On Saturday, March 22 members and their significant others gathered for our 25th annual recognition banquet. This event allows us to take the opportunity to celebrate our volunteers, their hard work and accomplishments from the previous year.

This year it was again held at the Country Fare Restaurant in Myerstown. And as it has happened numerous times in the past, the start of the banquet was delayed ... (Full Story & Photos)

Today at 245pm, the Robesonia and Womelsdorf Fire Companies were dispatched to the area of Bernville Rd. and Bunker Hill Rd. in Heidelberg Twp. for a brush fire.

Deputy 26 arrived on scene with a working brush fire rapidly spreading throughout the woods. Attack, Tanker, and Engine 47 arrived on scene and Attack and Tanker 47 were assigned with Brush 26 to prevent the fire from spreading while ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Friday, March 21, at 1030pm the WVFC was dispatched to assist the Rehrersburg Fire Co. with a building fire at the Dieffenbach Chips factory at 51 Host Rd. in Tulpehocken Twp.

Ladder, Engine, and Tanker 47 made the response. Upon arrival, Ladder 47 crew was sent to the roof and assisted with extinguishing the fire. Engine 47 was assigned as the dump site engine while Tanker 47 staged for water ... (Full Story & Photos)

The calls started early this morning for the WVFC and continued throughout the day and included a 2-alarm fire.

2:56am - AFA at Grossfillex, assisting the Robesonia FC. After investigating, units found a water leak causing the alarm to activate.

8:24am - Carbon Monoxide Alarm, assisting the Marion FC. The WVFC was recalled minutes after dispatch.

9:01am - Carbon Monoxide Alarm, assisting the ... (Full Story & Photos)

Prior to moving equipment from one ladder to another, we took the opportunity to get all our apparatus together for a group photo. Although 2 of our current apparatus are replacements for other units, the last time the WVFC owned 6 apparatus was prior to 1985 when we had 2 engines, 1 ladder truck, 1 attack/brush truck, 1 tanker, and 1 emergency truck, All of those fit in the current firehouse. ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Wednesday, February 27, 23 of our members gathered at the firehouse to prep our 1997 Pierce ladder for refurbishment and move equipment over to our 1998 Pierce ladder we purchased last November from the Old Forge Fire Dept., Lackawanna County. The "new" Ladder 47 went in service at 9pm last night. It is expected to be in service for approximately 5-6 months while our 1997 Pierce is at Glick Fire ... (Full Story & Photos)

The WVFC has received $15,461.33 through the Pennsylvania Office of the State Fire Commissioner’s Fire and EMS Grant program. The award is reimbursement for our bay door replacement project completed earlier this year.

We'd like to thank the Fire Commissioner's office as well as members of our state legislature that vote to continue to make this program available to us.... (Full Story & Photos)

For the past several years the WVFC has been searching for a used tanker to replace our 1989 International/4-Guys tanker, one of the oldest tankers in Berks County. While this tanker has treated us well for being 36 years old, some maintenance issues have been coming to light and we wanted to get ahead of any future issues, as well as upgrade to a tanker with an automatic transmission and some other ... (Full Story & Photos)