Jan 23 - Foggy and wet roads contributed to this messy MVA on Cherry Valley Rd in Hopewell Twp. A single vehicle lost control and slid into the heavy timber pole carrying high tension and secondary power wires including phone and cable services. When the first police unit arrived, followed by Rescue 52, they found a car on its side with the pole impeding into the passenger compartment. The driver was still trapped inside. Initial reports were the car was on fire, but thankfully that only proved to be steam from the decimated engine compartment. PSE&G was contacted and shut down all power in the area affecting a few thousand customers. As soon as the electric was cut, Rescue 52's crew went into service assisted by Rescue 51 who were special called by Chief 50. The rescue was supervised by Ast Chief Galatro and Deputy Chief Mullen who took command. The battery was cut, the pole's weight was supported with the Para Tech kit, and once sufficent time passed for the air bag modules to de-energize, the roof was removed for patient access. The patient was transferred to 152 EMS and medics from Capital Health.    More pictures here...

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Jan 20 - The siren roared to life about 1711 hours as the Ewing Twp fire companies fought a 2nd alarm fire. The request was to cover Station 32's fire house but as Engine 52 started south soon command upgraded to the 3rd alarm and pulled Engine 52 into the scene for a 2nd RIT. Manpower and tools were needed to break thru the well constructed roof of a new school being built just off the property of Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, so as they arrived they were put into service on the roof. Chief 52 arrived and was assigned as manager of manpower. Once heavy machinery arrived on site they were able to pull up the heavy roofing materials and extinguish the blaze underneath. The fire started as contractors were cutting thru the roof extending vent pipes.   

Nov 1 - Station 52, with 152, 50 and Engine 51 were detailed to a residence this afternoon for a reported house fire. Upon arrival Deputy Chief Mullen found patrol extinguishing the fire with a garden hose supplied by the homeowner. The debris was removed from the residence and awaited investigation by HVES and HTPD.

Oct 30 - No sirens screamed thru the night when a Boro resident called 9-1-1 to report a fire in his daughters bedroom. Thats because a wicked northeastor blew thru town knocking out power for 12 hours and some residents in our district are still out. Snow and rain fell much of the day so when the teenager went to bed, she lit a candle at the foot of her bed and fell asleep. She awoke to her room on fire, yelled for help and hobbled out of the room as her feet and legs suffered from 2nd degree burns. Dad, thinking fast on his feet, grabbed the extended shower head and doused the flames until HFDs arrival. Investigation was handled by HTPD, HVES and MCFM.

Oct 9 - Mutual Aid provided to Station 60 today with a carbon monoxide incident at a residence. Pictured above is an indoor pool that was reportedly holding over 600 ppm of carbon monoxide. The rest of the residence had a 70 ppm reading. Several companies were called in with ladders and towers from Hopewell, Pennington, Montgomery, Plainsboro, Lawrence, and Princeton had their Tower, Engine, SS, and Squirt onscene. Princeton First Aid had two ambulances, their SS, Rescue 168 and mutual aid from Hopewell and West Windsor EMS. All units had stock piled their electric fans at the command post and each was then strategicaly placed in ang around the house. More Pictures here....

Sept 10 - Quint 52 and Telesquirt 53 proudly fly a huge American flag between their sticks Saturday morning. Hopewell Valleys 9/11 Memorial had a great turnout and wonderful inaugural service.

Sept 6 - HFD was called in on the 2nd alarm for an abandoned 3 story manision fire. On arrival the crew was assigned to the division 2 and put to work looking for the cause of the heavy smoke coming from the B side of the structure. The fire was found under the bathroom floor, after a crew from TS 23 had already extinguished a fire in the basement. As the Quint 52 crew was pulling up the floor, they discovered the power was still hot to this section of the house, and all operations were shut down until PSEG could secure the power. One FF was shocked when he dug his haligan into the floor to pry up a floorboard. He was checked by EMS on  scene and signed an RMA. Once the power was completely shut off, the crew found the source of the smoke under the floor and quickly soaked the area with the 1 3/4" handline.

Aug 30 - HFD was called to assist with rescuing a man who fell into a storm drain. Pictured here are members from Trenton Fire Dept's HazMat 1 team performing a confined space entry. HFDs crew assisted with manpower. Unfortunately the rescue ended as a recovery.

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Aug 28 - Chief Joe Novak makes a splash on one of the many roadways that flooded as most roadways in the Twp and Boros were affected from Hurricane Irene.

August 16 - Hopewell Valley received it's piece of the World Trade Center today as Chairman Mike Chipowsky from the Hopewell Township Board of Fire Commissioners presents the steel to on lookers. The 24,000 lb piece of steel will be placed at the Hopewell Valley 9/11 Memorial adjacent to the Veterans Memorial site on the Alliger Tract in Hopewell Twp on Route 546. More pictures here.

July 29 - It is ready for inspection and on it's way to HFD for delivery.Here are some more photos from the vendor. NEW PICS 7/29

July 18 - All Valley Fire Companies were detailed to a local business for a smoke condition that was caused by a small fire on the roof. Workers were repairing a section of the roof of a building when a portion of it caught on fire. The fire was immediately extinguished by the workers but a smoke condition developed inside the two story structure. A first alarm was detailed which brought other departments like West Trenton (33), Pennington Road (32), Lambertville (17) and Bucks Co PA, (0,71). These were accompanied by the local stations who had Engine 50, Amb 159, Squad 151, Rescue 51, Quint 52, Tanker 52, Telesquirt 53 and Tanker 53 on location. The crews determined there were was no extension of the fire and all companies were released within 90 mins. The Hopewell Valley Bureau of Fire Safety is handling the investigation with the Hopewell Twp Police Dept. More pictures here.