On Sunday August 22, crews from the Newtown Fire Association, Newtown Ambulance Squad, and Newtown Township Police Department responded to an accident with reported injuries on the Newtown Bypass at the intersection of Newtown Richboro Road. One patient was transported to the hospital. Firefighters secured vehicle hazards before the vehicles were removed from the scene.

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On Sunday August 22, crews from the Newtown Fire Association, Newtown Ambulance Squad, and Newtown Township Police Department responded to an accident with reported injuries on the Newtown Bypass at the intersection of South State Street. All vehicle occupants declined medical attention. Firefighters secured vehicle hazards before the vehicles were removed from the scene.

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On July 31, the Newtown Fire Association received delivery of their newest fire engine, a 2010 Pierce Velocity Rescue-Pumper, which was built by Pierce Manufacturing in Appleton, Wisconsin. The new engine replaces a 1997 fire engine that served Newtown and the surrounding communities for over 13 years. The fire engine will be housed at Station 55, which is located in the Newtown Township Municipal Complex at 55 Municipal Drive. It didn't take long for the new engine to be put to work - just as it arrived in Newtown it was placed in service at a large dumpster fire. The old fire engine was sold to the Bardstown Fire Company in Kentucky.

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On July 31, at approximately 11:30 AM, firefighters from the Newtown Fire Association were dispatched by Bucks County 911 after receiving numerous calls from passing motorists reporting heavy thick smoke rising from the area of Holland Floor Covering on Friends Lane in the Newtown Industrial Park. Battalion 55 Matt Gerhard arrived on scene with Rescue 45 and Engine 55, and reported a large industrial sized dumpster fully engulfed. Crews went in service with numerous hoselines to extinguish the blaze.

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On Thursday July 29, firefighters from the Newtown Fire Association responded to the rear of the Newtown Elementary School at 1 Wrights Road to assist at an accident involving a car versus a building. Crews on scene secured hazards and stabilized a vehicle that jumped a curb in the school's parking lot and drove through a maintenance building. Newtown Township Police are investigating the accident. There were no reported injuries.

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At approximately 1:00 AM on Sunday, July 11th, crews from the Newtown Fire Association were dispatched with the Newtown Ambulance Squad and Newtown Township Police for a report of an accident with entrapment on Swamp Road in front of the Bucks County Community College. Chief 45 arrived on scene and discovered a Chevy Cobalt off the road with one male occupant self-extricated. While medics attended to the patient firefighters secured power to the vehicle and provided scene lighting. According to published police reports, it was determined that the driver swerved to miss a large tree branch and over-corrected the vehicle, coming to rest on an embankment. The driver was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia.

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At 3:39 pm, in temperatures near 100 degrees, crews from the Newtown Fire Association were dispatched with the Upper Makefield Fire Company, Lingohocken Fire Company, Yardley-Makefield Fire Company, and the Northampton Fire Company for a reported dwelling fire. Chief 45 and Deputy Chief 71 arrived on scene and reported heavy fire showing from the second floor bedrooms extending into the attic. Newtown Ladder 45 arrived on scene and began a rapid interior attack, and the crew of Rescue 45 opened the roof. The fire was brought under control 20 minutes after dispatch and crews were in service performing salvage and overhaul for approximately two hours. Firefighters from Hunterdon County, NJ and Midway Fire Company covered Upper Makefield and Langhorne-Middletown Station 21 covered Newtown.

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At approximately 5:30 am on July 5, firefighters from the Newtown Fire Association were dispatched with the Newtown Ambulance Squad, Newtown Township Police and Upper Makefield Township Police for a report of a motorcycle accident. Crews arrived on scene and provided emergency care to an seriously injured male lying in the roadway. According to published police reports, a witness noted that the driver struck a deer in the roadway and was ejected from his motorcycle where he slid for over 100 feet.

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On June 30 firefighters from the Newtown Fire Association responded with Newtown Township Police and the Newtown Ambulance Squad to assist a motorcyclist that was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Richboro Road and Mill Pond Road. The accident is under investigation by Newtown Township Police.

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On June 29, 2010, Ladder 45 was dispatched to assist at a commercial building fire in Plumstead that reached the fourth alarm. Crews from Newtown were on scene for approximately 5 hours. The blaze consumed buildings that housed Custom Particle Reduction Inc. and Hawk Mold & Die Supply Inc. in Plumstead Township. For more information on the fire please click here.

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At 7:40 am on June 25, Engine 55-1 was dispatched to a reported truck fire in the parking lot between Bed Bad & Beyond and Chick-fil-A on West Road in Newtown. Crews arrived on scene and discovered that a Waste Management truck's load caught fire and the driver dumped it in the parking lot to save the truck. Crews from Engine 55-1 & Rescue 45 went in service to extinguish the large pile of rubbish.

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On the evening of May 28, 2010, firefighters were dispatched to a report of a struck pedestrian on Sycamore Street in front of the Green Parrot restaurant. Crews from Rescue 45, Utility 45, Squad 145 and Medic 145 arrived on scene and discovered a male lying injured in the street. Crews provided patient care and assisted medics with packaging the patient. Rescue 45 was on scene for an extended period of time providing lighting for Newtown Township police and detectives. The accident is under investigation by Newtown Township Police.

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On May 27, 2010, firefighters from the Newtown Fire Association were initially dispatched to an accident with injuries on the Newtown Bypass at the intersection of Newtown-Yardley Road and Lower Silver Lake Road. Chief 45 arrived on scene and reported one victim was entrapped, complaining of multiple injuries, and the assignment was upgraded to an auto extrication. Crews went in service with cutters and spreaders to remove both driver’s side doors and the B post to safety remove the victim, while the crew of Utility 45 and Medic 145 provided patient care. The accident is under investigation by Newtown Township Police.

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On May 23, 2010, firefighters from the Newtown Fire Association completed their practical exam for certification in Confined Space Rescue. After previous weeks of both classroom and hands-on training, crews simulated realistic confined space rescue scenarios in various locations at Dow Chemical in Bristol, PA.

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On the evening of May 8, 2010, firefighters from the Upper Makefield Fire Company and the Newtown Fire Association were dispatched to a reported dwelling fire in the gated community on Van Artsdalen Drive in Upper Makefield Township. Deputy 71 arrived on scene and reported heavy fire showing from side C of a 2 ½ story dwelling, with gas and electrical utilities involved. Crews established a water supply, pulled numerous 1 ¾ inch, foam charged lines, and began extinguishment of the fire. Extinguishment of the gas and electrical boxes were delayed until PECO arrived in scene and cut the power. Deputy 71 upgraded the assignment, bringing in additional firefighters from the Yardley-Makefield Fire Company, Lingohocken Fire Company, in addition to crews from New Jersey and cover companies.

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Firefighters from the Newtown Fire Association completed a live fire drill that simulated the conditions present in basement fires at the Montgomery County Fire Academy on April 11, 2010.

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Firefighters from the Newtown Fire Association completed their annual Hazardous Materials Operations class at Station 55 on April 7th. Crews refreshed their knowledge of containment and various other hazardous material control techniques.

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Rescue 45, Ladder 45 and Engine 55 responded to a residence on Durham Road for a report of wires burning after a tree fell on a dwelling. Crews arrived on scene and discovered a large tree had uprooted due to a severe rainstorm, causing it to strike a home and take down wires, causing significant damage. Although the occupants were home at the time, there were no injuries. Crews secured the power to the building and advised township engineers to respond.

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Crews from the Newtown Fire Association, Newtown Emergency Services, Newtown Ambulance Squad, and surrounding fire departments were dispatched to a reported fire inside a condominium on Cambridge Lane in Newtown Township. Chief 45 arrived on scene and reported smoke showing from a three story middle of the row building, and established Newtown Command. Engine 55-1 arrived on scene, established a water supply, and went in service with an 1 3/4" line inside the building. Ladder 45 laddered the building and assisted with ventilation, while Rescue 45 and additional units assisted with manpower. 

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Crews from the Newtown Fire Association, Newtown Emergency Services Department, Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company, and the Northampton Township Fire Company were dispatched to a reported building fire in the rear of the Duck Sauce restaurant on State Street in Newtown Borough. Crews quickly extinguished a small fire.

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At approximately 1:20 pm on Friday, February 12th, Newtown Fire Association Rescue 45 was dispatched with Upper Makefield Fire Company Rescue 71 & Engine 81, and Newtown Ambulance Medic 145 for an accident with entrapment on Wrightstown Road and Highland Rd in Upper Makefield Township. Crews arrived on scene and discovered the driver of a red Mazda Protege heavily entrapped after being t-boned by a truck. Crews went in service with cutters, spreaders, and come alongs to remove the car's doors, roof, and displace the dashboard in order to free the patient from the vehicle. Crews were in service for approximately 20 minutes before the patient was freed.

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On February 1, 2010, crews from the Newtown Fire Association, Newtown Emergency Services Department, Northampton Fire Company, and the Newtown Ambulance Squad were dispatched to a Marine Rescue at Tyler State Park behind the Bucks County Community College. Crews on scene located a male victim that became stranded on ice approximately twenty feet off the shore in the Neshaminy Creek. The victim was initially stuck in the water, and possibly contracted hypothermia. Rescue crews utilized a boat from the Northampton Fire Company to reach the victim and turned the patient over to the Newtown Ambulance Squad to be transported to St. Mary's Medical Center.

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At approximately 1:20 PM on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, firefighters from the Langhorne-Middletown Fire Company (Engine 21), Penndel Fire Company (Rescue 8), Parkland Fire Company (Rescue 9), Newtown Fire Association (Rescue 45), the Penndel-Middletown Emergency Squad (Medic 167) and the Newtown Ambulance Squad (Medic 145) responded to an accident with entrapment on Winchester Avenue in front of the Attleboro Nursing Home.

Rescue companies went in services with winches, rams, cutters, and spreaders to remove a heavily entrapped patient whose Honda Civic collided with the rear of a FedEx truck. Crews were in service for around twenty minutes freeing the patient from the vehicle. The cause of the accident is under investigation.

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