pBusy day for the members of the 71 house. The day started out at 0800 hrs. with The Squad and the Squirt heading out of the station to the Red Hill School for a morning of fire prevention for the kids. Later on the trucks headed over to a local day care for more of a demonstration for the little ones. A good time was had by the 71 crews at both this mornings stops and we look forward to doing it again next yearp

pAt about 1700 Hours Station 71 was alerted to assist 37 New Hanover and 68 Sassmansville to stand by with the Decon Unit on Deep Creek Road while the Mongomery County Bomb Squad removed several items from a home. Crews arrived several minutes later deployed the Decon Unit andnbspwaitednbspfornbspseveral hours while authorities secured the items. 71 crews cleaned up and werenbspreleased around 000 Hrs.nbspnbspp

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pIts been a long time in the making This past Wednesday Squirt 71 was put into service Crews at the firehouse on Wednesday finished up all the final preparations to put the truck into service before Chief 71 Lehr made the Call to County that the truck was ready. The crew at the 71 house looks forward to protecting the valley with the new truck for many years to comep