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425 S. New Middletown Rd
Media, PA 19063

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Apparatus
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354
2022 Stats Through September
90+
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Middletown Fire Company History

Middletown Fire Company No. 1 provides fire protection, fire prevention and emergency medical services to Middletown Township, located in Delaware County, Pa. along with our sister company, Rocky Run Fire Company.

With 50+ active members and 6 pieces of fire apparatus, the fire company serves the township’s 13.5 square miles and 20,000 residents. US Highway 1, a major thoroughfare, runs through the township. Middletown Fire Company is a Participating Department in the Certification Program through the Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner’s Office. As the designated township rescue company, Middletown Fire Company, in 2013, was the first fire company in Delaware County to earn the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Voluntary Rescue Service Recognition, which recognizes strict levels of certification, proficiency and emergency response.

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The First Fire Equipment

Bought Hose Cart

The First Fire House

Bought New Apparatus

Ten Red Buckets. According to older residents, it all began with an informal gathering of residents. Their meeting place was the woodpile at the home of William Borton, the village’s founder.

Less than a dozen residents decided the area should to have it’s own firefighting unit. Out of this decision came the Bortondale Fire Company, later to become the Middletown Fire Company.

The residents accumulated enough cash to purchase a two-wheel reel holding 500 feet of hose. It was pulled by hand.

Mr. Borton had a small firehouse built to house the cart on Howarth Avenue.

The apparatus had no pump. Water pressure was supplied by the few fire hydrants in the town. Only one stream of water could be played on a fire at a time, since the equipment included just one nozzle.

After about two years of using the hose cart, The Middletown Firemen bought their first motorized apparatus in 1922. (No picture available at this time). It was a Ford Fire Engine with a 350 gallon per minute (GPM) pump.

Soon afterwards, the residents began work on a firehouse at Bortondale Road and Oak Avenue (Levis Avenue). The volunteers did almost all the construction themselves, working day after day in three teams. The job was finished in 1925.

In 1926, The Middletown Fire Company replaced its engine with a Reo Pumper (shown below). This carried a 350 GPM pump. This truck served the community until 1942.

MIddletown Fire Company No.1’s Fire Prevention Coordinators are Virginia Gaeta and Township Fire Marshal Al Mancill. Please call 610-566-0723 and ask to speak to company officer.

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On Saturday evening, we celebrated our members at our annual banquet.

Special congratulations to our award recipients:

2022 Top Ten Responders:
Past Chief Richard Tull - 190 calls
Vice President Joe Klodarska - 206 calls
Past Chief Gregory Reitze - 206 calls
Firefighter John Tull – 218 calls
Firefighter Gerry Gebhart – 235 calls
President Glenn Coront – 245 calls
Firefighter Jarin Davis – 249 calls
Firefighter Jeremy Lehmann – 250 calls
Past Chief W. Scott Reitze – 253 calls
Captain Phil Mills – 282 calls
Chief Duke Nasino – 365 calls

President’s Award: Past Chief Walter “Sonny” Strohl
Chiefs Award: Firefighter Chris Epps
Junior Firefighter of the Year: Firefighter Parker Klodarska
Firefighter of the Year: Captain Phil Mills

Years of Service Awards
55: W. Scott Reitze, Gregory Reitze, Bill Wooding
50: Bob Tull, Alan Mancill
45: Ric Tull, Craig Ickes, Sonny Strohl, Chip Lillie
40: Mark Kirchgasser, Norman Shropshire, Greg Coront, Ed Murphy, Andy Smith
35: John Bradley, Bob Chester, Sean Reitze, Don Wilkins
30: Tim Cohen, Bill Rigby, Jack Steward, Dave Biordi, Frank Williams
25: Peter Hladasz, George Rigby, Brice Tamulavage, John Toal
20: Bill Eisenhart, Dan Hladasz, Mary Hladasz, John Hladasz, Dave Decker, Dave Evans, Rita Hladasz, Phil Mills, Glenn Coront, Brian Decker, Ralph Gaeta, Virginia Gaeta
15: Joe Klodarska, Lou Marcozzi, Tom Starrs, Pat Walls, Tom Wooding, Duke Nasino, Mike Antonelli, John Tull, Alex Pierce, Eric Mellon, Mike Starrs
10: Kyle Mellon, Stephen Tull, Christian Walker, George Cummings, Justin Roux, Anthony Sabatelli, Dave Schlott, Jeff Lillie, Jesse Tull, Nick Bennegar, Debbie Pierce
5: Kristen Lillie, Robert McLaughlin, Jason Campbell, Peter Campbell, Danielle Lillie, Gerry Gebhart, Alex Consentino
1: Dan Agliram Bill Longaker, TJ Feely, Larry Filtz, Wayne LaDue, Mason Pflug, Andy Cramer, Jarin Davis, Brendan Egan, Amy Mills, Dora Preson, Kari Andreasen, Mike Bond, Peter Klodarska, Jeremy Lehmann ... See MoreSee Less

On Saturday evening, we celebrated our members at our annual banquet. Special congratulations to our award recipients: 2022 Top Ten Responders: Past Chief Richard Tull - 190 calls Vice President Joe Klodarska - 206 calls Past Chief Gregory Reitze - 206 calls Firefighter John Tull – 218 calls Firefighter Gerry Gebhart – 235 calls President Glenn Coront – 245 calls Firefighter Jarin Davis – 249 calls Firefighter Jeremy Lehmann – 250 calls Past Chief W. Scott Reitze – 253 calls Captain Phil Mills – 282 calls Chief Duke Nasino – 365 calls President’s Award: Past Chief Walter “Sonny” Strohl Chiefs Award: Firefighter Chris Epps Junior Firefighter of the Year: Firefighter Parker Klodarska Firefighter of the Year: Captain Phil Mills Years of Service Awards 55: W. Scott Reitze, Gregory Reitze, Bill Wooding 50: Bob Tull, Alan Mancill 45: Ric Tull, Craig Ickes, Sonny Strohl, Chip Lillie 40: Mark Kirchgasser, Norman Shropshire, Greg Coront, Ed Murphy, Andy Smith 35: John Bradley, Bob Chester, Sean Reitze, Don Wilkins 30: Tim Cohen, Bill Rigby, Jack Steward, Dave Biordi, Frank Williams 25: Peter Hladasz, George Rigby, Brice Tamulavage, John Toal 20: Bill Eisenhart, Dan Hladasz, Mary Hladasz, John Hladasz, Dave Decker, Dave Evans, Rita Hladasz, Phil Mills, Glenn Coront, Brian Decker, Ralph Gaeta, Virginia Gaeta 15: Joe Klodarska, Lou Marcozzi, Tom Starrs, Pat Walls, Tom Wooding, Duke Nasino, Mike Antonelli, John Tull, Alex Pierce, Eric Mellon, Mike Starrs 10: Kyle Mellon, Stephen Tull, Christian Walker, George Cummings, Justin Roux, Anthony Sabatelli, Dave Schlott, Jeff Lillie, Jesse Tull, Nick Bennegar, Debbie Pierce 5: Kristen Lillie, Robert McLaughlin, Jason Campbell, Peter Campbell, Danielle Lillie, Gerry Gebhart, Alex Consentino 1: Dan Agliram Bill Longaker, TJ Feely, Larry Filtz, Wayne LaDue, Mason Pflug, Andy Cramer, Jarin Davis, Brendan Egan, Amy Mills, Dora Preson, Kari Andreasen, Mike Bond, Peter Klodarska, Jeremy LehmannImage attachmentImage attachment+Image attachment
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Middletown Fire Company No. 1
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Tonight after our truck checks, around 20 members gathered outside to perform a side resting tie back extrication drill. Crews stabilized the vehicle, removed the roof and displaced the dash using our new hydraulic tools to free a simulated patient.

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Tonight after our truck checks, around 20 members gathered outside to perform a side resting tie back extrication drill. Crews stabilized the vehicle, removed the roof and displaced the dash using our new hydraulic tools to free a simulated patient. Training and equipment provided by MESFireImage attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment
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MonthFire Calls
January40
February45
March39
April38
May36
June35
July42
August36
September43
October
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2022 Total354

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425 S. New Middletown Rd
Media, PA 19063

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Phone: 610.566.0723

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