The Po-Mar-Lin Fire Co. volunteers held an ingenious drive-through open house on the evening of Monday, Oct. 12. They set up stations around the firehouse parking lot and recorded brief explanations about their trucks and equipment so you could drive through and learn about them without getting out of your car.
In addition to accidents, fires and other emergencies, we learned that Po-Mar-Lin is responsible for conducting large animal rescues throughout Chester County. Recent examples of animals in distress: a horse unable to extricate itself from deep mud and a cow stuck in a manure pit. And because much of the company's territory is rural, they have an all-terrain vehicle that's useful for reaching accidents and fires in remote areas.
Also on hand at the open house were representatives from Longwood EMS (its mobile intensive care unit ambulance was on display) and the Pennsylvania State Police at the Avondale barracks.
The volunteers were friendly and knowledgeable and were clearly proud to serve as firefighters. It's clear that they put in a lot of time not only responding to emergency calls at all hours but also training and preparing behind the scenes. It was heartwarming to talk with such enthusiastic and community-minded folks.
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