Amazon's Prime Day is here! Deals start at 3:00 PM ET, July 16th. and runs for 36 hours.  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...]

Just after 11:30 PM last night, the Downingtown Fire Dept. was dispatched for a fire-type unknown at Johnsontown Park. The crews arrived to find a porta-potty fully involved and contained everything to the area of origin. Engines 45, 46-1 and 46-2 responded to a total of six … [Read more...]

Just before 10:00 PM, the Downingtown Fire Dept. was dispatched for a dumpster fire to the rear of 38 W. Lancaster Ave. in the Borough.  Battalion Chief 45 (Trego) arrived to find a plastic type of a dumpster well-involved, next to an apartment building.  Engines 45 and 46-1 … [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 40th. Annual Downingtown Good Neighbor Day events and Independence Day Celebration. The Alerts started the day with what … [Read more...]

Below, is an article recently posted from the  www.helpfightfire.com  social media.  The Chester County Fire Chiefs Association is currently involved with a volunteer recruiting campaign to assist the fire, rescue and EMS departments and companies recruit new members.  This … [Read more...]

Congratulations to two of our newer Alert No. 1 volunteers, Heather Bouffard and Alex Green who graduated from EMT class. Heather and Alex started their EMT training in March and it consisted of three evenings and just about every Saturday between March and June. They received … [Read more...]