The Oakmont Fire Company will be having it’s annual July 4th Celebration on Wednesday.  The bike parade will start at 11am at the firehouse, with registration starting at 10:30am.  Hotdogs, pretzels, drinks, and games to follow at Grassland Park.

On Friday June 22^nd at 6:32pm the company was dispatched to 2744 County Line Road for a water rescue. Reports were multiple cars stuck in the water. Ladder 38 was first on scene and all but one car was still in the water, with no immediate danger to the occupant. When clearing from the water rescue, the company was again dispatched this time for a Fire Alarm at 2601 Hirst Terrace. While responding to the alarm the company was for a third time dispatched this time to 41 Campbell Ave for a house struck by lighting. Engine 38 responded to the fire alarm, while Ladder 38, Squad 38, and Rescue 38 responded to the house stuck by lighting. The company went available at 7:04pm.

On Monday June 18^th at 6:15pm the company was dispatched to 601 Haverford Road for a vehicle fire. Police were first on location along with 38-9B (Sava)and reported the engine compartment was fully involved. Squad 38 went on scene and used the front 1 ¾ line putting the fire out. Other apparatus on location was Engine 38. Company went available at 6:36pm.

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Oakmont Fire Company would like to congratulate four of its members on receiving scholarships awards from The Main Line Chamber of Commerce. Engineer Christopher Baca and Firefighter Dominic Marino received $1500 scholarships each, while Junior Firefighter Zachary Silver and Firefighter John Sweeney received $1000 scholarships each. The company would like to wish theses members the best of luck in their academic studies.

On Saturday June 9, Oakmont Fire Company celebrated its 100th Anniversary with a parade through the Oakmont local. Participating in the parade were Company 34 (Llanerch), Company 35 (Brookline), Company 58 (Bon Air), and Company 56 (Manoa) of Haverford Township. As well as trucks from Broomall, Bryn Mawr, Clifton Heights, Collingdale #1, Garrettford Drexel Hill, Gladwyne, Holmes, and Middletown. Also in the parade were the American Legion Manoa Post 667, The Greater Overbrook Sting Band, and the Philadelphia Police and Fire Pipes and Drums. The Oakmont members would like to thank all the companies that attended the festivities and for the residents that came out to watch, and celebrated back at the station.

The Company would like to congratulate Retired Chief William G. Hatton Sr. on being named Chief Emeritus of the Oakmont Fire Company. Chief Hatton has served the company for 46 years, 20 of those serve as Chief. Not only is he the longest tenured Chief of the company, he is also the top call runner of all time with over 8400 calls and counting. The company would like to thank Chief Hatton on his continued service with the company and is an inspiration to us all.

At close to 9:30 AM Union Fire Association was called to 545 Grey Stone Rd. in the Merion Station neighborhood of Bala Cynwood, Lower Merion Township for a working fire. MontCo. 34-2 (Lower Merion Deputy Fire Marshall 2) arrived on scene to report heavy smoke from the rear of a single family dwelling. MontCo. 28 (Union) then placed multiple handlines into service with heavy fire in the rear. Four alarms were struck for manpower and multiple RIT teams, with Squad 38 (Oakmont) being requested at roughly 11:15 for a cover assignment at MontCo. station 28, to respond on any additional calls. Units on scene included MontCo. stations 21 (Penn Wynne), 22 (Belmont Hills) 23 (Bryn Mawr), 24 (Gladwyne), 25 (Ardmore-Merion), 26 (Narberth), 34-1 (Lower Merion Deputy Fire Marshall 1), Lower Merion 5 (Fire Marshall) and DelCo. 34 (Llanerch). Additional cover assignments were dispatched for MontCo. 35 (Conshohocken), 39 (George Clay), and DelCo 15 (Radnor). The rest of Oakmont was left in service at station 38 with the Squad out roughly 2 hours and 15 minutes. No injuries were reported in the fire which is believed to have started in the basement.

With roughly five minutes before 5:00 PM on Saturday April 20th, a fire crew was requested by the Haverford Township Police Department while a situation involving a barricaded subject was handled on the unit block of W. Hillcrest Ave. Crews stood by for fire and hazmat protection and went to work after the police department took one suspect into custody. No one was seriously injured. For further information regarding this incident, see the media release by the HTPD.

We are proud to announce the official parade route for our hundredth anniversary parade to be held on June 9th, which will proceed from the former site of the bubble gum factory on Eagle Road near Hillcrest Avenue. The procession will follow Eagle to Darby Rd. near the Wawa where it will turn toward Benedict Ave at it’s completion. We hope all of our neighbors will come out to join us. Start time will be 12:00 PM.