Easton Fire Department - Unofficial

Five years on pension. Time does fly!!

2 adults, 3 kids displaced in Easton row home blaze, fire official says Flames shortly after 8:30 a.m. Monday ignited on the second floor of a row home along Jackson Street, said city Fire Chief Henry Hennings.

There is a new firefighting exhibit at the Segal Museum in downtown Easton. The exhibit showcases the fire departments of Northampton County. There are displays from the colonial era to present day. (L-R retired Easton Fire Chiefs John Price, John Bast & Gerald Flavelle)

There are additional strict safeguards implemented into the standard that the article doesn’t mention. I sat on the committee that approved this training for Junior FFs. Regardless of age, accidents will happen with any type of physical training. The standards are there to lessen/prevent injuries. I find it curious that there was no mention of any “adult” injuries…

Pa. junior firefighter’s burns during training spur warning from state labor officials The message comes on the heels of a live-burn training exercise in July that left a 17-year-old junior firefighter with non-life-threatening burns.