The Ridge Fire Company #1, Station #62, of northern Chester County Pennsylvania USA, serves the communities of East Coventry, South Coventry, East Vincent, Warwick, and West Vincent.
Work Nights Tuesday & Monthly Meetings 1st Thursday at 1900 Hours {7:00 PM}
Sunday November 1st, 2020
Daylight Savings Ends!!
{Ends 1st Sunday of November}
"Fall Back" (you gain one hour of sleep)
Change your clocks, Change your (smoke detector) Batteries!!
{If you have the newer smoke detectors with 10 year batteries, not necessary
BUT good time to check that all smoke detectors less than 10 years old and working!}
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Ridge Fire Company has qualified for the PA Professional Certification
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Over 75 years serving the community!!
{Recent} CALL/EVENT PICTURES
Click picture to link to recent Event. Not all recent Calls/Events linked here.
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There's more to Fire Fighting than running into burning buildingsThink about being a Fire/Rescue volunteer!For more information on being a volunteer in Chester County, PA, Click the picture below.
{Click Picture above for more information} For more information on being a volunteer in Chester County, PA, Click the picture above. For more information on being a volunteer at Ridge Fire Company Click VOLUNTEER Interesting Statistics There are currently 1,514 volunteer fire fighters in Chester County. Five years ago, we had 1,591. Ten years ago, we had 1,664. Fifteen years ago, we had 1,831. This shows a DECREASE of roughly 17% of our volunteer base over the last 15 years. Studies done in the PA State Senate estimate that to replace ALL PA Volunteer Fire/Rescue/EMS would cost taxpayers ~$7,000,000,000 to $9,000,000,000!! |
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SPECIAL THANKS TO VINNIE MILLER AT WWW.VINNIEMILLER.COM AND DAN MILLER AT WWW.TRAFFICDAN.COM FOR ACTION PHOTOS, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS! |
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | Years |
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| 2020 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 56 | 22 | 47 | 29 | 277 | 18 | |||
| 2019 | 21 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 34 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 26 | 304 | 17 |
| 2018 | 34 | 29 | 33 | 23 | 39 | 26 | 31 | 19 | 30 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 332 | 16 |
| 2017 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 30 | 23 | 34 | 23 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 318 | 15 |
| 2016 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 17 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 41 | 37 | 17 | 313 | 14 |
| 2015 | 36 | 29 | 21 | 43 | 32 | 27 | 31 | 23 | 25 | 34 | 29 | 29 | 359 | 13 |
| 2014 | 33 | 48 | 19 | 29 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 334 | 12 |
| 2013 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 28 | 34 | 21 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 27 | 293 | 11 |
| 2012 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 44 | 29 | 13 | 338 | 10 |
| 2011 | 39 | 31 | 24 | 29 | 32 | 23 | 30 | 56 | 29 | 46 | 29 | 36 | 404 | 9 |
| 2010 | 34 | 23 | 30 | 38 | 19 | 44 | 29 | 37 | 29 | 44 | 27 | 29 | 383 | 8 |
| 2009 | 38 | 26 | 38 | 31 | 20 | 31 | 35 | 22 | 38 | 38 | 34 | 31 | 382 | 7 |
| 2008 | 30 | 24 | 28 | 31 | 44 | 52 | 33 | 27 | 36 | 30 | 24 | 36 | 395 | 6 |
| 2007 | 35 | 24 | 38 | 34 | 34 | 28 | 19 | 30 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 36 | 353 | 5 |
| 2006 | 41 | 33 | 34 | 42 | 30 | 56 | 46 | 37 | 33 | 30 | 43 | 24 | 449 | 4 |
| 2005 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 26 | 40 | 26 | 34 | 37 | 32 | 29 | 336 | 3 |
| 2004 | 20 | 26 | 33 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 27 | 37 | 322 | 2 |
| 2003 | 26 | 35 | 43 | 26 | 22 | 32 | 38 | 31 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 26 | 350 | 1 |
| 18 Year Total | 546 | 497 | 522 | 540 | 494 | 581 | 552 | 537 | 503 | 507 | 474 | 471 | 5,761 | |
| 18 Year Average | 30.33 | 27.61 | 29.00 | 30.00 | 29.06 | 34.18 | 32.47 | 31.47 | 29.59 | 30.82 | 29.12 | 27.71 | 338.88 |
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, & Sep Totals & Averages DO include 2020 numbers!
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More Pages of Interest
**MEMORIALS**
Firefighters Prayer and Maltese Cross
Ridge Fire Company Sponsors
Coventry Little League
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TRAINING FOR ACTIVE MEMBERS IS CONDUCTED WEEKLY ON TUESDAY NIGHTS STARTING AT 1900 Hours {7:00 PM}
ANYONE INTERESTED MAY COME OUT AND WATCH
MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH
The Fire Police Meeting starts at 1900 Hours {7:00 PM}
The Company Meeting, followed by the Relief Meeting, starts 2000 Hours {8:00 PM}
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Weather Report via Weather Underground as Observed in Spring City{Zip Code 19475}/Royersford, PA
Weather Report via AccuWeather as Observed in Pottstown, PA
Weather Reports via WeatherBug as observed at various OJR School District Schools
East Coventry Elementary School WeatherBug
East Vincent Elementary School WeatherBug
French Creek Elementary School WeatherBug
West Vincent Elementary School WeatherBug
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