This weekend, the engine and truck companies traveled to the Centre County Training site to conduct the final modules and evaluations for the in-house PERT program.  Crews spent a majority of the day on Saturday doing static evolutions to hone and finalize engine and truck skills.  The engine set up multiple stations that included pre-connected hose line deployment, hydrant and break operations, as well as LDH and master stream operations.

This evening the Alpha Fire Co. held its annual awards banquet at the Ramada Conference Center and Hotel in State College.  We would like to thank Pleasant Gap, Boalsburg, and Reliance Fire Companies for standing-by overnight to cover calls in the centre region.

Results of the awards banquet... 

Former safety officer and Alpha Alum Tom Ellis brings us this report from his new position within Raytheon.  He is now based out of Denver, CO for Raytheon and also does some work in Antartica. Tom is pictured in the red jacket with our brother firefighters from the McMurdo Fire Station.