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2008 RUN STATS
Jan	30
Feb	38
Mar	31
Apr	31
May	19
June	30
July	26
Aug	-
Sept	-
Oct	-
Nov	-
Dec	-
TOTAL: 205

2007 RUN TOTAL

303

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News & Events

August 28th - BVFD - Buchanan Valley is happy to announce that we now have an ATM on site. For your convenience This ATM will be available for all events.

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August 28th - BVFD - Address Markers..... Why do you need them?

  First off I could like to take this chance to commend Franklin
  Township for seeing that there is a problem with house numbers in the
  Township and then stepping up to the plate to address it. All
  residents in Franklin Township should be receiving an orange post card
  in reference to the numbering of your residence. There has been a long
  standing Township ordinance requiring every residence to have min. 3"
  reflective numbers at the end of their driveway and also if the
  driveway is shared for each house to also have reflective numbers on
  it. This ordinance can be viewed at www.franklintwp.us . The
  Township has set the date of December 30th, 2008 as the date for the
  ordinance to be met.

  These numbers are very important in the time of an emergency. Many
  houses do not have their address shown at the end of the lane, the
  numbers are to small to read, the numbers are facing the wrong
  direction or numbers have fallen off over the years. As you can
  imagine this causes a major problem when emergency responders are
  looking for YOUR HOME. For some reason over the years many address’s
  have become out of numerical order and this causes even more confusion
  with out your home being properly numbered.

  There are many ways to meet the code. Many residents have purchased
  the green address signs with white reflective numbers. If you wish to
  purchase one of these signs you can either contact myself at the
  Buchanan Valley Fire Department, or contact the Cashtown Community Fire
  Company (334-3838) who is also selling signs as a fund raiser for $15
  each. If you are elderly and need assistance with putting the signs
  up, the Volunteers at BVFD will come out and assist you. If you would
  rather take on the project yourself, I checked Lowes today and the
  reflective numbers are 68 cents each.

  There have been some calls already to the Station thinking that this is
  just another way that the Fire Department is looking for money. That
  is not at all true, you can purchase these numbers for less than $6 for
  the average address at the Hardware Store. $6 is not to much to ask for
  with the average house in this area being around $250K.

  Listed below is my email address as well as home phone number if you
  have any questions or need assistance.

Thank You
  Michael D. Spielman
  Fire Chief
  dce3fd@yahoo.com
  717-677-0870

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August 24th - BVFD - New T-Shirts are in, prices as follows:

    T-Shirts

           Small - XL       $12

           XXL                  13

         XXXL                  14

       XXXXL                  15

Long Sleeve T-Shirts

           Small - XL       $14

             XXL                  15

Sweat Shirt

           Small - XL       $16

           XXL                  18

         XXXL                  20

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August 22nd- Upcoming Event- On Sunday August 31 BVFD will be holding a basket bingo for the Adam Cole Memorial. All proceeds from this Bingo will go to the Adam Cole Memorial Fund. Tickets are $25 each.

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August 20th - Reminder to BVFD Members- Live burn training on September 16th. Sign up sheet is on the board.

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August 19th - Training - BVFD along with Gettysburg Fire Dept trained on ventilation. It was another great training. Thank you to GFD for coming.

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August 14th - Buchanan Valley at Path Valley Picnic Parade‏

BVFD took home the - Keith Hess Memorial Award

Best Appearing Engine Tanker

Photos courtesy of Christina Peterson.

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August 13^th -FIRE- At around 2230 hours Box 27-1 was sounded for a shed fire in the 200 Block of Church Road. Deputy Chief Parr arrived on the scene with a working 20x20 shed. Engine Tanker 27 arrived w/6 and placed the 350 in service and extinguished the shed that had a fair amount of straw in it. D/C 27 held the Box to Company 27 and had Engine 4-1 (Cashtown) transfer to Company 27. FM1 investigated the fire. This was the first fire with the new Pierce Wagon.

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August 12th - BVFD Training - BVFD along with South Mountain Fire Dept trained on SCBA operations. It was a great refresher for the older members and a learning experience for all.

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August 4th - BVFD News- The new 2008 Basket design. There are only fifty made and it is first come first serve. If you bought one last year you get first chance on the same number.

Look At 2007 Basket

August 1st - BVFD News - NEW T-Shirt Design take a sneak peak before the fire chief.

Front Left Chest Back

Left Sleeve