| Happy Birthday Austin |
| Sun. Mar 7th 2010 |
After nearly a month of delays, the Reading Firefighters finally got thier chance to celebrate Austin Whitmoyer's 13th Birthday. We first met Austin 2 years prior at a Local MDA boot camp, since then we have become great friends with Austin & his family.
Happy Birthday Austin, We hope you lik...
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| Firefighter Ed Zaorski |
| Thu. Mar 4th 2010 |
2010 will be a challenging year for the RFD, as many firefighters & officers will be completing the end of their 5 year limit of the D.R.O.P. (deferred retirement option plan).
Ed Zaorski recently announced his retirement, effective March 14th. Ed began his career on 3/2/1970 as a "jumper...
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| Cops Finally Beat The Firemen |
| Mon. Mar 1st 2010 |
After 5 years the Reading Police Hockey Team have finally secured a win in the 5th annual Battle of the Badges. The cops managed to shut-out the firefighters 6-0. Special congratulations to Firefighter Larry Moyer, who obtained an award for most penalties in the history of the tournament.
Watch th...
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| Personnel Assignments |
| Mon. Feb 22nd 2010 |
Congratulations on the following assignments
Stuart Bansner - Tower 1 Driver "D" Platoon
Kirk Litzenberger - Medic 3 Driver "A" Platoon...
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| Chuck Bonte |
| Sat. Feb 20th 2010 |
We recently had the pleasure of meeting former Liberty Fire Company Foreman Chuck Bonte through retired firefighter William Stoudt Sr. Chuck has been a frequent visitor to the site & has offered both of his scrap books for scanning and posting.
Chuck was the foreman of the Liberty Fire Compan...
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| Condolences To The Lerch Family |
| Wed. Jan 27th 2010 |
Our condolences to Paramedic Mike Lerch on the passing of his father retired Firefighter Clarence "Red" Lerch. "Red's" retired from the Snorkel on the A platoon in July, 1988. The services will be held at the Walter R. Christ funeral home, 3300 Kutztown Road.
Viewing on Friday...
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| James Kellenberger |
| Sun. Jan 17th 2010 |
2010 will be a challenging year for the RFD, as many firefighters & officers will be completing the end of their 5 year limit of the D.R.O.P. (deferred retirement option plan).
James Kellenberger was hired on June 30, 1973 and was assigned to a jumper position. Afterwords, FF Kellenberger obta...
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| Harold "Hap" Adams |
| Fri. Jan 15th 2010 |
2010 will be a challenging year for the RFD, as many firefighters & officers will be completing the end of their 5 year limit of the D.R.O.P. (deferred retirement option plan).
Harold "Hap" Adams, was recently honored at a shift party for his announced retirement on March 24th. After...
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| Firefighters Raise Money For Toys-For-Tots |
| Fri. Dec 18th 2009 |
Reading Firefighters raised an impressive $780.00 in their T-shirt campaign for toys-for-tots. The idea originated from FF Kerry Miller, who suggested we design a special T-shirt for a fund-raiser for the USMC toys-for-tots program.
The toys were presented during the annual Y102 radio Christmas ...
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| Hockey Team Beats County Cops |
| Sun. Dec 6th 2009 |
The 2nd Annual Christmas Classic Ice Hockey Tournament was held on Sunday at Body Zone. After some serious skating the firefighters beat the county police officers 8-1. All proceeds from the tournament benefit Toys-For-Tots.
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After nearly a month of
delays, the Reading
Firefighters finally got
thier chance to celebrate
Austin Whitmoyer's 13th
Birthd...
2010 will be a
challenging year for the
RFD, as many firefighters
& officers will be
completing the end of
their 5 year l...
After 5 years the Reading
Police Hockey Team have
finally secured a win in
the 5th annual Battle of
the Badges. The cops
mana...
