Alert Fire Company

The 100% volunteer Alert Fire Co. No. 1 hosted our 49th. Annual Chicken Bar-B-Que and Bake Sale and it was a great success. We would like to thank all of you, who supported our event during a great sunny day. We sold 578 dinners on Saturday, thanks to the generous support of … [Read more...]

The Alert volunteers spent many long hours, every night, over the past two and a half weeks repainting, re-wrapping and washing every tool on each of the apparatus.  Then on washing and waxing the apparatus on Friday night, in preparation for the Honey Brook Fire Co. and the … [Read more...]

The Alert Fire Co. No. 1 will host our 49th Annual Chicken Bar-B-Que and Bake Sale Fundraiser on Saturday, August 19, 2017.  Dinner will be served from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM and you can either eat-in at the firehouse or take-out.  Advanced tickets can be purchased at the firehouse … [Read more...]

Amazon's Prime Day is here! Deals start at 9:00 PM ET, July 10th and runs through July 11, 2017.  Prime Day is one of the biggest shopping days of the year.  We would like to remind you to shop at  smile.amazon.com  and Amazon will donate to the Alert Fire Company No. 1 of … [Read more...]

The Alert No. 1 and Downingtown Fire Dept. volunteers were busy from 6:00 AM until 11:40 PM today, preparing and keeping our community safe during all of the 39th. Annual Downingtown Good Neighbor Day events. The Alerts started the day with what has turned-out to be an annual … [Read more...]

The members and officers of the Alert Fire Co. 1 would like to wish you and your family a Happy and Safe Independence Day! … [Read more...]

At approximately 5:15 PM, during a a tremendous thunderstorm, the Downingtown Fire Dept. was dispatched as part of the first alarm assignment for a house fire in 700 block of Marshallton-Thorndale Rd., in West Bradford Twp. The crew from Tower 45 placed the first round of ground … [Read more...]

The volunteers from Alert No. 1, Fame Fire Co. No. 3 of West Chester, Thorndale Fire Co. and the Wagontown Fire Co., who are some of the member companies of the Chester County Rescue Task Force participated in Paratech Rescue Strut Training. The refresher training took place at … [Read more...]

Volunteers from Alert No. 1, Lionville Fire Co. and the Fame Fire Co. No. 3 of West Chester, who are part of the Chester County Rescue Task Force participated in Emergency Boat Operations Training on April 8 and 9, 2017.  These swift water rescue teams as well as the others from … [Read more...]

Thank you again to all of our Sponsors, Golfers and Volunteers who made our Fourth Annual Alert Fire Co. No. 1 Golf Outing at the Ron Jaworski's Downingtown Country Club another huge success. Below, is a list of all of our 2017 Feature Sponsors, Hole Sponsors, Cart Sponsors and … [Read more...]

At 12:45 PM, Tower 45 and Station 46 (Minquas Fire Co. No. 2) were dispatched as part of the First Alarm Assignment to assist Station 47 (Lionville Fire Co.) with a house fire on the 900 block of Evan Dr., Uwchlan Twp. Chief 47 (Holmes) arrived on location with fire showing at a … [Read more...]

Our volunteers were busy training again this weekend at two locations.  The first location was at the Chester County Public Safety Training Center in South Coatesville  Our newest member, Alex Green is currently enrolled in the Pennsylvania Dept. Health - Basic Vehicle Rescue … [Read more...]