The Exeter Township Fire Department is excited to announce a brand-new initiative: Community Connect from First Due. Community Connect will empower you to take an active role in fire safety. This free initiative is open to our immediate coverage area of Exeter Township and St. Lawrence Borough.

With Community Connect, you can enter details about your home, including who lives there and how to contact ... (Full Story & Photos)

Exeter Township Fire Department crews and automatic aid companies were dispatched to Ptarmigan Drive in Exeter Township for a reported structure fire Monday afternoon. Deputy 25-2 arrived on location and confirmed a working fire and assumed command. Rescue Engine 25 and Tower 25 arrived on scene and went into service with an aggressive fire attack. Deputy 25-1 took interior operations with a crew ... (Full Story & Photos)

This past week kept ETFD crews busy with nearly 40 calls across the township and supporting mutual aid companies. Crews responded to medical emergencies, as well as brush, vehicle, and structure fires. As a reminder, there is a county-wide burn ban due to extremely dry conditions.... (Full Story & Photos)

Members took part in the final live burn session for 2024 at the Berks County Fire Training Center this past Saturday. Teams focused on different fire ground activities, including fire attack, incident command, RIT and search. Members are required to participate in a structure burn each year to maintain their interior-qualified status.

After performing well at the company burn, in addition to successfully ... (Full Story & Photos)

Our daytime staff kept busy Friday, starting the day off with a flag arch at Forest Hills Memorial Park celebrating the life of Kenhorst Fire Company Capt. John Garbini. As that detail was wrapping up, crews were then dispatched to 6400 Perkiomen Ave. (in front of Service Electric) for a two-vehicle crash with entrapment. The ETFD and our mutual aid partners were on location for about an hour.... (Full Story & Photos)

Crews were dispatched at 2:45 a.m. Friday to the 500 block of Manor Place for a reported deck fire. Upon arrival, there was a small fire remaining after the resident tried to put it out with an extinguisher. The remaining fire was quickly extinguished. Crews were on scene for about an hour. Thank you to Birdsboro-Union Fire Department and Monarch Fire Company for their mutual aid support.... (Full Story & Photos)

If you saw us out this past weekend training in various locations, current drivers of Tower 25 were dialing in their skills on the new Tower thanks to some great instructors from Chester County Public Safety who conducted an Advanced Aerial Practices course for the ETFD in our township.

From uneven terrain, short jacking, tight streets (and more), the drivers tackled obstacles in commercial settings, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Congratulations to Firefighters Chloe Wright, Ben Thrush, Chase Webb and Chase Painter for successfully completing Pennsylvania's entry level fire training curriculum (mods). The group completed more than 200 hours of training over the past several months, culminating with their Structural Burn Session this past weekend. They will be pursuing their national Firefighter I certification next month. ... (Full Story & Photos)