Just before noon on Saturday, March 27th, Station 27 and surrounding mutual aid partners were dispatched to the 1200 block of Markley Street for a reported dwelling fire. As units were responding, Montgomery County communications reported receiving multiple calls for smoke … [Read more...]
On Wednesday evening, March 17, 2021, Station 27 (A Platoon) assisted neighboring Stations 43 (Plymouth) and 44 (Harmonville) in the 1200 Block of Conshohocken Road at a fire in an office trailer. QT27 was the first unit to arrive and dropped a supply line into the scene. E27 … [Read more...]
On Monday, March 15, 2021, Station 27 (B Platoon) was alerted to respond to the 1000 block of Swede St. for a dwelling fire. Crews arrived quickly and reported fire showing from the 2nd floor rear of a 3 story multiple occupancy building with possible entrapment. During the … [Read more...]
On February 18th, Station 27 (A Platoon) assisted Norriton Fire Co. at a building fire in East Norriton Township. NFD crews split, focusing on interior fire attack and roof operations. Crews faced challenging conditions to clear and cut the roof, exposing as much of the fire as … [Read more...]
The Norristown Fire Department requests that you please shovel out the hydrants in your neighborhood. Clear the area approximately 3ft around each hydrant. Every second counts if there is a fire and this will save us time in making a hydrant connection. Thank you to all those … [Read more...]
On Saturday night, December 12th, Station 27 (B Platoon) along with surrounding mutual aid were dispatched to the 200 Block of W. Brown St. for a dwelling fire. As units were responding, occupants reported something on fire in the basement. E27, AC27 and Q27 arrived to find … [Read more...]
For the Safety of all, this years Santa Express has been cancelled. Please stay safe and we will see you next year! … [Read more...]
During the early afternoon hours of Monday, November 2nd, Station 27 (A Platoon) was dispatched to the 700 block of Kohn St. for a dwelling fire. Multiple callers were reported fire in an abandoned building in the middle of a row. With smoke showing from several blocks out, … [Read more...]
The Norristown Fire Department is looking forward to the arrival of our New Fire Safety Trailer. Our old trailer was 27 yrs old and allowed us to share our fire safety message to thousands of children. With funding available through Capital Improvement Funds, we will be able to … [Read more...]
At shift change on Thursday morning, October 22nd, Stations 27 (A & B Platoons) and 46 (Jefferson) were dispatched for a water rescue on the Schuylkill River in the area of the 900 block of Jackson St. Marine 27 responded with Quint 27 to Riverfront Park while CT27 and … [Read more...]
On Monday evening, October 19th, Station 27 (B Platoon) along with mutual aid companies were dispatched to the 500 block of Arch St. for a building fire. AC27 arrived on location and reported smoke showing from the eaves of a 2 1/2 story twin. QT27 layed in and stretched the … [Read more...]
On Friday, October 16th around 9:30PM, Station 27 (B Platoon) and surrounding mutual aid were dispatched to the 200 block of E. Elm St. for a building fire. CT27 arrived on location at a 3 story middle of the row with smoke showing from the front door, and fire showing in the … [Read more...]
Saturday, October 17th has been deemed National Move Over Day. National Move Over Day began in 2014 by the Arizona Professional Towing Association to help raise public awareness to the Move Over Law. Each day, emergency responders and highway workers risk their own safety to … [Read more...]
On Wednesday, October 14th, NFD and surrounding mutual aid partners met at the Montgomery County Fire Academy for Probationary FF Baker's live burn. This was the first of two burns to showcase and test all the skills and decision making abilities that are taught during the first … [Read more...]
On Monday morning, October 12th, a water leak was discovered at the intersection of W. Marshal St. and Markley St. This issue turned out to be a large water main that ruptured, which caused an extreme water outage throughout Norristown and surrounding communities. Given the … [Read more...]