| Crews get ready for second Big Storm of the Winter |
| Thu. Feb 25th 2010 |
With a possible 6-12inches or more of snow predicted to fall over the next 24-36hrs members have been preparing for the worst. According to the National Weather Service the Tamaqua Area will have a possible foot of snow on the ground by day break on friday. After the last storm dropped an impressive...
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| WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SCHUYLKILL COUNTY, PA! |
| Tue. Feb 9th 2010 |
Issued by The National Weather Service
State College, PA
1:59 pm EST, Tue., Feb. 9, 2010
... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS A...
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| Become our Fan on Facebook |
| Thu. Jan 14th 2010 |
You can now become our fan on the ever growing and popular social site facebook. Search for Citizens Fire Company #1-Tamaqua and Join our growing list of friends. We will have updates of activitis going on at the station, information on calls, fundraisers, pictures, and much more....
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| Eagles 30 - Broncos 27 |
| Sun. Dec 27th 2009 |
After a close game it was time for the Company's only Denver fan to uphold his end of a bet with the Eagles fans, wear Eagles gear and parade around the 5 points with a Denver sucks sign! Nice!!! Go Birds!!...
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| Power Outage in the Borough |
| Thu. Dec 3rd 2009 |
This morning around 05:00 sections of the borough lost power. According to PP&L Electrics website there were approximately 4,000 customers in the Tamaqua Area including Rush Township that lost power until 09:15. Here are a few things you should remember when using or planing on using a portable ...
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| Members Teach Fire Safety |
| Wed. Oct 7th 2009 |
Today members of our public education team along with members of the boroughs three other companies were at St. Jerome's School Regional Catholic School in the borough teaching students and teachers alike the proper way to use a fire extinguisher. After the students tried there h...
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| National Fire Prevention Week Oct. 4-10 |
| Wed. Sep 16th 2009 |
This years National Fire Prevention Week Campaign is "Stay Fire Smart, Don't Get Burned." More information can be found at www.firepreventionweek.org and on our public education page. We will be hosting an open house Monday Oct. 5th from 6pm-9pm this will include tours of the station, appa...
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| Firefighter Betz Passes Structure Burn |
| Thu. Sep 10th 2009 |
Firefighter Francis "Bipper" Betz has successfully completed all 166 hours of the Essentials of Firefighting including a live burn held at the Schuylkill County Fire School in Frackville. Bipper is now in the process of completing a rigorous in house training program to get SCBA qualified ...
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| Convention Mugs Now on Sale!! |
| Sun. Aug 16th 2009 |
The Official 55th Annual Schuylkill County Volunteer Firefighter Association Convention Mugs are now on sale!
The mug features a Maltese Cross with all four borough companies on the front and the Yuengling Logo on the back.
Mugs can be purch...
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| Training with Station 4 |
| Thu. Jul 16th 2009 |
Tonight Stations 2 & 4 met at the Tamaqua Elem School Complex for a joint training drill. The training consisted of pump operations, master stream operations and ladder training. About 30 members from both companies were on hand for the training along with members of the Tamaqua Fire Police. We ...
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