Today, a special request came into the station to assist the township animal warden with a bird dangling in a tree. A turkey vulture somehow had a wire wrapped around it and a tree branch. Ladder 21's aerial was raised into position so the animal warden could ascend and free the animal.

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Tonight, Penn Wynne firefighters ran their monthly live fire training at the township training facility. Burn drills are great for practicing our skills in a smoke, heat, and fire filled environment.
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Today, the Penn Wynne Fire Company Honor Guard, along with the Merion Fire Company of Ardmore Honor Guard, and other members of the Lower Merion Fire Department, participated in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Conshohocken. The weather was perfect, the crowd was huge, and the celebration was exciting and fun.

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Tonight, Penn Wynne firefighters were given the opportunity to train/drill in a vacant house. This is a unique opportunity in that the #1 advantage it offers firefighters is an unknown floorplan with which to perform fire suppression operations.

Firefighters drilled through evolutions on fire attack, primary search and rescue, and vent, enter, isolate, search (VEIS).

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Just after midnight, LMFD was dispatched to I-76 for a vehicle fire. A FedEx tractor trailer caught fire. With a heavy fuel load and limited access to a water supply, several engines were called to the scene including Paoli's pumper-tanker and Penn Wynne's, Engine 21.

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Tonight, firefighters practiced and honed their skills working with vehicle rescue tools (EDraulics). We practiced building a box crib with our cribbing and worked to build and rebuild towers much like the Jenga game. It was a fun drill and good practice.

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Tonight, Penn Wynne firefighters practiced "taking a hydrant" and establishing a water supply. Once a water supply was set up, master streams from a portable deck gun and the aerial waterway on Ladder 21 were used to flow water.

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Shortly after midnight, a fire alarm dispatched to the Merion Fire Company of Ardmore was quickly upgraded to a working building fire. An apartment unit was reported to be on fire with heavy smoke in the hallways. Penn Wynne Fire was dispatched and upon arrival, went right to work along side Ardmore helping advance hose lines and supporting fire suppression. Penn Wynne firefighters also conducted ... (Full Story & Photos)