Engine Crew - Click here for info on new pagers
 

Goodwill Fire Company of Bally provides fire coverage for the Borough of Bally, and portions of Washington, Hereford, District Townships, Upper Hanover, Douglass (Montg), & Pike Townships.     It additionally supplies rescue coverage for all or a portion of those municipalities plus the Borough of Bechtelsville and the remaining portions of Washington, Hereford and District Townships.

Assist to Pennsburg 2007-10-01

MVA Rescue Wash Twp 2008-07-29MVA 2008-01-10

Rescue 14 Refurbished

     Our refurbished 2007 Saulsbury/Freightliner Rescue Truck was returned to service last year. We mounted the original 1986 truck body onto a new Freightliner cab and chassis, while adding light towers, new hydraulic lines and restored interior. Among its responses have been two motor vehicle accidents with double fatalities along Route 100; rescues with extensive extrication; a response to to Grandview Speedway for a driver trapped in a race car, a request to serve as RIT (Rapid Intervention Team) during a fatal fire in Boyertown; as well as many others. For less than $200,000, we have a new truck  - half the price of a completely new one!
 

MVA-Dbl Fatal Wash Twp 2008-05-20MVA 2007-07-20


 Fund Drive 2008-2009  - The Next Alarm Might Be Yours!

            Each year Goodwill Fire Company responds to approximately 200 alarms in this community. Within the past twelve months, among our calls, we’ve extricated families from crashes on Route 100, responded to a working house fire in Bally Borough, assisted on structure fires in Upper Hanover and Douglass, rescued trapped occupants of a van in Hereford Township, and freed a young woman pinned in a car wrapped around a tree in Washington Township.

            We are your fire and rescue company . We respond to fires in homes, sheds, cars, and barns. We extricate people trapped in the wreckage of their cars and trucks. We extinguish brush fires racing across dry woods. We render emergency medical care until an ambulance can get to the scene of a heart attack or choking  We pump basements flooded by tropic storms. We practice, train and learn so that when you need us, we will be there with the right skills and equipment to help you..

            For a complete listing of our calls last year click on the link below or click on the recent calls link to see and read about some of the alarms we have answered.

            This year we are spending $30,000 for a new roof over the engine room and purchasing new pagers for all personnel as the county switches to a new system better able to reach us.

            Your financial contribution is vital to our ability to continue to meet the needs of your community. Your neighbors and just maybe -yourself! Please be generous with your tax-deductible support. You may use the form enclosed with your fund drive letter or mail your contribution to:
Engine Crew  Goodwill Fire Company  537 Chestnut St   Bally PA  19503-0330.

Thank you!  The next alarm might be yours!


      2008 Responses     Click here to go to the Recent Calls page
      2007 Alarm Report Click here for a PDF copy of the 2007 stats.
      2006 Alarm Report
Click here for a PDF copy of the 2006 stats.

     Listen...  33.94 is our current dispatch and primary fireground frequency
                  33.68 is the secondary fireground frequency
                151.220 will become new dispatch frequency by January 2009

     www.berkslive.com offers live web feed of a number of emergency frequencies in Berks County  

 


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