Chester County Fire

25/07/2025

Congratulations

Union Fire Company Ambulance Division is excited to announce the promotion of Chris Hessler (left) to Lieutenant and Dan Monzo (right) to EMS Administrator.

Chris will continue to serve as the Shift Supervisor on “A” Platoon, a position he has served acting for the last 18 months. Chris will help with the departments QA / QI program.

Dan will transition into the EMS Administrator role by the end of the year, this position manages the day to day administrative functions of the Ambulance Division. Dan will be replacing Marty Wilson, who will be retiring at the end of the year after many years of outstanding service.

Please join us in congratulating Chris and Dan, we wish them the best of luck in their new roles!

11/06/2025

08/04/2025

31/12/2024

The Avondale Fire Company is happy to announce the Executive and Operational Officers for 2025.

Executive Officers:

President: Guy Swift
Vice President: Beth Decker
Secretary: Coryn Coover
Assistant Secretary: Nichole Cole
Treasurer: Henry Schlimme
Board of Directors: Samuel Ianni, Kenneth Reed, Ulises Aguilera
Trustees: TJ Male, Tracy Aliberti, Albert Perrone
Membership Secretary: Coryn Coover
Membership Committee: Tucker Aliberti, Desiree Aguilar, Andrew Decker

Operational Officers:

Fire Chief: Steve Cole, Jr.
Deputy Chief: Matthew Bessicks
Assistant Chief: Stephen Nuse
Captain: Brandon Cole
Captain: Ulises Aguilera
Lieutenant: Anton Bilski
Lieutenant: Mike Lindsey
Lieutenant: Thomas Brady
Lieutenant: Michael Syska
Lieutenant: Dennis Bisson
Chief Engineer: Samuel Ianni
Assistant Engineer: Michael Decker
Hoseman: Tucker Aliberti
Fire Police Captain: Henry Rohrer
Fire Police Lieutenant: TJ Male
Fire Police Lieutenant: Harvey Hall

The 2025 officers will begin their terms on January 1st 2025.

31/12/2024

New Leaders Emerging for 2025 @ KVFD!

Within KVFD we have many personnel with different personalities and professional backgrounds. Just like any other Emergency Services agency we are working to stay involved and prepared for emergencies 24/7.

For 2025, KVFD is having a change of the leadership with some new faces bringing new ideas and innovation to the fire service in Western Chester County.

Chief Brian Gathercole will be stepping down and the newly elected Fire Chief Joseph Marks steps-up and takes the realm. Marks has served as the Fire Captain and last as the Assistant Fire Chief of KVFD.

Marks has twenty years in the fire service. Marks began his career about eighteen years ago as an EMT and began pursing further education and became a paramedic. Marks has completed his undergraduate degree, which has allowed him to grow and learn many skills.

The new line-up for 2025 is as follows:

Fire Chief - Joseph Marks

Deputy Fire Chief - Robert Cazillo

Assistant Fire Chief - Nathan Delestienne

Fire Captain(s) - Josh Jones & Alyssa DeMarco

Lieutenant(s) - TBD

EMS Chief - George Degnan

Fire Police Captain - John Marsh

Fire Police Lieutenant- Robert Johnson

Administrative Board:

Michelle Kreger - Board of Director
William Winters - Board of Director
Robert Guiney - Board of Director
Austin Van Der Mooren- Board of Director
Joseph Marks - Fire Chief
Richard Daisley - Recording Secretary
Karen Reynolds - Membership Secretary

We welcome the change and look forward to serving our communities through "Working regionally to Survive Locally".

https://www.kvfd8.com/news/1918/New-Leaders-Emerging-for-2025--KVFD-

07/12/2024

Engine 45 and Engine 46. Nice looking rigs.

01/11/2024

Engine 51-1 purchase.

29/10/2024

Squad 73 is also on order with Sutphen being a big player in recent apparatus purchases.

29/10/2024

New apparatus purchase.

01/08/2024

Tonight Brush 39 was put out of service for restoration.

This is long overdue, as our Brush has been serving West Bradford diligently for 39 years. Brush 39 is a 1985 Jeep CJ-7, and is the 3rd oldest in-service fire apparatus in Chester County.

WBFC’s Brush Committee worked to create a plan to restore Brush 39’s engine this year. It currently has a carbureted 258 I6 engine, which is not always the easiest to operate or reliable. Our plan is to remanufacture the current engine and convert it to be electronically fuel injected. We will also be updating other associated parts.

This process will take about a month, and we’re so excited to see the end result!

06/06/2024

03/06/2024

Great job on engaging with stakeholders.