checking back for details of these training days and how your department can join in. We would like to thank everyone who allow our training to be a success, and also thank the members for their near 100% participation within our training. Our membership levels may be low, but we will always pride ourselves with completing the tasks of many with only a few.

Pond Hill-Lily Lake Fire Company and all of our members would like to thank the Mocanaqua Memorial Post 6434 VFW Home Association for their generous donation to our department. While we are always disheartened to see a local company of any kind close their doors for good, we are thankful that Post 6434 kept the community in mind and used their remaining funds to make donations to multiple community organizations, including ourselves. The donation of $2,500 was presented by John Matusek and Robert Yazemboski at our last monthly meeting on 05/18/15. These funds will go to firefighting equipment and daily upkeep costs of our station; allowing us to better serve and protect our community.