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Welcome to the Official Website for the
Avondale Fire Company
The Avondale Fire Company is a predominantly volunteer organization. We proudly provide fire and EMS services to the residents and businesses of Avondale Borough as well as New Garden, London Britain, Franklin, and West Marlborough Townships.
Our volunteers rely heavily on donations to supplement financial obligations for purchases of a variety of needs including firefighters' gear and equipment, training, new fire apparatus, and maintenance of the firehouse.
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Garage Fire in the Toughkenamon section of New Garden Township
Fire Chief Steve Cole Jr., February 02
On Sunday night at 2328 hours, Avondale Fire and EMS along with mutual aid companies were alerted for a house fire in the area of Baltimore Pike and Newark Road.
The 911 center was receiving multiple calls of a "house on fire.” Chief 23 arrived in the area within a minute of dispatch and determined the incident would be located on Main Street just East of Newark Road. Chief 23 found a garage on ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Crews working on the scene of a garage fire Sunday night into Monday morning.
Photo from WGFC.org
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Officer Cooper at his retirement walkout ceremony.
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Company Attends Ceremony for Officer Cooper’s Retirement
Fire Chief Steve Cole Jr., January 25
Avondale members and career staff attended a special ceremony on January 25 for Patrolman First Class Joseph Cooper.
Officer Cooper was honored for his years of service to the greater community as a police officer with the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department.
A retirement walkout ceremony was held for Officer Cooper at the Southern Chester County Regional Police Department in New Garden ... (Full Story & Photos)
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MVC with Entrapment
Fire Chief Steve Cole Jr., January 22
On Wednesday morning at 0834 hours, the company was alerted for a MVC at the intersection of Newark and New Garden Roads. Avondale units made the response. As Chief 23 was arriving on scene, the police department advised the 911 center of 1 subject trapped in the vehicle. With this report, Chief 23 added Squad 19 from the Hockessin Fire Company to the incident to assist. After further investigation, ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Units work to expose the interior wall on the first floor
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Chimney Fire with Extension in Franklin Township
Captain Brandon Cole, January 20
The Avondale Fire Company along with mutual aid from West Grove Fire Company were alerted to the 1700 block of North Clay Creek Road just before 0930 hours for a reported chimney fire. Due to career staff between both stations, Engine, Tanker and Captain 23 along with Ladder 22 responded within a minute of dispatch. Additional information stated that the chimney was on fire with smoke throughout ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Joint Training with Hockessin
Fire Chief Steve Cole Jr., January 08
On Wednesday evening, members from Avondale took a trip to the Hockessin Fire Company for joint training on Electric Vehicle (EV) blankets.
These EV blankets are used to assist firefighters with extinguishing EV fires. The training started off in the training room of the Hockessin Fire Company with Career Firefighter Langshaw going through a slideshow presentation on Electric Vehicle operation, ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Lieutenant Bilski assisting with deploying the EV blanket
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