On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, Station 18 held a structural training night at Delaware State Fire School - New Castle Division.  Firefighters staffed Ladder 18, Engine 18-3, Command 18, and Wilmington Manor's Engine 32.  Members from both companies participated in several structural evolutions throughout the night.  Overall 12 members from Station 18 and 6 members from Stations 28/32 participated.  Thanks to all that came out. Also, a special thanks to David Horack from Wilmington Manor, who took pictures throughout the night. 

Story by: C. Bennett

Photos by: D. Horack

On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, Station 18 was alerted to respond with Ladder 18 on the 3rd-Alarm assignment at Wilmington Friends School in North Wilmington.  Upon arrival, Ladder 18 took position on the Charlie side of the building and placed the aerial to the roof.  Ladder 18's crew was then assigned, along with members from 23-5, Tower 19, and Wilmington Fire Department, to advance two hose lines into the second floor of the school's auditorium.  Crews were met with fire conditions and worked to contain the fire until master streams were placed in service. 

Ladder 18's crew worked for three hours, performing suppression and overhaul activities.  A job well done by all at the scene. 

Story by: C. Bennett and Captain K. Stockman

Photos by: J. Hill and L. R. Robbins

At 01:45 on Wednesday morning, Station 18 was alerted as the additional Ladder Company for a working multi-residential fire in Christiana's district. Ladder 18 responded with a crew of 5 and Engine 18-3 responded with 2.

Upon the arrival of Ladder 18, they took the first due truck assignment and conducted a primary search of the 3rd floor with the crew of the first due engine, 12-6. Ladder 18 and Engine 18-3's crew conducted various other fire ground tasks such as laddering the building and performing overhaul on the 3rd floor. Ladder 18 and Delaware City Ladder 15-7 were placed into service with master streams. Ladder was cleared by command at 09:34.

Story by: D. Majewski Jr.

Photo by: Courtesy of DelawareOnline.com

The Good Will Fire Company put on its annual Easter Egg Hunt in Battery Park on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Although the rainy weather did not hold out, nearly 100 children came out to hunt for easter eggs.  Children who collected the most eggs for their age groups, or found a golden egg, won baskets of toys and candies.

A big thanks to all the members that helped make this event a success:

Coordinators Samantha Adank and Nicole Kachmar,

Firefighters Chris Robinson, Brandon Robinson, Ryan Kachmar, David Majewski Sr., David Majewski Jr., Tom Clayton, Chris Riale, Aritha Brown, Milt Bilecki, Marge Bilecki, Bob Briggs, Kristin King and Brian Cannon.

 Story by: C. Bennett

Photos by: A. Brown

 

Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday March 24, 2012

10:00AM

Battery Park, New Castle

Kids ages 0-12

Come join the members of the Good Will Fire Company as we host this annual New Castle Event.  There will be prizes for the most eggs found and special Easter Baskets for grand prize winners.  Meet the Easter Bunny and other special friends. 

Sponsored by: Good Will Fire Company #1

 

 

Members of the Good Will Fire Company participated in the "Dodgeball Madness" Tournament at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, DE.  The event is hosted by the Delaware Law Enforcement for Special Olympics.

Good Will's team, the "New Castle Boys", was made up of Josh DiSylvestro, Curtis Penland, William Robinett, David Schmidt, Mike Schmidt, Keith Stockman, Keith Wilson, and led by team captain, Joe Mullen.  The team won four out of nine rounds played. Well done guys!

Story: C. Bennett

Photos: C. Bennett

Good-Will Fire Co. No. 1 marched in the Seperation Day parade. The men and ladies marched followed by Engne 18-2 and the Ahrens Fox (1919).

Good-Will Fire Company demonstrated the use of sprinklers in a home. After 20 seconds the smoke detectors activated. Once the room on the right started burning, the sprinkler activated and contained the fire. The room on the left was a free burn until the fire department arrived and extinguished the fire.    Lessons learned:  smoke detectors and sprinklers save life and property.

On Friday morning, July 30, 2010, the Good-Will Fire Company was dispatched to the report of a working house fire with subjects trapped in the 200 Block of Moores Lane, New Castle Manor. Arriving units found semi-detached row home with heavy fire coming from the rear of the structure. The trapped occupants, a woman and a child, had been rescued from the burning house by neighbors prior to the arrival of firefighting personnel.

On July 19, 2010, the Good-Will Fire Company was dispatched to assist the Wilmington Manor Fire Company with a subject trapped in a tree.

During Good-Will's Open House this year, the public witnessed a different type of demonstration.  Immediately following recognition of the Poster and Essay Winners, a live burn was conducted in our parking lot. The burn was completed in 2 identical rooms built side by side with common furniture items found in residential living rooms.  The room on the left was not sprinklered while the room on the right had a working residential sprinkler system installed.  The demonstration illustrated to the public the necessity of having working smoke detectors in the home, the effectiveness of a residential fire sprinkler system, and how rapidly a fire can spread.  The demonstration lasted just over 5 minutes from the time the fire was started to when the room reached flash over. 

The GWFC is currently in the final stages of having an addition built onto their station. The Trustees of New Castle Commons have graciously taken on this project, which will allow the fire company to effectively manage the day-to-day operations of their EMS and fire activities. The GWFC would like to thank the Trustees for their long-standing support of the fire company.

The GWFC was dispatched to assit the Wilmington Manor Fire Company on a MVC with the report of entrapment.  Arriving Fire/EMS units found a crash involving two tractor trailers, with one operator trapped in his overturned cab. The operator was trapped for over an hour until he was freed. 

Responding Agencies: A-28, R-18, 32-4, 28-5, M2D, ALS12

On the early morning of 04/14/2009 at 02:07hrs Sta.18 along with Sta.20, 22, 28, 32 were dispatched for a house fire on Commonwealth Blvd in the neighborhood of Jefferson Farms.  Deputy 18 and 188 went responding, while enroute New Castle County Dispatch Center notified them that they were receiving additional calls and were upgrading the assignment.  The upgrade brought Sta.23, 17, B12, and Medic 2.  188 and Deputy18 arrived on scene and found a single story residential with fire showing from the rear.  Crews made an aggressive attack and the fire was brought under control at 02:45 hrs